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Legislative Day 3 1/15/04 - complete meeting  HB 1083 - granting access to secured parties to record financing statements for security interests/agricultural liens. HB 1072 - revise certain provisions regarding the authority of the Public Utilities Commission to impose civil fines.  HB 1052 - remove the reference to conversion from the requirements for continuation of group health coverage. HB 1051-  revise the requirements for utilization review and grievance procedures. HB 1049 - establish the definition of a payday loan and to establish limitations on such transactions. HB 1043 -revise the exemptions for certain lending licenses. Legislative Day 5 1/20/04 - complete meeting  HB 1072: revise certain provisions regarding the authority of the Public Utilities Commission to impose civil fines HB 1047 - revise certain provisions regarding creditable health insurance coverage HB 1048 - revise certain requirements regarding workers' compensation insurance HB 1082 - revise certain provisions regarding registered agents and service of process for certain business entities Legislative Day 7 1/22/04 - complete meeting HB 1050 - revise certain standards for insurance producers licensure and to prohibit insurance producers from influencing certain witnesses HB 1093 - provide certain insurance and medicaid coverage for hyperbaric oxygen therapy and related services HB 1099 - establish a statute of limitations for real estate licensees and their licensed real estate firms for alleged malpractice, mistake, error, and omission SB 25: revise certain provisions regarding the cancellation of automobile insurance policies Legislative Day 10 1/27/04 - complete meeting HB 1118 - authorize banks to enter into debt cancellation and debt suspension contracts and to exempt such contracts from insurance regulations. HB 1130- revise certain provisions relating to the transfer on death or pay on death designations of certain security accounts. HB 1137-permit the investment of public funds in certificates of deposit insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. HB 1138-limit the fees charged by certain money lenders. HB 1144 -revise certain fees charged by the Division of Banking and to declare an emergency.  HB 1188 -revise certain provisions regarding the franchises of dealers in vehicles, implements, and equipment. Legislative Day 12 1/29/04 - complete meeting HB 1211 - revise certain provisions regarding the insurance guaranty association HB 1235 - revise certain provisions related to pull-tab dispensing machines HB 1262 - require payment of unused vacation hours upon termination of employment HB 1264 - require employers to provide certain information on pay stubs Legislative Day 15 2/3/04 - complete meeting HB 1279 - limit the information printed on an electronic credit card or debit card receipt and to provide for a civil cause of action for failure to comply with the provisions of this Act HB 1250 - provide for the regulation of escrow agents HB 1259 - revise certain provisions concerning installment loan lending HB 1082 - revise certain provisions regarding registered agents and service of process for certain business entities HB 1288 - provide certain safety measures and requirements for entertainment facilities HB 1285 - appropriate money to fund the increases in premiums for persons with guarantee issue health plans Legislative Day 17 2/5/04 - complete meeting HB 1270: revise certain provisions regarding exemptions of benefits and proceeds of certain insurance policies and annuities HB 1239: limit excessive interest rates and fees on certain short term loans. HB 1185: revise the definition of misconduct for purposes of denying unemployment benefits HB 1276: allow the holder of a farm winery license to give wine samples and sell wine off-sale at special events. HB 1299: revise certain provisions related to interstate shipments of wine. HB 1232: license manufacturers of wine who hire equipment on their premises to the public for the purpose of making wine, to authorize sales to wholesalers and retailers, to authorize off-sale licenses for those manufacturers, and to impose an excise tax. Legislative Day 21 2/10/04 - complete meeting HB 1232 - license manufacturers of wine who hire equipment on their premises to the public for the purpose of making wine, to authorize sales to wholesalers and retailers, to authorize off-sale licenses for those manufacturers, and to impose an excise tax HB 1185 - revise the definition of misconduct for purposes of denying unemployment benefits SB 36 - authorize the issuance of group life policies to additional types of groups SB 25 - revise certain provisions regarding the cancellation of automobile insurance policies SB 34 - repeal certain small group health insurance requirements SB 35 - revise certain requirements for insurance producers SB 30 - revise certain pari-mutuel racing provisions relating to the definition of a racing jurisdiction Legislative Day 23 2/12/04 - complete meeting SB 84 - require certain sellers and lessors of residential property to disclose any knowledge of the existence of prior manufacturing of methamphetamines and to provide for development of a disclosure form SB 37 - provide for the filing and usage of certain property casualty rates and to exempt certain size risks from rate and form approval SB 38 - adopt the Uniform Securities Act, to repeal chapter 47-31A, and to revise certain related provisions SB 39 - revise certain provisions regarding principal and home office credits against the insurance premium tax SB 81 - clarify the nature of certain tariffs and schedules filed by the public utilities and approved by the Public Utilities Commission SB 183 - revise certain provisions relating to short-term mortgages SB 78 - increase the bond requirements for certain vehicle dealers SB 82 - require prior notice of automatic renewal dates in certain telecommunications contracts Legislative Day 25 2/17/04 - complete meeting SB 130- revise certain provisions relating to farm mutual insurers SB 135- provide for reasonable compensation by manufacturers of outdoor power equipment for warranty work done by a retailer that sells outdoor power equipment SB 137- revise certain provisions related to assets allowed in the determination of the financial condition of an insurer SB 144- require certain telecommunications traffic signaling information to be provided to facilitate payment of inter-carrier compensation SB 148- repeal and reenact the standard nonforfeiture statute for individual deferred annuities SB 192- require participating providers to provide the same rates to persons who have health savings accounts SB 193- restrict the investment of insurers in certain investment assets Legislative Day 27 2/19/04 - complete meeting SB 194 - exempt certain renter damage guarantee programs from insurance regulation SB 208 - repeal certain small group health insurance requirements