NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 550
HOUSE BILL 22

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE AVAILABILITY IN FARMOWNERS' AND OTHER PROPERTY INSURANCE POLICIES OF COVERAGE AGAINST LOSS BY WEIGHT OF ICE, SNOW, OR SLEET.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Article 19 of General Statutes Chapter 58 is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 58‑180.3. Farmowners' and other property policies; ice, snow, or sleet damage. — Under any policy of farmowners' or other property insurance that insures against all direct loss by fire, lightning, or other perils that may be delivered or issued for delivery in this State with respect to any farm dwellings, appurtenant private structures, barns, or other farm buildings or farm structures located in this State, coverage shall be available for inclusion therein or supplemental thereto to include direct loss caused by weight of ice, snow, or sleet that results in physical damage to such buildings or structures, and shall be offered to all insureds requesting these policies."
Sec. 2. This act shall apply to all new and renewal policies of insurance specified in Section 1 of this act that are delivered or issued for delivery on or after the effective date of this act.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1981.