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Bill Type

Bill Description

PA

HB 131

69

Accident response fees

Prohibits municipalities from charging a fee for police to respond to a motor vehicle accident. Effective: February 16, 2007.

RI

SB 387

404

Adjusters

Defines "public adjusters" in accordance with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Model Act; allows the insurance commissioner to set the application fees and requirements by regulation; permits licensing in accordance with national standards and allow for reciprocal licensing with other states. Effective: July 7, 2007.

MN

SF 608

79

Aircraft liability

Increases the required minimum liability limits on aircraft insurance; provides that aircraft liability insurance is not voidable retroactively after a claim. Effective: varies.

HI

HB 1158

11

Arson

Adds recklessness to the state of mind requirement for arson in the fourth degree; Clarifies that 10,000 square feet is only the minimum amount of property damage that is required to trigger special sentencing for arson. Effective: April 9, 2007.

NJ

SB 1712

131

Asbestos and silica reform

Eliminates statute of limitations for certain environmental crimes and crimes causing widespread injury or damage; relates to crimes under the Solid Waste Management Act, the Comprehensive Regulated Medical Waste Management Act, the Air Pollution Control Act (1954), the asbestos law and the Water Pollution Control Act. Effective: August 6, 2007.

WA

SB 5726

498

Bad faith laws

Creates the Insurance Fair Conduct Act and provides that an insurer engaged in the business of insurance may not unreasonably or negligently deny a claim for coverage or payment of benefits to any insured. Effective: July 22, 2007.

TX

HB 1158

657

Bail bonds

Relates to the address to which notice of the forfeiture of a bail bond is delivered. Effective: September 1, 2007.

AK

HB 90

24

Bail bonds

Relates to purchase of alcoholic beverages and civil liability for persons accessing licensed premises; requires driver's licenses and identification cards to be marked for certain convictions and probation conditions, and fees for the marked license or card; relates to the information contained on driver's licenses; relates to surrender and cancellation of driver's licenses and identification cards, prostitution, the DNA registration system, sex offenders parole or registration, and bail. Effective: varies.

GA

SB 106

250

Bail bonds

Relates to bonds for good behavior; extends the period for which the court may require a bond with a surety for good behavior. Effective: July 1, 2007.

ID

SB 1161

175

Bail bonds

Amends existing law relating to bail to revise provisions applicable to the forfeiture of bail. Effective: July 1, 2007.

ME

H 190

31

Bail bonds

Requires the proceeds from a forfeited bail of an offender who is in default of a restitution obligation to be used to satisfy the obligation for the victims of an offender. Relates to funding for the Extradition Account. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

S 169

374

Bail bonds

Adds to the factors that a judicial officer must consider before allowing the pretrial release of a defendant on personal recognizance or an unsecured appearance bond the determination that the defendant's release will not compromise the safety of the community. Effective: September 20, 2007.

MS

HB 1485

501

Bail bonds

Revises bail bond requirements. Effective: June 1, 2007.

MS

SB 2756

390

Bail bonds

Revises form requirements for bail. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NC

SB 880

105

Bail bonds

Provides that a bond forfeiture shall be set aside if the defendant failed to appear because the defendant was incarcerated anywhere in the United States. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NC

SB 881

228

Bail bonds

Defines the residency requirements for licensure under the laws pertaining to bail bondsmen and runners; makes other stylistic changes. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NC

SB 1327

399

Bail Bonds

Adds an exception to the circumstances under which a surety on a bail bond is not required to return the premium on the bond under the laws regulating bail bondsmen and runners. Effective: August 21, 2007.

OK

SB 996

97

Bail bonds

Relates to professions and occupations; relates to forfeiture procedure; modifies how certain bond shall be exonerated by operation of law; modifies certain length of time to return a defendant to custody; provides for request for certain remitter. Effective: November 1, 2007.

TN

HB 362

239

Bail bonds

Relates to the duration of a bond or recognizance; provides that if a defendant appeals a verdict, then the defendant has to make a new bond to the court of criminal appeals unless the bond has not been released to a bail bondsmen. (Same as SB 885). Effective: May 24, 2007.

TN

HB 1454

255

Bail bonds

Concerns bail and bail bonds; allows a court to grant an extension when a defendant fails to appear in court instead of entering a conditional judgment. (Same as SB 459). Effective: May 24, 2007.

TN

SB 730

108

Bail bonds

Concerns Criminal Procedure; adds offenses of rape, statutory rape by an authority figure, aggravated child abuse, and stalking to list of offenses for which the judge must revoke bail immediately upon conviction. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TX

HB 3692

1113

Bail bonds

Relates to the denial of bail to a person who violates court orders or conditions of bond related to victim or community safety and to the performance of community service by persons charged with certain alcohol-related offenses; relates to court orders and conditions of bond in a family violence case relates to safety of the victim or the safety of the community; provides for weapons, drunk driving and traffic offences; relates to community service. Effective: varies.

TX

SB 235

353

Bail bonds

Relates to the composition of a county bail bond board. Effective: September 1, 2007.

NJ

AB 2987

46

Bail bonds

Requires the court to conduct an inquiry concerning the source of bail funds when defendant is charged with serious crimes; after the inquiry, issue an order either approving or disapproving; establishes the reliability of the source of the funds used to post bail or security offered, that the relationship of the person posting bail is sufficient to ensure the defendant's presence in court, and that the funds used to post cash or secure bail were not acquired as a result of unlawful conduct. Effective: June 1, 2007.

ND

SB 2411

263

Boiler Issues

Relates to hobby boiler operator licensing and fees; provides for inspections. Effective: August 1, 2007.

NE

LB 347

Bonds

Changes provisions relating to the giving of bonds by city or village officials; provides for the acceptance of evidence of equivalent insurance. Effective:

ID

HB 137

184

Building codes

Amends existing law to provide a date change regarding various building codes; and to provide for adoption of the 2006 International Residential Energy Conservation Code as published by the International Code Council. Effective: July 1, 2007.

IA

HF 590

Building codes

Relates to the application and enforcement of the state building code and providing an applicability date. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MS

HB 753

524

Building codes

Makes certain revisions to the Mississippi Building Codes Council; also creates a hurricane damage mitigation program. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

HB 2469

290

Building codes

Relates to the statewide building code. Allows, as a condition of waiver of trial, admission of liability, and payment of a civil penalty, the violator and a representative of the locality to agree in writing to terms of abatement or remediation of the violation within six months after the date of payment of the civil penalty. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

HB 2497

291

Building codes

Allows a local building official to issue an annual permit for any construction regulated by the building code. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

HB 2789

760

Building codes

Provides that when violations of the Building Code relating to occupancy limits, where a dwelling results in not being a safe, decent, and sanitary dwelling, in a locality where the governing body has taken action to enforce the Maintenance Code, any owner, other person, firm, or corporation convicted of such violation may be punished by increased fines and confinement in jail for not more than 10 days. Currently, any violation of the Building Code is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,500. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CO

HB 1146

189

Building codes

Concerns the requirement that certain local governments adopt an energy efficiency code in connection with the construction of certain buildings; provides that the board of county commissioners of a county that has enacted a building code shall adopt a building energy code; provides exceptions. Effective: July 1, 2007.

FL

SB 2836

187

Building codes

Relates to the building code; authorizes the Building Commission to approve amendments; revises provisions of Building Code Education and Outreach Program; provides for program to be administered by DCA through private nonprofit corporation selected by and under contract with DCA; provides for commission to adopt rules identifying standards equivalent to or more stringent than those adopted in the code; relates to inspections; provides for electrical systems, swimming pools, fire safety and graved roofs. Effective: June 19, 2007.

HI

SB 795

82

Building codes

Requires the department of accounting and general services to establish a state building code that includes hurricane resistive criteria that incorporates building code plans from each county; relates to integrated state building code. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

HB 629

364

Building codes

Creates the Industrialized Building Act; provides for third-party inspectors and design review agencies; provides for standards of construction for industrialized buildings; provides for enforcement of the building code; provides for equivalent methods of compliance; provides for inspections of industrialized buildings; provides for decals or insignia on modules indicating that the building complies with the building code for specific wind zones; provides for reciprocity of industrialized buildings. Effective: August 15, 2007.

LA

HB 704

335

Building codes

Provides for changes to the State Uniform Construction Code. Effective: July 9, 2007.

LA

HB 743

110

Building codes

Provides for changes to the Commercial Building Energy Conservation Code; changes to the 2006 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code as the Commercial Building Energy Conservation Code for applicable buildings not covered by present law; provides an exemption for buildings of less that 3,000 square feet of gross floor from the provisions of the code. Effective: June 22, 2007.

ME

S 214

46

Building codes

Provides a recommendation of the Community Preservation Advisory Committee; directs the Executive Department, State Planning Office, with assistance from the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Historic Preservation Commission, to develop a plan for implementing the Maine Model Building Code and the International Existing Building Code. Effective: September 20, 2007.

