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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 454
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(IV) WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COORDINATE AND
STREAMLINE HEALTH PERMITS FOR FARMING AND ON FARM ACTIVITIES.
(4) THE SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE
OPERATION AND STAFFING OF THE AGRICULTURAL OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2006.
Approved May 16, 2006.
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CHAPTER 454
(House Bill 285)
AN ACT concerning
Homeowner's Insurance - Underwriting, Premium Increases. Cancellation,
and Refusal to Renew
FOR the purpose of prohibiting an insurer, with respect to homeowner's insurance,
from refusing to underwrite a risk, increasing a premium, or canceling or
refusing to renew coverage based in whole or in part on claims filed by a
previous owner of the property to be insured or that is insured unless the refusal
to underwrite, cancellation, or refusal to renew is based on a physical inspection
of the property or on certain inquiries by a policyholder or an insured or an
insurance producer on behalf of an insured; defining a certain term; and
generally relating to homeowner's insurance coverage.
BY adding to
Article - Insurance
Section 27-501(p)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Insurance
27-501.
(P) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION, "INQUIRY' MEANS A TELEPHONE CALL OR
OTHER COMMUNICATION TO AN INSURER REGARDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF A HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE POLICY INCLUDING A TELEPHONE CALL OR OTHER
COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHETHER THE POLICY PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR A
PARTICULAR LOSS OR THE PROCESS FOR FILING A CLAIM.
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