| PRINTER'S NO. 1397 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. | 1092 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, STACK, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, WILEY, FARNESE AND BLAKE, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for
3definitions.
4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5hereby enacts as follows:
6Section 1. The definition of "financial responsibility" in
7section 1702 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8Statutes is amended to read:
9§ 1702. Definitions.
10The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
11shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12context clearly indicates otherwise:
13* * *
14"Financial responsibility." The ability to respond in
15damages for liability on account of accidents arising out of the
16maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in the minimum amount of
17[$15,000] $30,000 because of injury to one person in any one
18accident, in the minimum amount of [$30,000] $60,000 because of
1injury to two or more persons in any one accident and in the
2minimum amount of [$5,000] $10,000 because of damage to property
3of others in any one accident. The financial responsibility
4shall be in a form acceptable to the Department of
5Transportation.
6* * *
7Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.