HOUSE BILL No. 5145

 

June 25, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Huckleberry, Durhal, Segal, Haase, Liss, Roberts, Robert Jones, Jackson, Simpson, Nathan, Slavens, Tlaib, Young, Donigan, Bauer, Switalski, Barnett and Slezak 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 2026c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2026c. (1) If a violation by an insurer of section 3149

 

or, if the insurer is a property and casualty insurer, section

 

2026a is the second or subsequent violation of that section by the

 

insurer, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing and on order

 

of the commissioner, the insurer is subject to an administrative

 

fine of $1,000,000.00.

 

     (2) The commissioner shall deposit a fine paid under this

 

section into the insurance whistleblower protection fund created in

 

section 2035a.


 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No 4844.

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

03545'09).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5149(request no.

 

03546'09).