1128-S AMS BENT S3031.2

SHB 1128 - S AMD TO FSIH COMM AMD (S2687.2) 382

By Senators Benton, Prentice

ADOPTED 04/15/2003

Beginning on page 1, line 27 of the amendment, strike all of subsection (4) and insert the following:

"(4) If an insured sustains a loss that is the result of malicious harassment, the insured must file a report with the police or other law enforcement authority within thirty days of discovery of the incident, and a law enforcement authority must determine that a crime has occurred. The report must contain sufficient information to provide an insurer with reasonable notice that the loss was the result of malicious harassment. The insured has a duty to cooperate with any law enforcement official or insurer investigation. For incidents of malicious harassment occurring prior to the effective date of this act, the insured must file the report within six months of the discovery of the incident."

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