PRINTER'S NO. 667
No. 604 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY BOYES, GEIST, HESS, MERRY, WAUGH, PETRONE, FARMER,
McCALL, TIGUE, CLARK, CURRY, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, SCRIMENTI,
LYNCH, VAN HORNE, TRELLO, STABACK, PESCI, YOUNGBLOOD,
D. R. WRIGHT, CLYMER, GEORGE, MILLER, WOZNIAK, ITKIN,
RAYMOND, WOGAN, NYCE, DeLUCA, MARKOSEK, CIVERA, PETTIT,
L. I. COHEN, EGOLF, STEIL, FLICK, DiGIROLAMO, STEELMAN,
SEMMEL, J. TAYLOR, CAPPABIANCA AND SURRA, FEBRUARY 7, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 7, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the temporary suspension of
3 financial responsibility under certain conditions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1711 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1711. Required benefits.
9 (a) Medical benefit.--An insurer issuing or delivering
10 liability insurance policies covering any motor vehicle of the
11 type required to be registered under this title, except
12 recreational vehicles not intended for highway use, motorcycles,
13 motor-driven cycles or motorized pedalcycles or like type
14 vehicles, registered and operated in this Commonwealth, shall
15 include coverage providing a medical benefit in the amount of
16 $5,000.
1 (b) Minimum policy.--All insurers subject to this chapter
2 shall make available for purchase a motor vehicle insurance
3 policy which contains only the minimum requirements of financial
4 responsibility and medical benefits as provided for in this
5 chapter.
6 (c) Temporary suspension of financial responsibility.--
7 (1) Any insurer issuing or delivering an insurance
8 policy for a motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this
9 chapter may, at the written request of the owner of that
10 motor vehicle who complies with paragraph (2), temporarily
11 suspend financial responsibility for a period of 30 days or
12 more.
13 (2) An owner who desires to obtain a temporary
14 suspension of financial responsibility shall:
15 (i) Present a written request to the insurer
16 requesting a temporary suspension of financial
17 responsibility.
18 (ii) Certify to the insurer that the motor vehicle
19 which is covered will be out of use for at least 30
20 consecutive days.
21 (iii) Certify that the owner will not operate the
22 motor vehicle during the period of the temporary
23 suspension.
24 (iv) Surrender the registration plate of the motor
25 vehicle to the insurer.
26 (3) Any insurer who grants a temporary suspension of
27 financial responsibility under this subsection shall provide
28 for a reduced premium or a refund of any premium paid, which
29 refund is equivalent to the value of the premium during the
30 period of temporary suspension.
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1 (4) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and
2 regulations to govern the suspension provision of this
3 subsection.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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