Report Title:

Motor Vehicle Insurance; Uninsured Motorists

 

Description:

Limits assigned claims coverage to those who do not have any motor vehicle insurance at all.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

264

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

relating to motor vehicle insurance.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 431:10C-408, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Each person sustaining accidental harm, or such person's legal representative, [may,] except as provided in subsection (b), may obtain the motor vehicle insurance benefits through the plan whenever:

     (1)  No [liability or uninsured motorist] insurance benefits under motor vehicle insurance policies are applicable to the accidental harm;

     (2)  No [such] insurance benefits applicable to the accidental harm can be identified; or

     (3)  The only identifiable insurance benefits under motor vehicle insurance policies applicable to the accidental harm will not be paid in full because of financial inability of one or more self-insurers or insurers to fulfill their obligations."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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