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HB 0498 - Motor vehicles; change definitions; drivers' licenses; provisions

Tracking Level: Monitor
Sponsor: Knox,Tom 24th
Last Action: 4/20/2007 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted
House Committee: Ins
Assigned To:
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

Amend Title 40.  Relating to motor vehicles and traffic.  This bill would change the definition of commercial vehicle policy and fleet policy as well as change the term �commercial vehicle policy� to �commercially insured vehicle policy�.  For purposes of aiding in the enforcement of the requirement of minimum motor vehicle liability insurance, any insurer issuing or renewing in this state any policy of motor vehicle liability insurance required other than a commercially insured vehicle policy shall within 30 days after the date the insurance agent binds the coverage or on the date such coverage was renewed, provide notice of such insurance coverage by electronic transmission to the department; except that once coverage data has been electronically transmitted to the department, there shall be no requirement to report on subsequent renewals of that coverage. Insurance coverage information included in such notice of issue or renewal shall be limited exclusively to the name of the insurer, the VIN, the make and year of the insured motor vehicle, and the policy effective date.  The department shall not require the policy limits to be disclosed.  In cases in which the minimum motor vehicle insurance coverage required terminates, the insurer shall by electronic transmission notify the department of such coverage termination on or before the date coverage ends or, if termination is at the request of the insured, then on the date such request is processed by the insurer. Insurance coverage termination information included in such notice shall include VIN and the date of coverage termination.  The reports required of insurers and the Commissioner of Insurance shall not apply to any vehicle for which the vehicle coverage is provided by a commercially insured vehicle policy.  The department shall prescribe the form and manner of electronic transmission for the purposes of insurers sending the notices required by this Code section.  The commissioner may temporarily waive or suspend fees, penalties, and notices under this Code section to any or all owners of motor vehicles as may be necessary in the commissioner�s discretion to effectuate changes and improvements to the management of the department�s records and electronic data.


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