AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that SB 44 be amended as follows:

     On page 2, after line 5 of the printed bill, insert:

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     Section 3. That chapter 58-24 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     Casualty insurance written pursuant to §  58-9-27 is subject to the rating requirements of chapter 58-24.

     Section 4. That § 58-9-27 be amended to read as follows:

     58-9-27.   " Casualty insurance " includes insurance against any other kind of loss, damage, or liability properly a subject of insurance and not within any other kind of insurance as defined in this chapter, if such insurance is not disapproved by the director of insurance as being contrary to law or public policy. Casualty insurance also includes liability insurance that insures the issuing of written certificates or statements of title or similar instruments stating the condition and status of title to real estate and the holder of record title to real estate, subject to any exemptions or qualifications set forth in any such instrument, provided that there is a policy of indemnification for the person for whom the instrument is made. Nothing in this Act may be construed to affect the regulation of abstracters of title engaging in business in this state pursuant to chapter 36-13. ".