Report Title:
Motorcycle and Motor Scooter Insurance; Cancellation
Description:
Requires insurers to cancel a person's motorcycle and motor scooter insurance coverage upon: (1) Failure to submit proof of a license, or of a permit and enrollment in an approved motorcycle education course; or (2) Notification that the person failed to complete and pass the motorcycle education course.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
47 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to motorcycle and motor scooter insurance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 431:10G-104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§431:10G-104 Prerequisites for obtaining coverage. (a) Any person seeking to obtain the liability coverage required by this part [after June 7, 1989,] shall first obtain:
(1) [Have obtained a] A valid motorcycle or motor scooter license; or
(2) [Have obtained a] A valid motorcycle or motor scooter learner's permit and [have taken and passed] register to take a motorcycle education course approved by the department of transportation.
(b) [A temporary insurance binder covering a period of not more than ninety days] A motorcycle or motor scooter insurance policy may be issued to a person who has a valid motorcycle or motor scooter learner's permit[. To obtain a temporary binder, a person shall submit proof to the insurer of the person's enrollment] and enrolls in an approved motorcycle education course. [The temporary insurance binder shall be subject to cancellation should the person fail to take, complete, and pass the course for which proof was submitted to the insurer.]
(c) A motorcycle or motor scooter insurance policy shall be cancelled if:
(1) The insurer does not receive a copy of:
(A) The motorcycle or motor scooter license; or
(B) The motorcycle or motor scooter permit and confirmation provided directly by the course provider of enrollment in an approved motorcycle education course;
or
(2) The insurer is notified that a person who was issued a policy under subsection (b) failed, was dropped from, or withdrew from the motorcycle education course for which proof of enrollment was submitted to the insurer, unless the person has since obtained and provides the insurer with a copy of a motorcycle or motor scooter license."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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