Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2179, as amended by PL 1973, c. 585, §12, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2186, as amended by PL 1999, c. 5, §1 and affected by §2, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §2187, as amended by PL 2005, c. 433, §1 and affected by §28, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 24-A MRSA c. 89 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 89

INSURANCE FRAUD

§7001.__Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Act.__"Act" includes nonaction or the failure to take action.

2.__Authorized agency.__"Authorized agency" or "authorized agencies" means:

A.__The Administrator of the Office of Securities within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation;

B.__The Attorney General;

C.__A district attorney responsible for prosecution in the municipality where the fraud occurred;

D.__The Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other federal agency, only for the purposes of section 7005, subsection 1;

E.__An international association of insurance supervisors;

F.__The International Criminal Police Organization;

G.__A national insurance crime bureau;

H.__Insurance supervisors or law enforcement authorities outside the United States;