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An Act To Separate the Authorities under the Licenses for Property and Casualty Insurance Adjusters and Workers' Compensation Insurance Adjusters
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §1402, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 511, Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read:
 
B.  Property and casualty insurance adjusters who are employees of insurers or workers' compensation insurance adjusters who are employees of insurers;
Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §1402, sub-§11-A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 511, Pt. C, §3, is amended to read:
 
11-A. Property and casualty insurance adjuster.   "Property and casualty insurance adjuster" means a person who adjusts property and casualty claims of any kind except for multiple peril crop insurance claims and workers' compensation claims.
Sec. 3.  24-A MRSA §1402, sub-§11-B  is enacted to read:
 
11-B.  Workers' compensation insurance adjuster.     "Workers' compensation insurance adjuster" means a person who adjusts workers' compensation claims governed by Title 39 or 39-A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person who on January 1, 2018 is licensed as a property and casualty insurance adjuster is automatically granted workers' compensation authority on that date.
Sec. 4. 24-A MRSA §1415, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2009, c. 511, Pt. C, §5, is further amended to read:
 
3. Adjuster authorities.   A resident or nonresident adjuster may receive the following authorities under the license:
 
A. Property and casualty insurance adjuster; and
 
B. Multiple peril crop insurance adjuster.; and
 
C.  Workers' compensation insurance adjuster.
Sec. 5. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.