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CHAPTER 615 AN ACT RELATIVE TO INTEREST ON INSURANCE PROCEEDS PAYABLE UPON THE DEATH OF THE INSURED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 119C of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1988 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Upon the death of an insured, the proceeds payable under any policy of individual life insurance which is in force on the date of death shall include the payment of interest at the rate for proceeds left on deposit with the insurer beginning thirty days after the death of the insured and shall not be payable until receipt by the insurer of proof of the insured's death.

Approved December 19, 1989.