MT

HB 145

98

Building codes

Revises building code enforcement provisions for counties, cities and towns certified to enforce building codes. Effective: March 30, 2007.

NV

SB 56

104

Building codes

Establishes that in a county whose population is 400,000 or more, a city's building code that has rules, regulations and specifications more stringent than the building code of the county within which the city is located supersedes, with respect to the area within the city, any provisions of the county's building code not consistent therewith. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NC

SB 490

529

Building codes

Specifies that no portion of the building code shall extend to or be construed as being applicable to the regulation of industrial machinery; clarifies, however, that if during a building code inspection, an electrical inspector has any concerns about the electrical safety of such machinery, the inspector may refer that concern to the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Labor but not withhold the certificate of occupancy nor mandate testing of the machinery based on this concern. Effective: August 31, 2007.

NC

SB 556

414

Building Codes

Authorizes municipalities to adopt ordinances establishing a nonresidential building or structure code; relates to the inspection of nonresidential buildings or structures and the repair, closing or demolition of said structures by order of the local public officer appointed for that purpose; relates to buildings and structures deemed to be historically significant; relates to liens and civil penalties. Effective: August 21, 2007.

NC

SB 581

381

Building codes

Allows counties and cities to provide building permit fee reductions or partial rebates to encourage construction of buildings using sustainable design principles to achieve energy efficiency. Effective: August 19, 2007.

OR

HB 2405

69

Building codes

Expands the scope of Department of Consumer and Business Services electronic building codes information system; requires the department to make the system available for use by municipalities administering and enforcing building inspection programs; authorizes the department to develop form and format for exchanging information through electronic building code information system; imposes a surcharge on permits to defray cost of the administering electronic system. Effective: May 15, 2007.

RI

HB 5557

291

Building codes

Allows local building inspectors that perform plan reviews and inspections for the installation of monoxide detectors to charge a specified fee for one, two, or three family units for the plan review together with any subsequent inspections. Effective: July 6, 2007.

SC

SB 504

54

Building codes

Relates to the building code adoption procedure; provides the procedure for modifying an existing code is the same as adopting a code; provides the procedure for emergency building code modification. Effective: June 15, 2007.

SD

HB 1122

72

Building codes

Revises and updates the references to the building codes. Effective: July 1, 2007.

IL

SB 1508

512

Building codes

Amends the Counties Code and the Municipal Code. Provides that once a building permit is issued, the applicable building codes of any unit of local government in effect at the time of the issuance of the permit shall be the only building codes that apply for the duration of the building permit. Effective: June 1, 2008.

NJ

AB 409

2

Building codes

Establishes an emergency deployment program for building inspection following disaster or emergency. Effective: January 17, 2007.

NJ

SB 2261

1

Building codes

Requires DHSS standards for safe building interiors; submission of documentation of investigation and remediation as a condition to issuance of construction permit for certain sites; makes changes to the "Industrial Site Recovery Act." Effective: January 11, 2007.

NY

AB 339

234

Building codes

Provides that temporary swimming pool enclosures shall be replaced with permanent enclosures in compliance with state and local building codes within ninety days, permits extension for good cause. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NY

AB 4367

108

Building codes

Excludes permanent structures used in conjunction with the working of a farm operation from the definition of the term building for purposes of the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act. Effective: July 3, 2007.

FL

SB 404

227

Building codes

Relates to housing and construction industry regulation; provides additional requirements for a person to take the examination for building code inspector or plans examiner; provides for disciplinary proceedings for violations involving failure to follow the building code or permit requirements, obstructing investigation or accepting services at a noncompetitive rate from any person whose work is under enforcement authority of the official; provides for payments to the Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NH

SB 40

108

Building codes

Removes a reference to the International Residential Code 2000 from the definition of modular building code; defines the modular building code as the state building code, which is defined to include the International Residential Code 2000. Effective: August 10, 2007.

NH

SB 81

187

Building codes

Updates the definition of the State Building Code. Effective: August 17, 2007.

DC

B 347

63

Captive Insurance

Establishes the District of Columbia Free Clinic Captive Insurance Company for non-profit community health centers in the District; establishes eligibility standards to purchase a medical malpractice insurance policy from the company; establishes benefits under policies issued by the company; establishes the Free Clinic Captive Trust Fund, a nonlapsing fund, to serve as the funding mechanism for the company; exempts the company from District taxation and procurement laws. Effective: January 10, 2008.

AZ

HB 2294

122

Captives

Relates to industry group captive insurers; provides for an alien captive insurer to write insurance business for its affiliates and is licensed to a foreign jurisdiction; provides for a deductible reimbursement under a separate commercial insurance policy issued to the same insured; relates to transactions that provide primary coverage to an insured and not reinsurance to another insurer; prohibits direct workers' compensation or employer liability coverage unless under a self-insurance program. Effective: September 19, 2007.

DE

HB 214

161

Captives

Provides for special purpose financial captive insurance company; requires that expert costs are paid for by insurer; removes a duplicate license fee; adds new minimum surplus requirements; relates to suspension, investment restrictions and incorporation; authorizes required business organization forms; amends confidentiality provisions; relates to an insurer's books and records; permits transfer of insurance risk and associated premiums; relates to limited liability companies and reinsurance. Effective: July 18, 2007.

GA

HB 408

132

Captives

Allows certain captive insurance companies to join the insolvency pool. Effective: January 1, 2008.

HI

HB 272

232

Captives

Allows captive insurance companies to be formed as limited liability companies. Clarifies minimum capital and surplus requirements. Increases investment flexibility for pure captives. Effective: July 1, 2007.

HI

HB 1323

224

Captives

Establishes a $200,000 maximum annual Premium Tax paid by captive insurance companies licensed by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MO

SB 215

Captives

Allows for the formation of captive insurance companies within the state under certain conditions. Effective: August 28, 2007.

SC

SB 589

86

Captives

Relates to a captive insurance company taking credit for reserves on risks or portions of risks that are ceded to reinsurers; provides that an industrial insured captive insurance company may not take credit if not in compliance with certain provisions of law; provides that all other captive insurance companies may not take credit for reserves pursuant to those provisions unless specific approval has been granted by the director of insurance. Effective: June 27, 2007.

MD

HB 1442

486

Catastrophe-related legislation

Establishes the Task Force on the Availability and Affordability of Property Insurance in Coastal Areas; providing for the composition, co chair, and staff of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit a report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2007, regarding methods to ensure the continued availability and affordability of property insurance in coastal areas of Maryland; etc. Effective: June 1, 2007.

CT

HB 7300

77

Catastrophe-related legislation

Establishes mitigating measures to mitigate catastrophic losses due to hurricanes and severe storms; relates to homeowners insurance policies; prohibits insurance companies from requiring the installation of hurricane shutters as a condition of insurance; requires a premium discount for homeowners who install storm shutters or impact-resistant glass; includes mobile home dwellers; provides for a Coastal Market Assistance program established by the Insurance Commissioner. Effective: October 1, 2007.

FL

HB 1a

1

Catastrophe-related legislation

Relates to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, residential property insurance, automobile insurers, condominiums, capitalization for insurers writing property insurance, minimum surplus amounts, premium discounts, consumer advocates, statements of certification for rate filings, premium payment plan options for policyholders, hospital immunity caps, reinsurance, inspectors, notice of nonrenewals, cancellations and terminations, self insurance, premium taxes and discounts for hurricane mitigation programs. Effective: January 25, 2007.

FL

HB 211

25

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides exemption from sales & use tax for sales of specified tangible personal property from June 1, 2007, through June 12, 2007; provides exceptions for sales within public lodging establishments, theme parks, entertainment complexes, & airports; provides appropriation. Effective: April 30, 2007.

FL

HB 7057

126

Catastrophe-related legislation

Redesignates Fla. Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program as My Safe Florida Home Program; revises criteria & requirements for hurricane mitigation inspections; requires that residential structure located in wind-borne debris region have certain opening protections required under Fla. Building Code in order to be eligible for coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, etc. Effective: June 12, 2007.

HI

SB 1402

80

Catastrophe-related legislation

Authorizes the release of a specified amount for FY 2007-2008 from the Loss Mitigation Grant Fund to provide grants for wind resistive devices. Effective: July 1, 2007.

HI

SB 1425

81

Catastrophe-related legislation

Ensures an adequate supply of licensed contractors available to perform necessary repairs and reconstruction work during a state of emergency or disaster. Effective:

IA

HF 896

Catastrophe-related legislation

Creates a disaster aid individual grant fund. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

HB 431

403

Catastrophe-related legislation

Changes the governor's appointments to the governing body of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Effective: August 15, 2007.

LA

HB 472

235

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides relative to the recoupment of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation assessments and deletes its credit schedules under the Coastal and FAIR plans. Effective: January 1, 2008.

LA

HB 558

323

Catastrophe-related legislation

Requires property and casualty insurers to provide a discount, credit, rate differential, adjustment in deductible or other adjustment to reduce the insurance premium to insureds who comply with building codes or provide for damage mitigation. Effective: July 9, 2007.

