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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 979
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3612
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE ON TH IS STATE AND INSURANCE IN THIS
STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study the current and anticipated future impact of climate change 2
on this state. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, the 3
current and anticipated future impact of climate change on this state, 4
the residents of this state, municipalities in this state, the insurance 5
industry in this state and the cost and availability of insurance in this 6
state. 7
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 8
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 9
one of whom has expertise in insurance and one of whom has 10
expertise in environmental science; 11
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 12 Raised Bill No. 979
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(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 13
Representatives; 14
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 15
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 16
Representatives; 17
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 18
(7) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; 19
(8) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or 20
the commissioner's designee; and 21
(9) Two persons appointed by the Governor. 22
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 23
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 24
of the General Assembly. 25
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 26
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 27
filled by the appointing authority. 28
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 29
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 30
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 31
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 32
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 33
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 34
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance 35
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 36
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 37
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 38
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 39
relating to insurance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-40 Raised Bill No. 979
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4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date 41
that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 42
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to study the impact of climate change on this
state and insurance in this state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]