PRINTER'S NO. 321
No. 297 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY RYBAK, OLIVER, GEIST, HALUSKA, TRELLO, LIVENGOOD,
PETRARCA, GANNON, BLAUM, BATTISTO, BELARDI, JOHNSON,
E. Z. TAYLOR, LESCOVITZ, McHALE, FREEMAN, PRESSMANN,
AFFLERBACH, WAMBACH, GRUPPO, CARN AND JOSEPHS, FEBRUARY 12,
1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 12, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for mandatory motor vehicle
3 liability insurance coverage.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1711.1. Additional mandatory coverage.
9 An insurer issuing or delivery liability policies covering
10 any motor vehicle of the type required to be registered under
11 this title, except recreational vehicles not intended for
12 highway use, motorcycles, motor driven cycles or motorized
13 pedalcycles or like type vehicles, registered and operated in
14 this Commonwealth, shall include coverage providing for an
15 accidental death benefit in the amount of $10,000 to be paid to
16 the personal representative of the insured, should injury
17 resulting from a motor vehicle accident while the insured was
1 wearing an approved seat belt or other approved restraint,
2 including, but not limited to, air bags or child safety
3 restraint devices, cause death within 24 months from the date of
4 the accident. This coverage shall be in addition to any other
5 accidental death benefits or funeral benefits included in the
6 policy. There shall be no additional premium charged for this
7 benefit and the risk factor for this benefit shall not be
8 considered in computing premium rates.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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