Senate File 246 - Introduced





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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requesting establishment of an interim study committee on
  2    automobile insurance direct repair programs.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE == AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
  1  2 DIRECT REPAIR PROGRAMS.
  1  3    1.  The legislative council is requested to establish an
  1  4 interim study committee to study direct repair programs used
  1  5 by some automobile insurance companies to provide repairs for
  1  6 the insurance company's claimants.  The study shall include
  1  7 but is not limited to a review and analysis of the use of such
  1  8 direct repair programs by the automobile insurance industry in
  1  9 Iowa and the effect of the use of such programs on automotive
  1 10 body repair shops, insurance costs, and Iowa consumers.  In
  1 11 addition to legislative members, the membership of the interim
  1 12 study committee shall include the following public members:
  1 13    a.  Three consumers, one designated by the insurance
  1 14 consumer advocate, one designated by the Iowa citizen action
  1 15 network, and one designated by abate of Iowa, incorporated.
  1 16    b.  Four members who represent automotive body repair shops
  1 17 in the state, two designated by the national federation of
  1 18 independent business and two designated by the association of
  1 19 business and industry.
  1 20    c.  Four members from the automobile insurance industry
  1 21 designated by the federation of Iowa insurers.
  1 22    2.  The committee shall meet twice during the 2009
  1 23 legislative interim and shall submit findings and any
  1 24 recommendations in a report to the general assembly by January
  1 25 1, 2010.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill requests that the legislative council establish
  1 28 an interim study committee to study direct repair programs
  1 29 used by some automobile insurance companies to provide repairs
  1 30 for the insurance company's claimants.  The study shall
  1 31 include a review and analysis of the use of such programs in
  1 32 Iowa and their effect on automotive body repair shops,
  1 33 insurance costs, and Iowa consumers.  In addition to
  1 34 legislative members, the membership of the committee shall
  1 35 include 11 public members designated by specified entities.
  2  1    The committee shall meet twice during the 2009 legislative
  2  2 interim and submit its findings and any recommendations to the
  2  3 general assembly by January 1, 2010.
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