CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1240Introduced by Senator SkinnerFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 14076 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1240, as introduced, Skinner. Insurance adjuster disciplinary hearings. Existing law, the Insurance Adjuster Act, regulates the licensing and business of insurance adjusters. Existing law sets forth the procedures for disciplinary hearings under the act. Existing law prohibits notice of a hearing or a copy of an affidavit from being mailed or delivered to a nonresident adjuster licensee less than 20 days before the hearing date, and prohibits the time for making a request to cross-examine from being less than 15 days.This bill would extend those minimum timeframes to no less than 30 days before the hearing date for the mailing or delivery of notice of a hearing or a copy of an affidavit and no less than 20 days for the time for making a request to cross-examine.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 14076 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:14076. The commissioner, or if the proceeding is heard before a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, such hearing officer, may order such postponements or continuances and grant such extensions of time as may be necessary to afford the licensee reasonable opportunity to defend the proceeding. In no event shall the licensee have less than 30 days after the date of service of the accusation in which to file a notice of defense, nor shall the notice of hearing provided for in Section 11509 of the Government Code or the notice and copy of affidavit referred to in Section 11514 of the Government Code be mailed or delivered less than 20 30 days prior to the date of hearing, and the time for making a request to cross-examine under Section 11514 of the Government Code shall not be less than 15 20 days.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1240Introduced by Senator SkinnerFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 14076 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1240, as introduced, Skinner. Insurance adjuster disciplinary hearings. Existing law, the Insurance Adjuster Act, regulates the licensing and business of insurance adjusters. Existing law sets forth the procedures for disciplinary hearings under the act. Existing law prohibits notice of a hearing or a copy of an affidavit from being mailed or delivered to a nonresident adjuster licensee less than 20 days before the hearing date, and prohibits the time for making a request to cross-examine from being less than 15 days.This bill would extend those minimum timeframes to no less than 30 days before the hearing date for the mailing or delivery of notice of a hearing or a copy of an affidavit and no less than 20 days for the time for making a request to cross-examine.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1240
Introduced by Senator SkinnerFebruary 17, 2022
Introduced by Senator Skinner
February 17, 2022
An act to amend Section 14076 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1240, as introduced, Skinner. Insurance adjuster disciplinary hearings.
Existing law, the Insurance Adjuster Act, regulates the licensing and business of insurance adjusters. Existing law sets forth the procedures for disciplinary hearings under the act. Existing law prohibits notice of a hearing or a copy of an affidavit from being mailed or delivered to a nonresident adjuster licensee less than 20 days before the hearing date, and prohibits the time for making a request to cross-examine from being less than 15 days.This bill would extend those minimum timeframes to no less than 30 days before the hearing date for the mailing or delivery of notice of a hearing or a copy of an affidavit and no less than 20 days for the time for making a request to cross-examine.
Existing law, the Insurance Adjuster Act, regulates the licensing and business of insurance adjusters. Existing law sets forth the procedures for disciplinary hearings under the act. Existing law prohibits notice of a hearing or a copy of an affidavit from being mailed or delivered to a nonresident adjuster licensee less than 20 days before the hearing date, and prohibits the time for making a request to cross-examine from being less than 15 days.
This bill would extend those minimum timeframes to no less than 30 days before the hearing date for the mailing or delivery of notice of a hearing or a copy of an affidavit and no less than 20 days for the time for making a request to cross-examine.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 14076 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:14076. The commissioner, or if the proceeding is heard before a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, such hearing officer, may order such postponements or continuances and grant such extensions of time as may be necessary to afford the licensee reasonable opportunity to defend the proceeding. In no event shall the licensee have less than 30 days after the date of service of the accusation in which to file a notice of defense, nor shall the notice of hearing provided for in Section 11509 of the Government Code or the notice and copy of affidavit referred to in Section 11514 of the Government Code be mailed or delivered less than 20 30 days prior to the date of hearing, and the time for making a request to cross-examine under Section 11514 of the Government Code shall not be less than 15 20 days.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 14076 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:14076. The commissioner, or if the proceeding is heard before a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, such hearing officer, may order such postponements or continuances and grant such extensions of time as may be necessary to afford the licensee reasonable opportunity to defend the proceeding. In no event shall the licensee have less than 30 days after the date of service of the accusation in which to file a notice of defense, nor shall the notice of hearing provided for in Section 11509 of the Government Code or the notice and copy of affidavit referred to in Section 11514 of the Government Code be mailed or delivered less than 20 30 days prior to the date of hearing, and the time for making a request to cross-examine under Section 11514 of the Government Code shall not be less than 15 20 days.
SECTION 1. Section 14076 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
14076. The commissioner, or if the proceeding is heard before a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, such hearing officer, may order such postponements or continuances and grant such extensions of time as may be necessary to afford the licensee reasonable opportunity to defend the proceeding. In no event shall the licensee have less than 30 days after the date of service of the accusation in which to file a notice of defense, nor shall the notice of hearing provided for in Section 11509 of the Government Code or the notice and copy of affidavit referred to in Section 11514 of the Government Code be mailed or delivered less than 20 30 days prior to the date of hearing, and the time for making a request to cross-examine under Section 11514 of the Government Code shall not be less than 15 20 days.
14076. The commissioner, or if the proceeding is heard before a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, such hearing officer, may order such postponements or continuances and grant such extensions of time as may be necessary to afford the licensee reasonable opportunity to defend the proceeding. In no event shall the licensee have less than 30 days after the date of service of the accusation in which to file a notice of defense, nor shall the notice of hearing provided for in Section 11509 of the Government Code or the notice and copy of affidavit referred to in Section 11514 of the Government Code be mailed or delivered less than 20 30 days prior to the date of hearing, and the time for making a request to cross-examine under Section 11514 of the Government Code shall not be less than 15 20 days.
14076. The commissioner, or if the proceeding is heard before a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, such hearing officer, may order such postponements or continuances and grant such extensions of time as may be necessary to afford the licensee reasonable opportunity to defend the proceeding. In no event shall the licensee have less than 30 days after the date of service of the accusation in which to file a notice of defense, nor shall the notice of hearing provided for in Section 11509 of the Government Code or the notice and copy of affidavit referred to in Section 11514 of the Government Code be mailed or delivered less than 20 30 days prior to the date of hearing, and the time for making a request to cross-examine under Section 11514 of the Government Code shall not be less than 15 20 days.
14076. The commissioner, or if the proceeding is heard before a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, such hearing officer, may order such postponements or continuances and grant such extensions of time as may be necessary to afford the licensee reasonable opportunity to defend the proceeding. In no event shall the licensee have less than 30 days after the date of service of the accusation in which to file a notice of defense, nor shall the notice of hearing provided for in Section 11509 of the Government Code or the notice and copy of affidavit referred to in Section 11514 of the Government Code be mailed or delivered less than 20 30 days prior to the date of hearing, and the time for making a request to cross-examine under Section 11514 of the Government Code shall not be less than 15 20 days.