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. 10 * * * 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 20000H2356B3147 - 2 -
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. 5 * * * 6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. B14L75MRD/20000H2356B3147 - 3 -