LA

HB 678

447

Catastrophe-related legislation

Establishes the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program; attracts new property insurance market capacity through certain public and private partnerships in order to accomplish this essential public purpose; provides for the administration and funding of the program; provides for the administration of the program through the execution of cooperative endeavor agreements which provide for matching grants and for the conditions and limitations on such grants. Effective: August 15, 2007.

LA

HB 717

449

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides for the elimination of contents coverage on residential properties following a catastrophe. Applies to policies on or after January 1, 2008. Effective: July 11, 2007.

LA

HB 960

459

Catastrophe-related legislation

Abolishes the Insurance Rating Commission and establishes the office of consumer advocacy within the Department of Insurance. Effective: January 1, 2008.

LA

HB 962

420

Catastrophe-related legislation

Eliminates the application of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's noncompetitive rating structure to residential property insurance policies in any market that the Commissioner of Insurance deems noncompetitive; provides that an agent's commission shall only be paid on the actuarially justified amount of the premium. Effective: August 15, 2007.

LA

HB 966

361

Catastrophe-related legislation

Relates to civil procedure; provides for the abandonment of actions. Effective: July 9, 2007.

LA

SB 3

244

Catastrophe-related legislation

Establishes annual Louisiana Sales Tax Holidays to exempt from state sales tax each year from Sunday through Saturday of the week in which the first of August occurs the first $2,500 of purchases by all consumers and by businesses located in areas which were designated as Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Individual Assistance Areas. Effective: July 9, 2007.

LA

SB 37

462

Catastrophe-related legislation

Excludes storm shutter devices from state sales and use tax. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

SB 153

377

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides for depopulation of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Effective: November 1, 2007.

LA

SB 182

467

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides a refundable tax credit for voluntarily retrofitting residential property to bring it into compliance with the State Uniform Construction Code. Effective: July 11, 2007.

LA

SB 183

468

Catastrophe-related legislation

Requires that the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation give a preference for insurance adjuster work to Louisiana companies. Effective: August 15, 2007.

LA

SB 204

381

Catastrophe-related legislation

Amends existing law to prohibit an insurer from canceling or non-renewing a homeowner's policy where two or more claims within a period of three years shall not include any loss incurred or arising from an "Act of God." Effective: July 10, 2007.

LA

SB 205

222

Catastrophe-related legislation

Creates an office of consumer advocacy in the Department of Insurance and for enforcement of a property insurance consumer's bill of rights by the office. Effective: July 5, 2007.

LA

SB 211

382

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides for claiming of the tax credit for assessments levied by Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation on forms provided by the secretary of revenue after the payment is made. Effective: July 10, 2007.

ME

S 407

80

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides for study to identify ways to reduce the threat of flooding; provides for notice of downstream properties; provides for a review of criteria for water level modification. Effective: September 20, 2007.

MS

HB 1500

425

Catastrophe-related legislation

Makes numerous revisions to the state's wind pool. Effective: March 22, 2007.

MS

SB 3070

503

Catastrophe-related legislation

Sales tax; exempt sales of materials & equipment used to replace or repair buildings or equipment destroyed in disasters. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NC

HB 730

300

Catastrophe-related legislation

Makes technical and substantive changes in the laws governing mediation of property insurance claims arising out of disasters. Effective: October 1, 2007.

RI

HB 6503

131

Catastrophe-related legislation

Creates the Rhode Island commission on hurricane loss projection methodology and hurricane catastrophe fund for purposes of achieving reasonable property insurance rates in light of potential hurricane disasters. Effective: January 1, 2007.

RI

SB 1110

262

Catastrophe-related legislation

Requires hurricane insurers to provide prominent and clear notice to insurers relating to deductible details or insureds mitigation measures; provides no insurer shall non-renew an insured who has taken requested mitigating steps; provides instances when such insurer may add a deductible to windstorm coverage; provides premium credits should be applied to policies as specified in existing law; amends the State Building Code relating to hurricane, storm, and flood standards. Effective: July 3, 2007.

SC

HB 3820

78

Catastrophe-related legislation

Relates to the Omnibus Coastal Property Insurance Reform Act, a catastrophe savings account, an income tax credit for retrofitting a residence against hurricane losses, rising water, or other wind event, sales tax rates on building materials, insurance claims reporting requirements, an insurance tax incentive, insurance discounts, discriminatory insurance rates, storm and hail insurance, a wind and hail underwriting association, manufactured homes, and insurance cancellation and nonrenewal. Effective: June 18, 2007.

VA

SB 1167

608

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides a sales and use tax exemption, beginning in 2008, for certain hurricane preparedness equipment purchased during a seven-day period each year beginning on May 25. The sales and use tax holiday will sunset on July 1, 2012. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CA

SB 114

223

Catastrophe-related legislation

Provides state allocations with respect to property tax revenue reductions resulting from a reassessment for damages incurred within specified counties declared by the Governor to be in a state of emergency due to severe freezing conditions. Provides that any qualified dwelling that was damaged or destroyed that has not changed ownership, cannot be denied on the basis of temporary damage or destruction. Provides for school districts and county offices of education. Relates to wildfire damage. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NY

SB 4139

456

Catastrophic-related legislation

Creates the New York state canal flood mitigation task force to determine what measures should be taken to enhance flood management and mitigation in and along the New York state canal system, including the Erie Canal; develops recommendations; defines terms; creates thirteen member task force; outlines task force duties. Effective: August 1, 2007.

LA

HB 203

140

Civil procedure

Provides for discovery in civil actions; to provide for the scope of discovery; to provide exceptions to disclosure; to provide remedies for inadvertent disclosure; to provide for discovery of experts; to provide for discovery of electronically stored information; to provide for live trial testimony by video; to provide for delivery of process by commercial carrier; and to provide for related matters. Effective: August 15, 2007.

NC

HB 244

210

Civil procedure

Provides that when there are two or more plaintiffs in a civil action, the presiding judge, if it appears that there are antagonistic interests between the plaintiffs, may, in the judge's discretion, apportion among the plaintiffs the challenges now allowed by law, or the judge may increase the number of challenges to not exceeding six for each plaintiff or class of plaintiffs representing the same interest. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NC

HB 316

514

Civil procedure

Amends existing law relative to civil procedure; establishes that a party or attorney responsible for the issuance and service of a subpoena shall, within five business days after the receipt of material produced in compliance with the subpoena, serve all other parties with notice of receipt of the material produced in compliance with the subpoena and, upon request, shall provide all other parties a reasonable opportunity to copy and inspect such material at the expense of the inspecting party. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NC

HB 1374

351

Civil procedure

Overturns the Shepard case and amends the limitation regarding actions to recover for usury; overturns the Skinner case and amends the long-arm statute to allow North Carolina courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over certain nonresident defendants; requires that a notice of foreclosure contain certain information; provides for mortgage debt collection and servicing. Effective: Varies.

RI

SB 500

505

Civil procedure

Provides that any person, firm, or corporation which suffers damages as a result of a competitive bid for a contract not being accepted due to another person, firm, or corporation knowingly misclassifying employees as independent subcontractors may bring an action for damages. Effective: October 30, 2007.

CA

AB 500

268

Civil procedure

Permits a party to appear in a general civil case who has provided notice, by telephone at specified conferences, hearings, and proceedings. Permits a court to require a party to appear in person at these hearings, conferences, or proceedings if the court makes a specified determination on a hearing-by-hearing basis. Effective: January 1, 2008.

IL

SB 229

661

Civil procedure

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a judgment creditor may recover a corporate judgment debtor's property. Provides that a debtor may be compelled to resign memberships. Provides that a judgment debtor's property not amenable to a sheriff's sale may be sold by other means. Provides property held by a third party determined to be wages is subject to a wage deduction. Provides that a financial institution shall disclose financial records under a lawful citation. Provides for reimbursement. Effective: June 1, 2008.

IL

SB 486

479

Civil procedure

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the new Section concerning residual funds in a class action common fund applies to all actions pending on the effective date for which no court order has been entered preliminarily approving a proposed settlement for a class of plaintiffs. Relates to nonprofit organizations. Effective: June 1, 2008.

OR

SB 676

346

Claims

Prohibits insurer from refusing claim on basis that claim was submitted by physician assistant rather than by supervising physician; repeals sunset provision. Effective: January 1, 2008.

AZ

SB 1054

142

Claims arbitration

Concerns arbitration of claims; concerns jurisdictional limits for submission of disputes to arbitration to superior court; concerns powers and compensation for arbitrators. Effective: September 19, 2007.

NV

SB 300

211

Commercial auto

Relates to motor carriers; revises the definition of "intrastate driver" to exclude drivers who work for a public utility; repeals the exemption of commercial intrastate drivers from the hours-of-service limitations in certain emergencies. Effective: October 1, 2007.

