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| | | An Act To Prohibit Steering in Automobile Insurance |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2164-C, as amended by PL 1993, c. 203, §1, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §2164-C.__Free competition |
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| | | 1. Appraisals or repairs to motor vehicle glass.__A domestic | | or foreign insurer or its agent or employee may not require, | | directly or indirectly, that appraisals or repairs to motor | | vehicle glass be made or not be made in a specified place of | | business. |
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| | | A domestic or foreign insurer or its agent or employee may not | | contract with any person to act as its agent for purposes of | | managing, handling or arranging repair or replacement of motor | | vehicle glass when that person is compensated by payment of a | | portion of the difference between the list price of the product | | or services provided and the amount paid to the person providing | | repair and replacement service. |
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| | | 2.__Appraisals or repairs to motor vehicles for collision | | damage. A domestic or foreign insurer or its agent or employee |
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| | | may not require, directly or indirectly, that appraisals or | | repairs to motor vehicles with collision damage be made or not be | | made in a specified place of business. |
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| | | A domestic or foreign insurer or its agent or employee may not | | contract with any person to act as its agent for purposes of | | managing, handling or arranging repair or replacement of motor |
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