SB239 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Phillip W. Williams

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Insurance, Dept. of Insurance, Strengthen Alabama Homes Program, to maintain confidential documents, materials, and other information submitted by property owners, Sec. 27-31E-3 am'd.

Summary

SB 239 would require the Strengthen Alabama Homes Program to keep all documents and information from grant applications confidential.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends the law to make confidential all documents, materials, and other information submitted by property owners or insurance companies in support of Strengthen Alabama Homes grant applications. It clarifies grant eligibility and use, requiring property owners to have a homestead exemption and to use grants to retrofit homes to resist hurricanes, tornadoes, or other major windstorms. The confidentiality is governed by existing confidentiality rules in 27-2-24(g), and the act takes effect immediately after governor approval or upon becoming law.

Who It Affects

• Residential property owners applying for Strengthen Alabama Homes grants would have their grant-application documents kept confidential.
• Insurance companies submitting information in support of grant applications would have their documents kept confidential.

Key Provisions

• Confidentiality: all documents, materials, and information submitted in support of grant applications to the Department of Insurance must be kept confidential under the confidentiality provisions of 27-2-24(g).
• Eligibility and use: grants must be used to retrofit insurable properties to resist hurricane, tornado, or other catastrophic windstorm events, and eligible property owners must have a homestead exemption and meet the department's eligibility requirements for each grant type.
• Effective date: the act becomes effective immediately following passage and Governor's approval, or otherwise when it becomes law.

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Subjects

Insurance