1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to insurance; clarifying that existing law 
  1.3             prohibits insurers from terminating agents as a result 
  1.4             of contacts with any branch of government; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 72A.20, subdivision 
  1.6             20. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 72A.20, 
  1.9   subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 20.  [CONTACT WITH DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT.] An 
  1.11  insurance company may not terminate or otherwise penalize an 
  1.12  insurance agent solely because the agent contacted any 
  1.13  government department or agency regarding a problem that the 
  1.14  agent or an insured may be having with an insurance 
  1.15  company.  For purposes of this section, "government department 
  1.16  or agency" includes the executive, legislative, and judicial 
  1.17  branches of government as stated in article III of the 
  1.18  Constitution. 
  1.19     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.20     Section 1 is a clarification of the legislature's intent in 
  1.21  originally enacting Minnesota Statutes, section 72A.20, 
  1.22  subdivision 20, and section 1 is therefore effective 
  1.23  retroactively to May 18, 1989, which was the effective date of 
  1.24  that statute as originally enacted.