REPORT TITLE:
Insurance


DESCRIPTION:
Redefines "uninsured motor vehicle" where an unidentified vehicle
causes the accident so as to delete notice to the insurer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO UNINSURED MOTOR VEHICLES.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 431:10C-103, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "uninsured motor vehicle"
 
 3 to read as follows:
 
 4      ""Uninsured motor vehicle" means any of the following:
 
 5      (1)  A motor vehicle for which there is no bodily injury
 
 6           liability insurance or self-insurance applicable at the
 
 7           time of the accident; or
 
 8      (2)  An unidentified motor vehicle that causes an accident
 
 9           resulting in injury; provided the accident is reported
 
10           to the police or proper governmental authority[, and
 
11           the claimant notifies the claimant's insurer] within
 
12           thirty days or as soon as practicable thereafter[, that
 
13           the claimant or the claimant's legal representative has
 
14           a legal action arising out of the accident]."
 
15      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.  
 
16      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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18                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________
 

 
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