PRINTER'S NO. 3147
No. 2356 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY CLARK, LEDERER, NAILOR, DeWEESE, BAKER, EGOLF,
FICHTER, MARKOSEK, SOLOBAY, TIGUE, SHANER, SAYLOR, STABACK,
FAIRCHILD, RUBLEY, SATHER, CAWLEY, BARRAR, HARHART, FLICK,
FEESE, GEIST, CURRY, S. H. SMITH, HERSHEY, WALKO, SEYFERT,
SURRA, WOJNAROSKI, E. Z. TAYLOR, READSHAW, HALUSKA, MAYERNIK,
M. COHEN, LYNCH, HARHAI, STERN, TRELLO, MANDERINO, HERMAN,
WILT, KENNEY, BELFANTI, MAITLAND, MUNDY, RAYMOND, COLAFELLA,
DALLY, WILLIAMS, SCRIMENTI, R. MILLER, B. SMITH, McCALL,
FORCIER, HENNESSEY, CORRIGAN, HUTCHINSON, CIVERA, MELIO,
MAJOR AND LAUGHLIN, MARCH 15, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 15, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for required financial
3 responsibility.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1786(e) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
8 adding a subsection to read:
9 § 1786. Required financial responsibility.
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11 (e) Obligations upon termination of financial
12 responsibility.--
13 (1) An owner of a motor vehicle who ceases to maintain
14 financial responsibility on a registered vehicle shall not
1 operate or permit operation of the vehicle in this
2 Commonwealth until proof of the required financial
3 responsibility has been provided to the Department of
4 Transportation.
5 [(2) An insurer who has issued a contract of motor
6 vehicle liability insurance, or any approved self-insurance
7 entity, shall notify the department in a timely manner and in
8 a method prescribed by the department's regulations.]
9 (3) An insurer who has issued a contract of motor
10 vehicle liability insurance and knows or has reason to
11 believe that the contract is only for the purpose of
12 providing proof of financial responsibility shall notify the
13 department if the insurance has been canceled or terminated
14 by the insured or by the insurer. The insurer shall notify
15 the department not later than ten days following the
16 effective date of the cancellation or termination.
17 (4) A person who, after maintaining financial
18 responsibility on the vehicle of another person, ceases to
19 maintain such financial responsibility shall immediately
20 notify the vehicle's owner who shall not operate, or permit
21 operation of, the vehicle in this Commonwealth.
22 (5) In the case of a person who leases any motor vehicle
23 from a person engaged in the business of leasing motor
24 vehicles, the lessee shall sign a statement indicating that
25 the required financial responsibility has been provided
26 through the lessor or through the lessee's motor vehicle
27 liability insurance policy coverage. The lessee shall submit
28 the statement to the lessor.
29 (e.1) Insurer's obligation on issuance of new contract.--An
30 insurer who issues a contract of motor vehicle liability
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1 insurance, or any approved self-insurance entity, shall notify
2 the department within ten days of the date of the contract. The
3 department may prescribe the manner of notification by
4 regulation.
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6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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