Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2607

E Relating to insurance fraud and auto theft prevention ARTICLE 1 � INSURANCE
FRAUD PREVENTIONAuthorizing the commissioner of commerce to establish a law
+enforcement agency to be known as the division of insurance fraud prevention to
conduct investigations and make arrests relating to insurance fraud, +specifying
duties and providing for initial arrests and investigations; requiring the
+division to develop a policy for notifying law enforcement agencies with
primary jurisdiction of investigations initiated by the division; requiring +the
commissioner to appoint a full time peace officer as the chief law +enforcement
officer to be responsible for management of the division; requiring +the
division to comply with statutes and administrative rules relating to+ the
operation and management of law enforcement agencies; requiring +insurers to
remit annual assessments to the commissioner for deposit in the +insurance fraud
prevention account, providing for calculation of the assessment; +including
officers of the department of commerce insurance fraud unit in the +definition
of peace officer; repealing the current division of insurance fraud
+preventionARTICLE 2 � AUTO THEFT PREVENTIONTransferring powers and duties of
the commissioner of public safety +relating to the automobile theft prevention
program to the commissioner of +commerce; specifying certain recodification
instructions to the revisor of +statutes(je, ja)