Bill Text: MI HB5150 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Insurance; unfair trade practices; private citizen cause of action; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 2027a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-26 - Referred To Committee On Economic Development And Regulatory Reform [HB5150 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5150-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5150

 

June 25, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Segal, Haase, Liss, Huckleberry, Roberts, Haugh, Barnett, Slavens, Nathan and Lisa Brown and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

 

"The insurance code of 1956,"

 

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 2027a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2027a. An individual may bring an action against a person

 

engaged in this state in the business of insurance for damages

 

sustained by the individual as a result of an unfair method of

 

competition, an unfair or deceptive act or practice, or any other

 

conduct prohibited by sections 2001 to 2050 undertaken by the

 

person.