CA

AB 913

58

Commercial auto

Amends existing law which requires a motor carrier to pay a fee for the reissuance of a motor carrier's permit following its suspension or revocation. Waives the fee requirement, if the suspension or revocation was based on a lapse in liability insurance or workers' compensation insurance, and the evidence of valid insurance coverage demonstrates that a lapse in coverage for the carrier's operation did not occur. Effective: January 1, 2008.

CA

AB 1513

66

Commercial auto

Amends existing law which requires a motor carrier of property to pay an initial and renewal permit fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles, except for a motor carrier of property engaged solely in interstate or foreign transportation of property by motor vehicle. Updates reference to applicable federal law relating to interstate or foreign transportation of property by motor vehicle. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NY

AB 7877

251

Commercial auto

Relates to disqualification of commercial driver's licenses. Effective: July 18, 2007.

NY

AB 8315

257

Commercial auto

Permits the collection of motor carrier fees through the unified carrier registration plan. Effective: July 18, 2007.

AR

HB 1387

874

Commercial insurance

Promotes insurance coverage for construction contracts and to protect the construction industry from insurance policy limitations. Effective: July 31, 2007.

FL

SB 1624

218

Commercial insurance

Requires purchase of owner-controlled insurance in connection with public construction project if program maintains completed operations insurance coverage for no less than 10 years; exempts contractors & subcontractors working under construction project insured by said insurance program from individually satisfying eligibility requirements for large deductible workers' compensation rating plans. Effective: October 1, 2007.

IA

SF 265

Commercial insurance

Relates to asbestos removal and encapsulation regulations as enforced by the Labor Commissioner. Effective: July 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2654

648

Commercial insurance

Requires a construction contractor to maintain liability insurance; directs the Construction Contractors Board to establish a continuing education system; disallows liens arising from the improvement of real property without a written contract; requires a contractor to provide maintenance information to a property owner; allows a property owner to cancel a contract; requires a contractor to offer a warranty to the first purchaser or owner of a structure or dwelling; relates to surety bonding. Effective: July 1, 2008.

OR

HB 2751

210

Commercial insurance

Permits an insurer to issue liability insurance at a preferred rate or premium to construction contractors without violating the prohibition against fictitious groupings. Effective: June 1, 2007.

SD

SB 39

287

Commercial insurance

Relates to providing claims information to commercial property casualty insureds. Effective: July 1, 2007.

SD

SB 65

286

Commercial insurance

Revises certain provisions regarding the reimbursement for medical assistance made by certain insurers to the state. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

SB 1764

168

Commercial insurance

Provides that public buildings insurance policies shall be obtained by the State Treasurer subject to the approval of the Board of Claims; provides that the State Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Claims, shall consider bid proposals from admitted carriers and also non-admitted surplus lines carriers under certain circumstances; provides that if a certain insurance rating company changes or amends its rating methodology, the Board of Claims shall adopt a minimum rating requirement. (Same as HB 1849). Effective: May 15, 2007.

TX

SB 561

1379

Commercial insurance

Relates to the subrogation interests of certain political subdivisions or insurance carriers providing reinsurance for subdivisions. Effective: June 15, 2007.

WV

SB 490

112

Commercial insurance

Relating to the Underground Storage Tank Insurance Fund; providing for expiration of the fund and disposal of its assets; directing the Department of Environmental Protection to assist certain policyholders reclaim sites insured by the fund; providing that the Department of Environmental Protection is not liable for claims against the fund nor may be bound to policy terms; providing legislative findings; directing the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a plan to cause remediation of these sites; authorizing the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to place conditions on remediation recipients; establishing criteria and preconditions for remediations; allowing persons who have undertaken remediation or expended funds to undertake remediation of sites to be reimbursed expenses; and allowing the secretary to establish conditions for reimbursement for prior or future remediations of insured sites. Effective: June 6, 2007.

LA

HB 216

26

Commercial insurance

Provides for mandatory insurance coverage or liability protection for licensees of the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission or motor vehicle dealers; provide for liability of purchasers with respect to vehicles in their custody pursuant to a conditional sale; provides that failure to maintain such insurance or liability protection shall result in the immediate suspension of license. Effective: August 15, 2007.

TX

HB 1070

655

Commercial insurance

Relates to the liability insurance requirements for certain amusement rides that operate in a manner similar to a train. Effective: June 15, 2007.

NJ

AB 3408

Commercial lines

Provides that no person, including, but not limited to, an insurance producer shall be liable in an action for damages on account of an applicant or insured purchasing a commercial lines insurance policy that does not comply with specified requirements of existing law. Effective: January 14, 2008.

CA

SB 138

32

Construction liability

Provides that all agreements affecting any residential construction contract that purport to indemnify the general contractor not affiliated with the builder by a subcontractor against liability for claims of construction defects or negligence are unenforceable. Effective: January 1, 2008.

FL

HB 1285

221

Construction liens

Revises provisions relating to Construction Lien Law; revises performance bond & notice requirements; establishes procedures related to recommencement of construction; provides bond requirements; requires notices, requests, or demands to be in writing; requires claims of lien to be sworn to or affirmed; provides notice of commencement requirements; provides requirements for recording amended notices of commencement; revises requirement for lienors to demand statements of account; provides procedures for service on limited liability companies; extends duration of specified liens; provides for award of attorney's fees. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CO

SB 87

118

Contractor insurance coverage

Concerns a prohibition against the shifting of financial responsibility for negligence in construction agreements. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MN

SF 1168

9

Contractor insurance coverage

Amends insurance requirements for building contractors; provides that each licensee shall maintain commercial general liability insurance, with specified limits for bodily injury and property damage; provides that the insurance shall not be canceled without the insurer first giving a written notice of cancellation to the commissioner. Effective: August 1, 2007.

NY

SB 5246

664

Contractor insurance coverage

Relates to safety requirements during excavation, insurance for construction or demolition operations and support of adjoining structures during excavation. Effective: August 28, 2007.

NC

SB 527

288

Contracts

Requires businesses that sell products or services to consumers pursuant to contracts that automatically renew unless the consumers cancel the contracts to disclose the renewal clauses. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SD

HB 1099

259

Corporate governance

Authorizes certain domestic limited liability companies and partnerships to be registered agents of foreign corporations. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NY

AB 7892

597

Corporate governance

Relates to shareholder votes in mutual companies. Effective: August 15, 2007.

OH

HB 134

24

Corporate governance -- company rules

Modifies corporation law relating to the election of directors and conforms conversion provisions of Chapter 1701 of the Revised Code with parallel provisions in Chapters 1705, 1775, and 1782 of the Revised Code; relates to alternative election standards and the shareholder's voting power; relates to obligations incurred by a partnership. Effective: Varies.

KS

HB 2112

122

Corporate governance - company rules

Concerns insurance companies; relates to corporate seals, merger authority, preparation and filing of reports, a health maintenance organization, stocks, fees, fraternal benefit societies, mutual nonprofit hospital service corporations, nonprofit medical service corporations, nonprofit dental service corporations, nonprofit optometric service corporations and nonprofit pharmaceutical service corporations. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

SB 162

59

Corporate governance - company rules

Concerns certain nonstock corporate actions taken without meeting, notice, vote or consent. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

SB 220

30

Corporate governance - company rules

Pertains to insurance companies; relates to corporate structure; relates to the board of directors of a mutual life insurance company; provides for a quorum. Effective: July 1, 2007.

OR

SB 179

716

Corporate governance - company rules

Requires an insurer to make a lump sum payment of a permanent partial disability award if requested, unless a specified condition exists; eliminates review of lump sum payments by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services; authorizes the director to approve or deny certain changes of worker's attending physician or nurse practitioner; authorizes the director to assess a civil penalty against a managed care organization on the same basis as against an employer or insurer. Effective: varies.

OR

SB 603

433

Corporate governance - company rules

Provides that a domestic insurer may not have fewer than five directors and that a director need not be a shareholder or member of the insurer unless the articles of incorporation so require, but a director must be 21 years of age or older; provides the number of directors that must be residents of the state. Effective: January 1, 2008.

RI

SB 367

269

Corporate governance - company rules

Would expand the definition of commercial run-off insurer to include a Rhode Island domestic insurance company formed or re-activated for the purpose of entering into a voluntary restructuring whose liabilities consist of commercial liabilities transferred to the company with the approval of the commissioner. Effective: July 6, 2007.

RI

SB 368

240

Corporate governance - company rules

Would set standards for insurance company boards of directors as well as certain subcommittees of the board. The proposal would also require that each insurer's corporate by- laws must not be in conflict with any of the corporate governance standards in this act and that any amendment to these by-laws must receive prior approval by the department of business regulation. Effective: July 1, 2008.

LA

HB 340

148

Corporate governance -- miscellaneous

Provides relative to rights of employees to be free from reprisal and threats of reprisal for whistle blowing; relative to prohibited actions by employers against their employees, procedures of the board of ethics concerning findings relating to public involving possible criminal activity and relates to the records of the board concerning such findings; to require the posting of certain information regarding the rights of public employees; relative to penalties; and to provide for related matters. Effective: August 15, 2007.

