HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 289        FILED ON: 1/8/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 903

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to applications for insurance against loss or damage to a building by fire..

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

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 98, as so appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 98.  The issuance of a written memorandum of a preliminary contract of insurance shall be allowed for a period no longer than thirty days prior to the issuance of the actual insurance policy.