REPORT TITLE:
Insurance


DESCRIPTION:
Redefines "insurer", "motor vehicle", and "uninsured motor
vehicle" in the motor vehicle insurance law.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2732
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO INSURANCE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 431:10C-103, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended as follows:
 
 3      1.  By amending the definition of "insurer" to read:
 
 4      ""Insurer" means every person holding a valid certificate of
 
 5 authority to engage in the business of making contracts of motor
 
 6 vehicle insurance in this State.  For purposes of this article,
 
 7 insurer includes reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges[.] and
 
 8 self-insurers."
 
 9      2.  By amending the definition of "motor vehicle" to read:
 
10      ""Motor vehicle" means any vehicle of a type required to be
 
11 registered under chapter 286, including a trailer attached to
 
12 such a vehicle, [but not] and including motorcycles and motor
 
13 scooters."
 
14      3.  By amending the definition of "uninsured motor vehicle"
 
15 to read:
 
16      ""Uninsured motor vehicle" means any of the following:
 
17      (1)  A motor vehicle for which there is no bodily injury
 
18           liability insurance or self-insurance applicable at the
 
19           time of the accident; or
 

 
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 1      (2)  An unidentified motor vehicle that causes an accident
 
 2           resulting in injury; provided the accident is reported
 
 3           to the police or proper governmental authority[, and
 
 4           the claimant notifies the claimant's insurer] within
 
 5           thirty days or as soon as practicable thereafter[, that
 
 6           the claimant or the claimant's legal representative has
 
 7           a legal action arising out of the accident]."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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