LA

SB 253

12

Credit insurance

Relates to financing single premium insurance mortgage loans; no mortgage lender shall finance the premium amount for any single premium credit life, dismemberment, health and accident, mortgage life and disability, involuntary unemployment, or debt cancellation insurance sold unless that portion of original balance is scheduled to be fully amortized no later than the coverage expiration date of such insurance product. Effective: June 18, 2007.

NV

AB 24

29

Credit regulation

Revises provisions governing the release of a consumer report by a credit reporting agency; prohibiting a credit reporting agency from charging certain elderly consumers a fee to release their consumer reports to specific persons or for specific periods or to place security freezes in or remove security freezes from their credit files; reducing the amount of fees that may be charged by credit reporting agencies to other consumers. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NV

AB 404

218

Credit regulation

Revises provisions governing the use of credit information by insurers; regulates the use by an insurer of the credit information of a policyholder or an applicant for insurance; requires the notice explaining the reasons for the adverse action to be provided in a form approved by the Commissioner of Insurance. Effective: October 1, 2007.

TX

SB 382

502

Credit regulation

Relates to certain refund requirements regarding credit insurance; provides that a policy of such insurance must contain a written notice regarding refunds and refund requirements of the insurer; provides that in any claim or action asserted by an insured against an insurer for failure to refund any unearned premium, the insurer shall be entitled to indemnity from a holder who failed to provide the notice required. Effective: September 1, 2007.

DE

SB 31

175

Credit-based insurance scoring

Prohibits the practice of credit scoring in setting premiums for automobile and homeowners insurance in the state, and in denying applications for automobile and homeowners insurance in the state; includes insurance for motorcycles, boats, personal watercraft and recreational vehicles. Effective: January 1, 2008.

ME

H 801

74

Credit-based insurance scoring

Requires an insurer that uses consumer reports in insurance underwriting to obtain an updated credit report to recalculate the insured's insurance score and re-underwrite and re-rate the insured within 30 days of receiving the insured's request but need not do so more often than once in any 12-month period; provides that any changes in a premium do not become effective until the current policy's renewal. Effective: September 20, 2007.

MT

HB 537

275

Crop insurance

Revises state hail insurance laws. Effective: April 26, 2007.

CA

SB 430

303

Earthquake insurance

Amends existing law authorizing the state Earthquake Authority to transact basic residential earthquake insurance. Revises the definition of available capital and defines total capital for those purposes. Relates to the authorities ability to require participating insurers to make certain additional capital assessments. Provides that if claims and claim expenses paid by the authority due to earthquakes exhaust existing capital and the maximum assessments, the board may further assess participating insurers. Effective: July 1, 2008.

AR

SB 918

722

E-commerce

Requires state agencies to use or permit the use of electronic records and electronic signatures no later than June 20, 2008. Effective: July 31, 2007.

NC

SB 211

119

E-commerce

Revises the law governing electronic signatures by clarifying that public agencies may use, as well as accept, electronic signatures. Effective: June 27, 2007.

ND

SB 2192

79

E-commerce

Relates to the legal recognition of electronic records and signatures; provides for legal recognition of electronic records and electronic signatures. Effective: August 1, 2007.

AR

HB 1303

76

Farm mutuals

Permits the insurance commissioner to extend the time limit for a Farmer's Mutual Aid Association to meet statutory minimum membership requirements and to clarify the obligation to purchase any necessary indemnity reinsurance. Effective: July 31, 2007.

ND

SB 2171

261

Farm mutuals

Relates to the location of a county mutual insurance company's principal office; provides for an approved territory of operation. Effective: August 1, 2007.

TX

SB 849

47

Farm mutuals

Relating to the submission of annual reports by farm mutual insurance companies. Effective: May 8, 2007.

AR

SB 683

588

Fees

Requires the insurance commissioner to assess rural risk underwriters a fee for the expense of mailing fire department renewal subscription notices not to exceed a specified amount. Effective: March 28, 2007.

FL

SB 2162

71

Fees

Relates to local government funding; deletes specific ending date for increases to guaranteed entitlements for certain municipalities that receive revenue sharing funds; deletes specific ending date for surcharge imposed by certain local governments on penalties for non-criminal infractions; provides that a court cost applies to juvenile delinquency proceedings; deletes the surcharge imposed by certain local governments on penalties for juvenile non-criminal violation proceedings. Effective: July 1, 2007.

HI

HB 1322

214

Fees

Re-establishes the issuance and all services fees applicable to limited line motor vehicle rental company insurance producer's licensee; requires adjusters and independent bill reviewers' place of business be the place where the licensee principally conducts transactions under the license. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

HB 481

191

Fees

Provides for an annual financial regulation fee along with payment of any expenses associated with an examination by the insurance commissioner or investigation. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

HB 829

349

Fees

Provides for the distribution of a portion of the Two Percent Fire Insurance Fund to Delgado Community College for firefighter training. Effective: August 15, 2007.

MS

HB 1312

485

Fees

Provides that no county shall received insurance rebate monies until the county designates a member of the sheriff's department to be the county fire investigator and requires the designated member to attend the state fire academy for arson investigation training. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TX

SB 978

252

Fees

Relating to certain insurance premium surcharges. Effective: September 1, 2007.

WA

SB 5919

153

Fees

Provides relief from retaliatory taxes on insurance premium taxes. Effective: July 22, 2007.

DE

SB 63

39

Financial regulation

Permits domestic insurers to increase the portion of their admitted assets invested in securities issued by entities domiciled in foreign countries; increases the limit on a case-by-case for life insurers. Effective: May 30, 2007.

FL

HB 7187

249

Financial regulation

Removes scheduled repeal of exemption under Open Government Sunset Review Act for specified examination & investigation reports under Florida Insurance Code & related work papers, information, & lists of insurers or regulated companies; reorganizes exemption; defines "work papers" to narrow exemption for work papers & other information held by DFS or Office of Insurance Regulation pursuant to examination or investigation; provides for limited duration of exemption for work papers; makes editorial changes & deletes unnecessary language. Effective: October 1, 2007.

ID

HB 88

277

Financial regulation

Amends existing law relating to the Department of Insurance to incorporate a new trend test for risk-based capital levels of property and casualty insurers. Effective: July 1, 2007.

ID

HB 90

279

Financial regulation

Authorizes the department to examine insurance rate making organizations, advisory organizations, joint reinsurance organizations and group, association or any other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance every three years. This proposal changes the three year examination requirement for these entities to every five years. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

HB 2107

45

Financial regulation

Concerns insurance deposits of cash, securities, deeds, mortgages and other assets; relates to security deposits in financial institutions; includes a savings and loan association and savings bank organized in this or another state, a national or state bank or trust company which have main or branch offices in the state which is legally qualified to accept custody of securities; provides for records. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

HB 312

294

Financial regulation

Authorizes certain investments by domestic insurers in limited liability companies. Effective: August 15, 2007.

ME

H 890

281

Financial regulation

Amends the Insurance Code; replaces provisions regarding property and casualty actuarial opinions on insurer reserves with the model legislation adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; requires filing of the statement of actuarial opinion, the actuarial report supporting the opinion and the actuarial opinion summary by domestic insurers; excludes domestic mutual property insurers; relates to public records. Effective: January 1, 2009.

ME

H 1338

466

Financial regulation

Makes technical corrections to various State laws; makes technical and substantive changes relating to insurance company investments, mercury waste reduction plans, current use valuation of working waterfront land, estate taxes, 529 plan tax deductions, horse racing and slot machine revenues, S corporation taxes, state contracts, tobacco taxes, time share sales and taxation, community wind power generator tax rebates, advanced communications infrastructure tax rebates, and other provisions. Effective: July 2, 2007.

MD

HB 1432

110

Financial regulation

Authorizes the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to conduct a specified analysis and examine the financial condition of specified entities whenever the Commissioner considers it advisable; repealing provisions of law governing the disclosure of specified information by the Commissioner; etc. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MS

HB 1313

369

Financial regulation

Revises financial reporting requirements with the Commissioner of Insurance. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MO

SB 66

Financial regulation

Relates to insurance company investments and how boards of trustees of police and firemen's pension systems may invest monies; exempts insurance companies from certain laws; amends provisions regarding foreign investment; includes loans. Effective: August 28, 2007.

NM

SB 350

282

Financial regulation

Updates capital requirements and other provisions; relates to property and casualty insurance and life and health insurance; relates to premium taxes; relates to insurance adjuster licensure and training; relates to the insurance holding company law; provides penalties. Effective: June 15, 2007.

NC

HB 737

127

Financial regulation

Makes changes in the laws relating to the monitoring of solvency of insurance companies and other risk-bearing entities regulated by the Commissioner of Insurance; relates to credit insurance and mortgage guaranty insurance; relates to the advancement of funds to directors, officers, or controlling stockholders; relates to workers' compensation self-insurance, professional employer services, property and casualty actuarial opinions, and life insurance and annuity reserves. Effective: Varies.

