Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2878%20intr.htm&yr=2005&sesstype=RS&i=2878
Timestamp: 2018-01-20 13:28:10
Document Index: 638262220

Matched Legal Cases: ['§33', '§33', '§33', '§33', '§33', '§33', '§33']

Introduced Version House Bill 2878 History
hb2878 intr
A BILL to amend and reenact §33-41-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §33-41-4a and §33-41-8a, all relating to insurance fraud; permitting the fraud unit to investigate the forgery of insurance documents; permitting the Insurance Commissioner to accept gifts and other property; exempting fraud unit employees from liability under certain circumstances; designating the fraud unit a criminal justice agency for purposes of access to information; and requiring background checks of applicants for employment with the fraud unit.
That §33-41-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto two new sections, designated §33-41-4a and §33-41-8a, all to read as follows:
(c) The Director of the unit, acting on behalf of the Commissioner, may enter into and execute any agreements and perform any acts that may be necessary, useful, desirable or convenient to effectuate the purposes of this section.
(1) Initiate inquiries and conduct investigations when the unit has cause to believe violations of any of the following provisions of this code chapter, the provisions of chapter twenty-three, the provisions of article three chapter sixty one of this code relating to the business of insurance have been or are being committed: Chapter thirty-three; chapter twenty-three; article three of chapter sixty-one; and section five, article four of chapter sixty-one.
§§33-41-4a and 33-41-8a are new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.