PRINTER'S NO. 2476
No. 1947 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY SALOOM, HUTCHINSON, PETRARCA, GEORGE AND FEE,
NOVEMBER 16, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 16, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund
3 coverage and benefits for owners of antique or classic motor
4 vehicles.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The definition of "eligible claimant" in section
8 1761 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
9 amended to read:
10 § 1761. Definitions.
11 The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
12 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
13 context clearly indicates otherwise:
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15 "Eligible claimant." Except as provided in the definition of
16 ineligible claimant, eligible claimant includes a resident of
17 this Commonwealth who suffers injury on or after the effective
18 date of this subchapter arising out of the maintenance or use of
1 a motor vehicle in the United States, its territories or
2 possessions and Canada. The estate of an eligible claimant shall
3 be entitled to receive catastrophic loss benefits pursuant to
4 section 1766 to the extent that financial obligations for
5 reasonable and necessary medical treatment and rehabilitative
6 services were incurred by the eligible claimant prior to the
7 death of that person. Otherwise eligible claimants shall not be
8 disqualified from participating in or receiving benefits from
9 the Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund for injuries suffered after the
10 effective date of this subchapter but prior to their first
11 registration renewal after the effective date of this
12 subchapter. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
13 owner of a motor vehicle registered as an antique motor vehicle
14 or a classic motor vehicle shall be considered an eligible
15 claimant for benefits if that owner registers another motor
16 vehicle for which the annual assessment is paid to the
17 Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund.
18 * * *
19 Section 2. Section 1762 of Title 75 is amended to read:
20 § 1762. Funding.
21 The Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund shall be funded by levying
22 an initial charge of $5 upon all motor vehicles required to be
23 registered under Chapter 13 (relating to registration of
24 vehicles) except trailers, recreational vehicles not intended
25 for highway use, motor vehicles registered as antique motor
26 vehicles or classic motor vehicles, motorcycles, motor-driven
27 cycles, motorized pedalcycles or like type vehicles. This charge
28 shall be remitted to an insurance company or other party as may
29 be designated by the Insurance Department. Upon receipt of the
30 charge, the insurance company or other designated party shall
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1 remit it to the Insurance Department for deposit in the trust
2 fund. The Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund Board shall, by
3 regulation, determine by January 1 of each calendar year the
4 amount of the fund charge for each registration year subsequent
5 to the initial registration year and shall notify the Insurance
6 Department which shall notify the insurance companies or other
7 designated parties to collect the charge.
8 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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