RI

HB 5740

156

Financial regulation

Expands the definition of commercial run-off insurer to include a Rhode Island domestic insurance company formed or re-activated for the purpose of entering into a voluntary restructuring whose liabilities consist of commercial liabilities transferred to the company with the approval of the commissioner. Effective: June 30, 2007.

SD

HB 1054

294

Financial regulation

Revises certain requirements for the independent audit of insurers. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TX

HB 1741

303

Financial regulation

Relates to investments by insurance companies and related organizations; relates to a low-income community and programs for the allocation and investment of certified capital; relates to vested premium tax credits; provides that the maximum amount of certified capital for which premium tax credit allocation may be allowed on behalf of any one certified investor and its affiliates with respect to Program One or Program Two may not exceed a specified amount. Effective: September 1, 2007.

WA

HB 1236

127

Financial regulation

Establishes certain capital and surplus requirements necessary to transact insurance. Effective: July 22, 2007.

CA

AB 796

138

Financial regulation

Relates to adding another level of Total Adjusted Capital with respect to insurers comprehensive financial plan that is filed with the Insurance Commissioner, the marketability of securities held by an admitted insurers in order to qualify for coverage from a surplus lines broker, the capital and surpluses of Insurance Exchanges, the charging of additional premiums and deductibles for earthquake insurance, and the definition of credit default swap as it relates to financial guaranty insurance. Effective: January 1, 2008.

CA

SB 339

297

Financial regulation

Relates to existing law that provides that an insurer may make excess fund investments in shares of an open-end diversified investment company, under specified conditions. Revises and recasts the conditions applicable to an investment company in which a domestic insurer may make excess fund investments. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NJ

AB 3289

252

Financial regulation

Increases investment options for domestic property and casualty insurance companies' capital, surplus and other funds; relates to purchase of real estate; relates to mergers, investments and loans upon the security of property; relates to loans to veterans and mortgages. Effective: January 14, 2008.

NY

AB 9233

631

Financial regulation

Establishes risk-based and minimum capital requirements for property and casualty insurance companies. Effective: August 28, 2007.

NY

SB 804

275

Financial regulation

Amends the Insurance Law relating to authorizing domestic life, property/casualty, reciprocal, mortgage guaranty, cooperative property/casualty and financial guaranty insurers to enter into derivative transactions, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof. Effective: July 18, 2007.

FL

HB 1549

224

Financial regulation

Authorizes certain agencies designated as branch office to file application for registration in lieu of licensure; provides exemption from required written examination to certain applicants for licensure as claims adjuster; authorizes certain licensed agents to be agent in charge of branch locations under certain circumstances; revises requirements for identification of insurers, agents, & insurance contracts, etc. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

SB 1317

360

Financial regulation

Corrects an erroneous cross-reference regarding the definition of adjusted risk-based capital reports. The measure also clarifies that negative trend, in the context of a life and health insurer, is determined in accordance with the trend test calculation included in the life insurance risk-based capital instructions. Finally, provisions regarding the trend test for property and casualty insurers are added. Effective: July 1, 2007.

IL

SB 495

305

Fire sprinkler systems

Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Provides that all inspections and testing of existing fire sprinkler systems and control equipment must be performed by a licensee under the Act or an individual employed and contracted by a licensee. Sets forth qualifications for individuals performing the inspection and testing duties. Relates to testing of Inspection and the Testing of Water Based Systems. Regulates state employees. Provides for testing of gauges and control panels. Effective: June 1, 2008.

CA

AB 70

367

Flood insurance

Provides that a city or county may be required to contribute its fair and reasonable share of the property damage caused by a flood to the extent that it has increased the state's exposure to liability for property damage by unreasonably approving new development in a previously undeveloped area that is protected by a state flood control project, unless the city or county meets specified requirements. Effective: January 1, 2008.

ID

HB 98

239

Fraud

Amends existing law relating to the Idaho Arson and Fraud Reporting-Immunity Act to revise definitions; and to revise provisions applicable to insurance fraud. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

SB 208

146

Fraud

Relates to the insurance department; establishes the criminal anti-fraud division; concerns criminal history records; authorizes access by the Insurance Department to criminal history record information; relates to unfair and predatory practices in the sales of life insurance to members of the armed forces. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MD

HB 1409

651

Fraud

Provides that it is a fraudulent insurance act, with the purpose of submitting a specified claim, for a person to organize, plan, or knowingly participate in an intentional motor vehicle accident or a scheme to create documentation of a motor vehicle accident that did not occur; providing that for a specified time following the date a specified report is filed with a law enforcement agency, only specified persons may access the report, with a specified exception; etc. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NH

HB 532

37

Fraud

Clarifies certain provisions of the insurance fraud law and authorizes the Commissioner of Insurance to adopt rules for the implementation of the insurance fraud law; provides for service of subpoenas for evidence collection related to insurance fraud; provides that any insurance personnel or entity which believes that an insurance related criminal activity has been committed shall make a report within a certain amount of time. Effective: January 1, 2008.

UT

HB 6

293

Fraud

Provides limited access to the Controlled Substance Database for practitioners, for the purpose of inquiring whether the practitioner's DEA number has been fraudulently used by another person. Effective: April 30, 2007.

WV

SB 381

136

Fraud

Clarifying that the insurance code contains specific criminal penalties for felony offenses; authorizing certain employees of the fraud unit of the Insurance Commissioner to investigate fraud relating to the Public Employees Insurance Agency and to present criminal complaints directly to a magistrate; modifying the threshold for certain criminal penalties; and extending the statute of limitations for certain misdemeanors involving insurance fraud. Effective: June 8, 2007.

RI

HB 5404

341

Guaranty fund

Removes the termination date of the Rhode Island Insurers' Insolvency Fund's ability to shift money into under-funded accounts. Effective: July 6, 2007.

RI

HB 5543

88

Guaranty fund

Increases the covered claim amount under the Rhode Island Insurers' Insolvency Fund. T1, 2008. Effective: January 1, 2008.

RI

SB 103

431

Guaranty fund

Would remove the December 31, 2007 termination date of the Rhode Island Insurers Insolvency Fund's ability to shift money into under-funded accounts. Effective: July 6, 2007.

RI

SB 299

130

Guaranty fund

Increases the covered claim amount under the Rhode Island Insurers' Insolvency Fund from three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). Effective: January 1, 2008.

UT

HB 340

309

Guaranty fund

This bill modifies the Insurance Code by repealing existing insurer rehabilitation and liquidation provisions and enacting the Insurer Receivership Act. Effective: April 30, 2007.

AZ

HB 2188

115

Guaranty funds

Regards the Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Fund; relates to an insolvent insurer against whom an order of liquidation has been entered; provides for covered claims and the return of unearned premiums; provides for insurance of warranties or service contracts for repair or material defects; relates to warranty insurance and service contracts. Effective: September 19, 2007.

CT

SB 1212

21

Guaranty funds

Relates to guaranty associations and insolvent insurers; concerns the Insurance Guaranty Association with respect to covered property and casualty claims; relates to workers' compensation policies. Effective: October 1, 2007.

CA

SB 1038

100

Guaranty funds

Relates to the unearned premium that is required under the Insurance Guaranty Association which is used to provide insurer insolvency coverage. Provides that any district attorney who fails to submit an application for fraud prosecution funds to the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance by the deadline set by the commissioner shall be subject to loss of distribution of moneys. Deletes a specified report requirement of the Fraud Division. Effective: January 1, 2008.

MD

HB 26

10

Identity theft

Alters to December 31, 2007, the date by which the Task Force to Study Identity Theft is required to report to the General Assembly; and providing for an alternate date for the termination of the Task Force. Same as SB 70. Effective: April 10, 2007.

NC

HB 454

534

Identity theft

Protects the identity of individuals by authorizing the photographing of a person who is cited for a motor vehicle moving violation who does not produce a valid drivers license upon the request of a law enforcement officer when the law enforcement officer has a reasonable suspicion regarding the true identity of the person; provides a cause of action for a person whose identifying information is published over objection. Effective:

UT

HB 432

311

Identity theft

This bill requires the attorney general to maintain an Internet website to assist victims of identity-related crimes; requires that the Internet website allow a victim of an identity-related crime to report the crime and have the report routed to the appropriate law enforcement agency; and allows the attorney general to expand the website to include additional services. Effective: April 30, 2007.

UT

SB 140

94

Identity theft

This bill modifies the definition of "personal identifying information"; provides that it is a felony of the second degree when a person fraudulently uses     personal identifying information and that use results, directly or indirectly, in bodily injury to another person; and makes technical changes. Effective: April 30, 2007.

UT

SCR 1

Identity theft

Resolution urges Congress to address social security number identity theft.

WY

SF 53

162

Identity theft

Provides for notice to consumers affected by breaches of consumer information databases as specified; authorizes consumers to prohibit release of information maintained by credit rating agencies as specified; provides definitions; provides exceptions. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NY

AB 335

233

Identity theft

Prohibits a merchant from writing a customer's address or telephone number on a credit card transaction form or on any attachment thereto; removes the exception that allows merchant to record the customers name and address where the amount of the transaction is below the stores floor limit. Effective: July 18, 2007.

