HOUSE BILL No. 4558


     April 22, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Stallworth and Vaughn and referred to the Committee on Insurance and Financial Services.


        A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

   "The insurance code of 1956,"

   (MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3147.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 3147.  (1) IF AN AUTOMOBILE INSURER DECIDES TO RETAIN

 2    OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT IN WHOLE OR IN PART THE AUTO-

 3    MOBILE INSURER AND THE INSURED UNDER THE TERMS OF AN AUTOMOBILE

 4    INSURANCE POLICY, THE INSURED SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO

 5    SELECT THE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL.

 6         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL" MEANS

 7    AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THIS STATE WHO IS NOT AN

 8    EMPLOYEE OF THE AUTOMOBILE INSURER.








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