Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2031

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Title

Description: Insurance policies; policy controls over foreign language advertisement.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/03 (S) Referred To Insurance
2 01/30 (S) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2001
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

Senate Committee:

Principal Author: Kirby

Title: AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN INSURER ADVERTISES AN INSURANCE POLICY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, THE INSURER NEED ONLY PROVIDE AN ENGLISH WRITTEN INSURANCE POLICY, SO LONG AS THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE ADVERTISEMENT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE INSURANCE POLICY IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH; TO PROVIDE THAT IN CASE OF DISPUTES, THE INSURANCE POLICY IS CONTROLLING AND THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE ADVERTISEMENT SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO MODIFY THE INSURANCE POLICY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/30/01 at 18:20.

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