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1997 SESSION

973571260
HOUSE BILL NO. 2276
Offered January 17, 1997
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 38.2 a section numbered 38.2-235, relating to liability insurance; carbon monoxide exclusions.
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Patrons-- Hall, Albo, Almand, Armstrong, Bennett, Brickley, Callahan, Clement, Connally, Crittenden, Darner, Hull, Keating, Lovelace, May, McClure, Mims, Moran, Parrish, Plum, Rust, Scott, Shuler, Spruill, Tate, Van Landingham, Watkins, Watts and Woodrum; Senators: Barry, Colgan, Houck, Howell, Maxwell, Reasor, Reynolds, Saslaw, Ticer, Waddell and Woods
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Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 38.2 a section numbered 38.2-235 as follows:

§ 38.2-235. Liability insurance; carbon monoxide exclusions.

No policy of insurance furnishing personal injury liability or property damage liability coverage as defined in §§ 38.2-117 and 38.2-118, including any endorsements thereto, shall be deemed to exclude coverage for the discharge, dispersal, seepage, migration, release, emission, leakage or escape of carbon monoxide from a residential or commercial heating system unless excluded in such policy by explicit reference thereto.