PRINTER'S NO. 209
No. 186 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY LEVI, HUTCHINSON, A. C. FOSTER, JR. AND
DOMBROWSKI, FEBRUARY 8, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 8, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 19, 1974 (P.L.489, No.176), entitled
2 "An act providing for a compensation system for persons
3 injured in motor vehicle accidents; requiring insurance for
4 all motor vehicles required to be registered in Pennsylvania;
5 defining compensable damage in motor vehicle accident cases;
6 establishing an assigned claims plan; providing for
7 arbitration; imposing powers and duties on courts, the
8 Department of Transportation and the Insurance Commissioner;
9 prohibiting certain discrimination; and providing penalties,"
10 providing for the surrender of registration certificates and
11 license plates to the State Police.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 401(d) of the act of July 19, 1974
15 (P.L.489, No.176), known as the Pennsylvania No-fault Motor
16 Vehicle Insurance Act, is amended to read:
17 § 104. Required motor vehicle insurance.
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19 (d) Obligations upon termination of security.--An owner of a
20 motor vehicle who ceases to maintain the security required in
21 accordance with this act shall immediately surrender the
22 registration certificate and license plates for the vehicle to
1 [the department] any office of the Pennsylvania State Police
2 located within the county of the owner's residence and may not
3 operate or permit operation of the vehicle in this Commonwealth
4 until security has again been furnished as required in
5 accordance with this act. A person other than the owner who
6 ceases to maintain such security shall immediately notify the
7 owner and the department, who may not operate or permit
8 operation of the vehicle until security has again been
9 furnished. An insurer who has issued a contract of insurance and
10 knows or has reason to believe the contract is for the purpose
11 of providing security shall immediately give notice to the
12 department of the termination of the insurance. If the
13 commissioner or department withdraws approval of security
14 provided by a self-insurer or knows that the conditions for
15 self-insurance have ceased to exist, he shall immediately give
16 notice thereof to the department. These requirements may be
17 modified or waived by the department.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in six months.
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