PRINTER'S NO. 1323
No. 1152 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY FOX, BOYES, MORRIS, McCALL, GIGLIOTTI, LEVDANSKY,
TRELLO, D. W. SNYDER, SEMMEL, JOHNSON, DeLUCA, RITTER, MERRY,
LETTERMAN, J. L. WRIGHT, HAGARTY, COY, LAUGHLIN, NOYE,
HERMAN, FLICK, ANGSTADT, HARPER, KASUNIC, E. Z. TAYLOR,
REBER, CIVERA, WOGAN, JOSEPHS, OLASZ, LANGTRY, WILSON,
RAYMOND, THOMAS, LINTON, MRKONIC, MICOZZIE, SERAFINI,
BROUJOS, COLAFELLA, LUCYK, MELIO, PETRONE, BURD, CORNELL AND
KENNEY, APRIL 12, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 12, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for proof of financial responsibility
3 upon registration or renewal and for reports of insurance
4 cancellations to the Department of Transportation, the
5 Pennsylvania State Police and local police.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1786 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
9 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
10 § 1786. [Self-certification of financial responsibility] Proof
11 of financial responsibility upon registration and
12 renewal.
13 The Department of Transportation shall require that each
14 motor vehicle registrant [certify that the registrant is
15 financially responsible] provide proof of financial
16 responsibility at the time of registration or renewal thereof.
1 The department shall refuse to register or renew the
2 registration of a vehicle for failure to comply with this
3 requirement or [falsification of self-certification] for
4 providing false information.
5 Section 2. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:
6 § 1788. Obligations upon termination of insurance.
7 (a) Notice required.--An insurer which has issued a contract
8 of motor vehicle liability insurance and knows or has reason to
9 believe that the contract is for the purpose of providing
10 financial responsibility, shall immediately notify the
11 Department of Transportation if the insurance is canceled or
12 terminated by the insured or by the insurer. The insurer shall
13 so notify the department not later than ten days following the
14 effective date of the cancellation or termination. This
15 requirement shall not apply to a policy which has been in effect
16 for more than six months from the date the policy was initially
17 issued.
18 (b) Form of notice.--The notice of cancellation or
19 termination of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage shall
20 be provided by the insurer in the manner prescribed in
21 department regulations.
22 (c) Notice to policyholder.--After receipt of the notice of
23 cancellation or termination by the department, the department
24 shall notify the policyholder that his vehicle registration will
25 be suspended unless he provides the department with evidence of
26 financial responsibility within ten days of the date printed on
27 the notice.
28 (d) Suspension of vehicle registration.--Upon failure of the
29 owner to provide the department with the required evidence of
30 financial responsibility, the department shall:
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1 (1) Suspend the registration of the vehicle or vehicles
2 for which the owner has ceased to maintain financial
3 responsibility after first giving the owner written notice.
4 (2) Notify the Pennsylvania State Police of the
5 suspension of the vehicle registration or registrations, and
6 the Pennsylvania State Police shall notify the appropriate
7 local police.
8 Section 3. This act shall take effect in six months.
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