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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6690
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1492
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. HARDING, 107th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURERS TO
OFFER COVERAGE FOR THE REMOVAL OF TREES FROM
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 700 of the general statutes be amended to require each 1
insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or endorses a 2
homeowners insurance policy for a residential property in this state to 3
offer coverage for the removal of trees from such property that have 4
fallen onto such property due to a natural disaster. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To require each insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, renews,
amends or endorses a homeowners insurance policy for a residential
property in this state to offer coverage for the removal of trees from
such property that have fallen onto such property due to a natural
disaster.