NY

SB 5541

346

Identity theft

Relates to police reports for victims of identity theft; requires local law enforcement agencies to take police reports of theft identity offenses; allows courts to include the value of time spent by the victims to remediate such crimes as part of restitution. Effective: July 18, 2007.

MS

SB 3034

585

Identity theft

Relates to security freeze requirements. Effective: July 1, 2007.

AR

HB 1309

85

Identity theft -- fraud

Enhances the penalty for financial identity fraud under certain circumstances; creates the offense of nonfinancial identity fraud. Effective: July 31, 2007.

LA

HB 460

312

Identity theft - personal information

Increases mandatory imprisonment when crime of identity theft involves elderly or disabled victims. Effective: August 15, 2007.

MD

HB 1036

447

Identity theft - personal information

Prohibits a person from claiming to be another person without the consent of that person with the intent of soliciting, requesting, persuading, or taking any other action to induce another to provide personal identifying information or a payment device number; providing that a person convicted of this offense is guilty of a misdemeanor; etc. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MT

HB 35

195

Identity theft - personal information

Provides assistance to victims of identity theft. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NV

AB 428

437

Identity theft - personal information

Prohibits the use of personal identifying information of another to obtain any other personal identifying information of that person without the consent of the person; increases the penalty for possessing, selling, transferring or obtaining and using the personal identifying information of another person; creates a rebuttable inference of the intent to use the personal identifying information of another person unlawfully; allows a postal inspector to make arrests for crimes related to postal matters. Effective: October 1, 2007.l

NV

AB 600

324

Identity theft - personal information

Protects certain personal identifying information; makes consistent the information protected from disclosure by public entities on certain documents; authorizes a person to request a governmental agency to redact or maintain in a confidential manner his personal information in documents submitted to the governmental agency; authorizes the use of the last 4 digits of a social security number in judgments; provides immunity to public officers and employees for certain disclosures. Effective: varies.

NH

HB 227

78

Identity theft - personal information

Permits a victim of identity theft to bring a private action for damages and to use the judgment to correct related public and private records; provides for treble damages and court fees. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OK

HB 1329

167

Identity theft - personal information

Relates to crimes and punishments; relates to identity theft; provides for a sentence. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OK

SB 567

10

Identity theft - personal information

Relates to crimes and punishments; authorizes preparation and filing of identity theft incident report; directs copy of report be provided to victim; allows report to be shared with other jurisdictions; defines term; provides certain exception for identity theft incident reports; provides for codification; provides an effective date. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2090

186

Identity theft - personal information

Authorizes the Secretary of State to refuse to file certain documents if documents contain Social Security number, state identification number, driver license number, credit card or debit card number or account number that has not been redacted; deletes requirement that certain documents filed with Secretary of State contain Social Security numbers, federal employer identification numbers and taxpayer identification numbers. Effective: June 1, 2007.

TX

HB 2002

1044

Identity theft - personal information

Relates to requiring a financial institution to notify check verification entities when a customer reports that the customer is a victim of identity theft and the consequences of the notice. Effective: September 1, 2007.

VA

HB 1795

441

Identity theft - personal information

Amends identify theft statute to correct a possible reference to a false or fictitious person as a person who may be dead or alive. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NJ

SB 1643

33

Identity theft - personal information

Prohibits denial of credit on the basis that an individual was a victim of identity theft; provides for presentation to a creditor a copy of a police report. Effective: April 29, 2007.

TX

HB 460

1173

Identity theft - personal information

Relates to the offense of fraudulent use or possession of a person's identifying information; provides felony penalties for specified numbers of items obtained, possessed or transferred. Effective: September 1, 2007.

AZ

SB 1042

23

Identity theft - security breach

Relates to notification for compromised personal information; relates to the Department of Public Safety, a county sheriff's department and municipal police departments; relates to requirements regarding notification of a breach of a security system and the possible compromise of personal information. Effective: September 19, 2007.

GA

SB 236

241

Identity theft - security breach

Relates to the offense of identity theft; provides for notification by certain data collectors upon a breach of security regarding personal information; changes certain provisions relating to the elements of the offense of identity fraud; creates the offense of identity fraud by receipt of fraudulent identification information; provides for a victim's right to file a report with a law enforcement agency; modifies certain penalties. Effective: May 24, 2007.

MD

HB 208

532

Identity theft - security breach

Requires specified businesses, when destroying a customer's records that contain personal information of the customer, to take specified steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the personal information under specified circumstances; requiring specified businesses that own or license personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices under specified circumstances; etc. Same as SB 194. Effective: January 1, 2008.

MN

HF 1758

108

Identity theft - security breach

Relates to commerce; regulates access devices; establishes liability for security breaches; provides enforcement powers; defines access devices as a card issued by a financial institution that contains a magnetic stripe, microprocessor chip, or other means for storage of information which includes, but not limited to a credit, debit, or stored value card; relates to security breaches to pin numbers. Effective: August 1, 2007.

OR

SB 583

759

Identity theft - security breach

Requires person that owns, maintains or possesses data that includes individual personal information and is used in person's business, vocation, occupation or volunteer activities to notify individual following discovery of breach of security if personal information is included in data for which security was breached; specifies notification methods and lists exemptions from notification requirements; permits consumer to place security freeze on consumer report if consumer provides specified information. Effective: October 1, 2008.

AR

HB 2215

391

Identity theft - security freeze

Permits placing a security freeze on a person's consumer report; provides procedures for the placement and removal of the security freeze; and provides notice of the right to obtain a security freeze. Effective: July 31, 2007.

HI

HB 1612

189

Identity theft - security freeze

Allows any consumer who is a resident of the State to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report by making a written request to the consumer credit reporting agency and including a copy of the police report; provides that a consumer credit reporting agency shall not charge a victim of identity theft a fee for placing, lifting, or removing a security freeze, but may charge any other consumer a fee. Effective: July 1, 2007.

IN

SB 403

104

Identity theft - security freeze

Provides that a consumer may prevent access to the consumer's consumer report by requesting that a consumer reporting agency place a security freeze on the consumer report. Effective: September 1, 2007.

MD

HB 117

308

Identity theft - security freeze

Authorizes a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on the consumer's consumer report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report within specified time periods after specified requests are received and to take specified actions within 5 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report; etc. Effective: January 1, 2008.

MD

SB 52

307

Identity theft - security freeze

Authorizes a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on the consumer's consumer report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report within a specified number of business days after a request is received and to take specified actions within 5 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report; etc. Effective: January 1, 2008.

MT

SB 116

138

Identity theft - security freeze

Security freeze authority for consumer credit reports. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NE

LB 674

Identity theft - security freeze

Relates to the Credit Report Protection Act; prohibits use of Social Security numbers by employers as prescribed; provides a penalty; relates to a security freeze; requires copies of a police report evidencing that the consumer is a victim of identity theft; provides for a confirmation warning that the consumer may be denied credit because of a security freeze. Effective: varies.

NM

SB 165

106

Identity theft - security freeze

Provides for a security freeze on the release of credit report information. Effective: January 1, 2007.

ND

HB 1417

438

Identity theft - security freeze

Relates to security freezes on consumer credit reports; provides a penalty; provides an effective date; declares an emergency; relates to victims of identity theft; relates to a copy of a police report; provides for proper identification and temporary lifting of the security freeze; provides for a fee. Effective: June 1, 2007.

TN

HB 200

170

Identity theft - security freeze

Creates the Credit Security Act; authorizes consumer to place a security freeze on their consumer credit report; provides a credit agency must develop procedures involving the receipt and processing of such freeze; provides that any person who obtains a report or requests a freeze fraudulently is liable for specified damages; provides procedures for the protection of legally obtained social security numbers; provides for identify theft passports for victims of identity theft. Effective: January 1, 2008.

TX

SB 222

1143

Identity theft - security freeze

Revises the provisions of existing law that relate to a security freeze on a consumer file maintained by a consumer reporting agency. Effective: September 1, 2007.

WA

SB 5826

499

Identity theft - security freeze

Modifies consumer credit report provisions. Effective: September 1, 2008.

WV

SB 428

45

Identity theft - security freeze

Providing a procedure for consumers to implement a security freeze to prohibit a consumer-reporting agency from releasing all or any part of the consumer's credit report or any information derived from it to entities with whom the consumer has no existing credit relationship without the express authorization of the consumer in certain circumstances; exemptions; personal identification number or password; procedures for removal or temporary lifting of security freeze; exceptions; fees; providing for a written notice of a consumer's rights; providing civil penalties for violations; and making a violation an unfair or deceptive act or practice. Effective: June 8, 2007.

