SB62 Alabama 2019 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Rodger SmithermanSenatorDemocrat- Session
- Regular Session 2019
- Title
- Consumer protection, roofing, contracts, cancellation of roofing contract further provided, Sec. 8-36-2 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, a person who has entered into a written contract with a residential roofing contractor to provide goods or services to be paid from the proceeds of a property and casualty insurance policy is allowed to cancel the contract within 10 business days after the contract has been entered into if the insured has received written notice from the insurer that all or part of the claim is not a covered loss under the insurance policy.
This bill would allow a person to cancel a roofing contract within five days of receiving written notice from the insurer that all or any part of the claim or contract is not a covered loss under the insurance policy or that the covered claim will not be sufficient to cover the amount of the contract.
- Subjects
- Consumers and Consumer Protection
Bill Actions
Assigned Act No. 2019-99.
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 339
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Insurance
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature