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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Harrison, Clemmons, G. Brown and Duncan
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 236
Introduced in the House on January 25, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Motor vehicle glass repair business
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/25/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-2 1/25/2007 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-2 2/1/2007 House Recalled from Committee on Judiciary HJ-18 2/1/2007 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-18 2/8/2007 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons, G.Brown 2/20/2007 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 39-5-31 SO AS TO MAKE IT AN UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE GLASS REPAIR BUSINESS THAT ADMINISTERS INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE GLASS REPAIRS TO HAVE AN INSURED'S GLASS REPAIR BUSINESS REFERRED TO ITSELF OR TO USE INFORMATION TO SOLICIT BUSINESS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5, Title 39 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 39-5-31. It is an unlawful trade practice pursuant to Section 39-5-20 for a motor vehicle glass repair business actively engaged in the repair or replacement of motor vehicle glass, or a person or entity with a ten percent or more ownership interest in that business, and acting as a third party administrator of insurance claims made pursuant to insurance coverage for motor vehicle glass repair to:
(1) refer or steer, or cause to be referred or steered, an insured's motor vehicle glass repair business to itself; or
(2) use consumer information obtained in the process of acting in that dual capacity to solicit motor vehicle glass repair business."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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