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HB 1341

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Liability Insurance

Establishes Ethan's Law; requires all owners of for profit privately owned swimming pools to maintain adequate liability insurance for injury or death of a patron. Effective date: June 6, 2008.

HB 1384

Identity Theft

Changes the laws regarding identity protection and gives identity theft victims the right to have an incident report filed by their law enforcement agency and receive a copy of the report. Effective date: August 28, 2008.

HB 1690

State Regulation

Allows the Director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration to establish rules and a web-based delivery method for submitting required insurance-related filings. Effective date: August 28, 2008.

HB 1715

Watercraft Issues

Requires the documented owner of a vessel or outboard motor to endorse an assignment with warranty of title and a statement of all liens or encumbrances at the time of sale or transfer of ownership; relates to various penalties for operating a vessel while intoxicated, sport fishing, marine traffic control, experience requirements of the Commissioner of the State Water Patrol, involuntary manslaughter and assault of a law enforcement officer through negligent operation of a vessel, and abandoned boats. Effective date: July 3, 2008.

HB 1883

Workers' Compensation

Prohibits employers from requiring employees to have personal identification microchip technology implanted in their bodies; reaffirms that the right for compensation for permanent total disability under Workers' Compensation Law terminates on the date of the injured employee's death; re-enacts federal overtime standards for firefighters, commissioned employees, and flex-time pay rate employees; prohibits employers from terminating an employee for being activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Effective date: June 26, 2008.

HB 1893

Credit Insurance

Changes the formula for calculating a refund for credit insurance premiums in the event of termination of the insurance prior to the scheduled maturity date of the indebtedness; specifies that the first month's premium is earned on the first day of coverage, and each successive month's premium will be earned on the anniversary date of the coverage.(See also SB 1168). Effective date: August 28, 2008.

SB 711

Motor Vehicle Record Fee

Requires the director of the Department of Revenue to collect a maximum fee of one half of one cent per motor vehicle or driver license record for batch/bulk customer requests that meet the criteria enumerated in the Drivers Licence Privacy and Protection Act. Effective date: August 28, 2008.

SB 788

State Regulation

Moves the Divisions of Finance, Credit Unions and Professional Registration, and the State Banking Board, to the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration; relates to a Joint Committee on Preneed Funeral Contracts, embalming services, the right of sepulcher, power of attorney, licensure, training, and interstate reciprocity for physical therapists and public accountants, the Public Accounting Oversight Board, and the Manufactured Housing Customer Recovery Fund. Effective date: August 28, 2008.

SB 907

Underground Storage Tanks

Requires the Hazardous Waste Management Commission to propose rules to establish requirements for the reporting of releases and corrective action taken in response to releases from underground petroleum storage tanks; extends the expiration date of the Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund; provides for membership of the Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund Board of Trustees' advisory committee; generally relates to petroleum storage tank owner and operator liability. Effective date: August 28, 2008.

SB 936

Auto Emission Testing

Relates to motor vehicle emissions inspection process; gives a motorist a certain amount of days beyond the vehicle's registration expiration without a current state registration license for the purposes of resetting their vehicle's readiness monitor and passing the on-board diagnostic retest; provides a motorist must keep the most recent failing OBD test results in their vehicle to present to law enforcement; makes motorists still liable for late registration penalties. Effective date: August 28, 2008.

SB 1168

Credit Insurance

Revises formula for computing a refund for credit insurance; provides that a premium refund now equals the original premium multiplied by the ratio of the sum of the remaining insured balances divided by the sum of the original insured balances; provides that in determining the number of months for which a premium is earned, the first month's premium may be considered as earned on a certain day of coverage and for all successive month's premiums, on the coverage anniversary date in each successive month. Effective date: August 28, 2008.