SLS 20RS-893 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 506
BY SENATOR BARROW
PROPERTY INSURANCE. Requires property insurance policies insuring commercial and
residential buildings to cover cost of disinfecting fumigation. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 22:49, relative to property insurance; to require insurance policies to cover
3 disinfecting fumigation costs of the insured property where a person with a positive
4 diagnosis for COVID-19 resides or works; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 22:49 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง49. Property insurance coverage of fumigation because of COVID-19
8 Any contract to insure a commercial or residential building shall include
9 coverage of the cost of disinfecting fumigation of the building if a person who
10 works or resides in the building has a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 based
11 upon ten cents per square foot of the area fumigated.
12 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
13 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
14 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
15 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
16 effective on the day following such approval.
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SLS 20RS-893 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SB 506 Original 2020 Regular Session Barrow
Proposed law requires that any contract to insure a commercial or residential building
include coverage of the cost of disinfecting fumigation of the building if a person who works
or resides in the building has a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 based upon ten cents per
square foot of the area fumigated.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 22:49)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.