MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Insurance
By: Senator(s) Watson
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-3-24, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI STATE RATING BUREAU TO UTILIZE THE FIRE SUPPRESSION RATING SCHEDULE (FSRS), OR ITS SUCCESSOR, PUBLISHED BY INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE, INC., WHEN RATING A MUNICIPALITY OR FIRE DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 83-3-24, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
83-3-24. When rating a municipality or fire district, the Rating Bureau shall calculate its rating utilizing the Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS), or its successor, published by Insurance Services Office, Inc., as amended or revised by the Rating Bureau. For the purpose of grading fire departments, the alternative water supply standard shall be two hundred fifty (250) gallons per minute for a sustained period of one (1) hour.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.