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BILL #

CHAPTER #

ISSUE

BILL DESCRIPTION

HF 2898

182

Aviation Liability

Relates to insurance; regulates claim denials under aviation liability coverage. Effective date: January 1, 2009.

HF 3201

154

Premium Taxes

Relates to taxation; makes policy, technical, administrative, payment, enforcement, collection, refund, and other changes to income, franchise, property, sales and use, motor vehicle sales, estate, cigarette and tobacco products, gasoline, liquor, insurance premiums, mortgage and deed, healthcare gross revenues, and other taxes and tax-related provisions; conforms to certain changes in the Internal Revenue Code; provides accelerated sales tax payments. Effective date: Varies.

HF 3574

322

Building Codes

Relates to the State Building Code; regulates the application and municipal enforcement of the State Building Code; provides for the use of ungraded lumber; modifies continuing education course content for residential contractors and remodelers; requires commercial general liability insurance for licensees; authorizes Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Authority to enter contract for construction work on entertainment and convention center. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

HF 3800

350

Miscellaneous Driving Provisions

Relates to transportation; designates the Mayor William Bill Sandberg Memorial Bridge; relates to safety improvements for trunk highways and state aid project and insurance standards, State sesquicentennial special plates, medium speed electric vehicles, impounded vehicles, reclamation of a vehicle, auction of abandoned vehicles, implementation of husbandry, wireless communication devices and driving, driving regulations and driver education; makes exemptions from the wheelage tax, fees or plate displays. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 1542

80

Auto Accidents

Relates to commerce; regulates conduct of an insurer in collision cases; No adjuster or insurer shall limit the freedom of an insured or claimant to choose the shops; require that an insured or claimant present the claim or the automobile for loss adjustment or inspection at a "drive-in" claim center or any other similar facility solely under the control of the insurer. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 1735

40

Building Codes

Relates to building codes; requires adoption of provisions relating to radon control. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 2403

243

Workers' Compensation

Revises a provision regarding continued health coverage of officers and firefighters disabled in the line of duty; provides a procedure for determination of eligibility and allows the determination to be contested in an administrative hearing; requires the executive director of the Public Employee Retirement Association to provide a written notice to an applicant including reasons for a determination, notice that a person may petition for a review, and a time frame within which a person must petition. Effective date: July 1, 2008.

SF 2765

214

Auto Accident Ethics

Provides that a licensed health care provider shall not initiate direct contact with any person who has suffered an injury arising out of the maintenance of or use of an automobile, to influence that person to receive treatment or to purchase any good or item from the licensee or anyone associated with the license; provides a licensee is not prohibited from mailing advertising literature directly to such person if the advertisement meets specified standards; provides disciplinary action for violations. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 2822

208

Bad Faith Legislation

Relates to insurance standards of conduct; regulates first party good faith insurance practices; provides for penalties and attorney fees for certain insurance claims practices; excludes workers' compensation insurance, written agreements of a health carrier and dental only coverage; relates to insurers, corporations and business trusts; awards taxable costs for proof of absence of reasonable basis for insurance denial; provides that an insurance producer is not liable for errors of the appointing insurer. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 2876

325

Dangerous Dogs

Relates to animals; changes provisions regulating dangerous dogs and dogs at the outdoor areas of food and beverage establishments; relates to permits; provides that permits may not be transferred to a subsequent owner; prohibits establishment employees from handling dogs; provides that dogs must be on a leash at all times; does not limit service animals; regulates registration of dangerous dogs; requires signs and notices; relates to dangerous dogs, surety bonds, liability insurance and sterilization. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 2980

293

Flood Insurance

Relates to insurance; homeowners; regulates flood insurance coverage; requires disclosures of noncoverage; provides every insurer shall annually provide a written notice to the policyholder entitled Important Information About Damage Caused by Flooding which must be in a certain point type and must disclose the policy does not cover damage caused by flooding and sufficient information to allow policyholder to contact the National Flood Insurance Program to inquire about purchasing flood insurance. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 3082

216

Auto Equipment Issues

Relates to consumer protection; modifies provisions relating to older motor vehicle title branding; provides that damage disclosure does not apply to vehicles that are of a certain weight and years old; provides that title branding does not apply to commercial motor vehicles with a certain gross vehicle weight rating and motorcycles. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 3189

283

Traffic Offenses

Relates to traffic regulations; provides for exemptions to vehicle window glazing restrictions on vehicles that have a prescription or statement that specifically states the minimum percentage of light transmittance may be reduced to satisfy the prescription of medical needs of the patient, and the rear and side windows of a police vehicle. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 3218

250

Workers' Compensation

Relates to workers compensation; adopts recommendations of the Workers Compensation Advisory Council; provides a mass revision of the provisions governing workers' compensation. Effective date: May 1, 2008.

SF 3336

235

Traffic Safety

Relates to traffic regulations; provides for exemptions to vehicle window glazing restrictions on vehicles that have a prescription or statement that specifically states the minimum percentage of light transmittance may be reduced to satisfy the prescription of medical needs of the patient, and the rear and side windows of a police vehicle. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 3360

353

Dangerous Animals

Relates to animals; makes participating in a cockfight, dogfight, or violent pitting of one pet or companion animal against another, receiving money for the admission of a person to a place used for such activity, willfully permits a person to enter or use for that activity premises or uses, trains, or possesses a dog or other animal for the purpose of participating in such activity a felony. Effective date: August 1, 2008.

SF 3508

284

Auto Repairs

Relates to insurance; regulates motor vehicle insurance adjustments; provides no adjuster or insurer, director, officer, broker, agent, attorney in fact, employee or other representative of an insurer shall in collision cases unilaterally and arbitrarily disregard a repair operation or cost identified by an estimating system which an insurer and collision repair facility have agreed to utilize in determining the cost of repair. Effective date: August 1, 2008.