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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1940 By: Martinez
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to professions and occupations;
prohibiting roofing contractor from waiving insuran ce
deductible as advertisement or inducement for sale;
requiring certain notice; providing penalty;
construing imposition of certain fine; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF O KLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1151.30 of Title 59, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A residential or commercial roofing contr actor providing repairs
or improvement services to be paid by an insured from the proceeds
of a property or casualty insurance policy shall not, as an
inducement to the sale or provision of goods or services to an
insured, advertise or promise to pay, dire ctly or indirectly, all or
part of any applicable insurance deductible or offer to compensate
an insured for providing any service to the insured. If a roofing
contractor violates the provisions of this section, the insurer to
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whom the insured tendered th e claim shall not be obligated to
consider the estimate prepared by the roofing contractor. Every
roofing contractor shall provide a written notification of the
requirements of this section with its initial estimate. The
adjuster or insurer shall provide a written notification of the
requirements of this section in the initial estimate relating to the
claim.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-7726 LRB 02/24/21