S1385 • 2026

Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not related party transactions.

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Sponsor: Lagana, Joseph A.
Last action: 2026-05-18
Official status: Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not related party transactions.

What This Bill Does

Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not related party transactions.
Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-05-18 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
2026-05-18 New Jersey Legislature
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Official Summary Text

Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not related party transactions.
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S1385 TR

SENATE, No. 1385

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides that contracts between subscribers and
attorney in fact are not a related party transaction.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee with
technical review.

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An Act
concerning reciprocal insurance and interinsurance
contracts and amending P.L.1945, c.161.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.1945,
c.161 (C.17:50-1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� Individuals,
partnerships, trustees and all corporations of this State, herein designated�
"subscribers,"� are hereby authorized to exchange reciprocal� or
interinsurance contracts with each other and with individuals, partnerships,�
trustees and corporations of other States, districts, provinces and countries,�
for any or all of the kinds of business for which a company may be formed or�
authorized to transact under the provisions of chapter seventeen of Title 17
of� the Revised Statutes, except life insurance.

���� Such contracts and the
exchange thereof and such subscribers, their attorneys in fact and
representatives shall be regulated by this act, and by no� other statute of
this State relating to insurance,
including, but not limited to, R.S.17:27-1
et seq.,
except as herein otherwise provided.�
Such contracts between
subscribers and the attorney in fact and any fees charged pursuant to those
contracts or arising out of those contracts shall not be construed to be a
related party transaction.

(cf: P.L.1945, c.161, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.