CA

AB 1401

335

Insurance fraud

Relates to existing law that provides that the costs of administration and operation of the Fraud Division are to be borne by all of the insurers admitted to transact business in the state. Requires an insurer to pay an annual special purpose assessment to be used exclusively for the support of the Fraud Division. Provides all moneys from the assessment will be deposited to the credit of the Insurance Fund. Requires a report on the Insurance Department's Web site on specified information. Effective: January 1, 2008.

TX

HB 2251

475

Internet advertising

Requires that a web page of an insurer's Internet website must include all appropriate disclosures and information required by applicable rules adopted by the commissioner relating to advertising if the web page describes specific policies or coverage available in this state. Effective: September 1, 2005.

IL

HB 1146

342

Liability issues

Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Limits the liability of a volunteer board member serving without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual expenses, for damages resulting from any action of the executive director concerning the false reporting of or intentional tampering with financial records of the organization, where the actions of the executive director result in legal action. Makes an exception for a volunteer board member to protect charitable assets. Effective: June 1, 2008.

HI

HB 90

227

Market Conduct

Enacts the National Conference of Insurance Legislators Market Conduct Surveillance Model Law, which requires the insurance commissioner to conduct market conduct examinations of domestic and foreign insurers; relates to insurance. Effective: July 1, 2007.

WA

SB 5717

82

Market conduct

Establishes a framework for the Commissioner's market conduct actions, including processes and systems for identifying, assessing, and prioritizing market conduct problems that have a substantial adverse impact on consumers, policyholders, and claimants. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WV

SB 121

21

Military personnel insurance related legislation

Tolling state licensure or registration requirements for active duty military personnel. Effective: June 8, 2007.

WV

SB 559

137

Military personnel insurance related legislation

Relating to predatory insurance sales practices; and authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate emergency rules to protect military personnel. Effective: June 7, 2007.

FL

HB 517

49

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Provides that members of U.S. Armed Forces called to or on active duty outside state or U.S. is exempt from providing required proof of financial responsibility as owner, registrant, or operator of motor vehicle under specified conditions. Effective: July 1, 2007.

HI

SB 1410

233

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Conforms current statutes to recommendations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) with respect to, the authority required to implement rules to carry out the directives of the federal Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act, long-term care insurance, and the sharing of information with the insurance regulatory agencies of foreign countries. Effective: July 1, 2007.

ID

HB 111

271

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Amends existing law to prohibit dishonest or predatory insurance practices related to marketing or sales to United States armed forces service members; and to authorize the director of the Department of Insurance to promulgate rules. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

SB 158

260

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Provides for insurance allowances for Louisiana National Guard members. Effective: July 9, 2007.

ME

H 149

70

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Allows a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is permanently stationed at a military or naval post, station or base in the state or the spouse or child of that member to register an ATV in the state at the cost of a resident registration; provides that the registration fees attributable to such a registration are allocated to the municipality in which the military or naval post, station or base is located. Effective: September 20, 2007.

MN

HF 532

111

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Relates to consumer protection; regulates certain contracts entered into by military service personnel; authorizes cancellations of certain contracts; requires utilities to establish payment arrangements for military service personnel. Effective: August 1, 2007.

MO

HB 780

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Expands license renewal extensions for professionals completing military service to include all professionals licensed by the Division of Professional Registration. Also includes provisions dealing with auto financial responsibility. Effective: June 1, 2008.

MT

SB 239

144

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Allows active duty members of the United States Armed Forces to renew their driver's license at any time to remain valid until 30 days after discharge from the service; allows for a Montana driver's license to be issued to a member of the United States Armed Services to remain valid until 30 days after discharge from the service. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SD

HB 1204

174

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Revises fees for renewal stickers that are placed on special motor vehicle license plates for certain military veterans. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

SB 2200

339

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Provides that the mortality tables adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for life insurance contracts may be used by insurers to determine adjusted premiums, present values and reserve values; provides that it is a deceptive practice to replace a life insurance policy or an annuity contract in a manner contrary to certain rules; provides that the commissioner has the authority to adopt rules to protect service members of the Armed Forces from predatory insurance practices. (Same as HB 2255). Effective: June 4, 2007.

TX

HB 1260

218

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Relating to exempting certain military personnel from certain state and local governmental fees. Effective: September 1, 2007.

VA

SB 816

589

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Grants to civilian employees of the U.S. government and contractors with the U.S. government extensions of the period of validity of their driver's licenses while serving or providing services under contract outside the Commonwealth. Effective: July 1, 2007.

GA

SB 84

254

Military personnel insurance-related legislation

Relates to enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices; protects members of the armed forces of the United States from unscrupulous practices regarding the marketing and sale of insurance; provides for related matters; repeals conflicting laws. Effective: May 24, 2007.

IL

HB 1004

92

Mine subsidence

Amends the Insurance Code. Provides that the Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund shall establish the maximum amount of reinsurance available per residence, commercial building, and living unit for mine subsidence insurance; provides for insurance classifications and the maximum amount of available reinsurance. Effective: June 1, 2008.

IL

SB 555

334

Mine subsidence

Amends the Insurance Code. Provides that the Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund shall establish the maximum amount of reinsurance available per residence, commercial building, and living unit for mine subsidence insurance. Provides that, for all policies issued or renewed after a specified date, the reinsured loss per residence, per commercial building, and per living unit shall be the amounts established by the Fund. Establishes a reinsurance rate. Effective: June 1, 2008.

ME

H 1337

355

Mold

Implements recommendations of the Working Group to Study Mold in Buildings; requires home construction contracts to contain the training received and certifications held by project supervisors; requires disclosure of the potential for conflict of interest if mold assessment and remediation services are provided by the same person or company; adds mandatory moisture control provisions to the State Model Building Code; provides for landlord-tenant disputes. Effective: September 20, 2007.

IL

SB 1257

456

Mold

Creates the Mold Remediation Registration Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to submit a report to the General Assembly concerning the implementation of federal regulations that establish scientific evidence concerning health effects associated with indoor fungi, bacteria, and their byproducts. Provides that the provisions of the Mold Remediation Registration Act shall not apply to persons licensed in accordance with the Structural Pest Control Act. Effective: June 1, 2008.

NJ

AB 4053

193

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Creates the Predatory Towing Prevention Act; regulates certain tows and requires licensure of towing companies; relates to requiring additional or higher liability insurance coverages or accounts with respect to contracts for towing and storage services awarded by public agencies; relates to towing services club or association dues or membership charges. Effective: October 19, 2008.

NH

HB 104

159

Motor vehicle insurance -- auto coverage issues

Allows certain members of the national guard who are called to active duty or mobilized for a period of 60 days or more to renew a New Hampshire driver's license without cost by application to the division of motor vehicles. Effective: August 17, 2007.

RI

HB 6203

385

Motor vehicle insurance -- salvage title

Mandates that if the cost to repair a vehicle exceeds 75% of the fair market value before the accident and the vehicle is less than 7 years beyond the date of manufacture, the owner would return the title within 10 days to the registry to obtain a salvage title; provides that Fair market value means the retail value published in any nationally recognized publication; includes automatic databases recognized by the automobile industry to establish value of motor vehicles. Effective: July 6, 2007.

TN

SB 1994

481

Motor vehicle insurance -- traffic offenses

Creates a Class C misdemeanor offense subject to a fine only for a parent or legal guardian to permit a minor to operate or be a passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle on certain property without wearing an appropriate helmet for such a vehicle; authorizes municipalities to adopt mirror ordinance and to issue a traffic citation in lieu of arrest for a violation; provides an exception for minors who are commuting for the purpose of hunting and have a valid hunting license. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VT

SB 53

61

Motor vehicle insurance -- traffic offenses

Clarifies when a suspension or revocation of a motor vehicle license, non-driver identification card, or registration takes effect; repeals the requirement that special plates or parking placards for persons with disabilities be renewed when the condition is permanent and stable; authorizes safety or service organization registration plates to be issued to trucks registered for a specified weight. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CA

AB 829

325

Motor vehicle insurance - aftermarket parts

Allows aftermarket and performance parts to be sold and installed on motorcycles, concurrent with a motorcycle's transfer to an ultimate purchaser, where the parts have valid state Air Resources Board executive orders. Effective: January 1, 2008.

AR

HB 1462

305

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Changes the term "all-terrain cycle" to "all-terrain vehicle" and amends the requirements for registration and operation of all-terrain vehicles. Effective: July 31, 2007.

ME

H 142

33

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Allows the Department of Transportation more flexibility in providing safe access for all terrain vehicle users within the public way by determining how and where all terrain vehicle access occurs on a case-by-case basis; provides for direction by the appropriate governmental unit within the public way, traveling in the same direction as motor vehicle traffic. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

H 354

202

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Relates to the definition of an all-terrain vehicle in the statutes; further proposes to enact restrictions on the use of all-terrain vehicle trails, including limiting truck use on the trails designed for all-terrain vehicle use. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

H 707

104

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Directs the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to study incentives, including possible financial incentives, to encourage all-terrain vehicle registrants to join local all-terrain vehicle clubs; requires a report. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

S 712

83

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Relates to development of the Outdoor Licensed Network; increases registration fees for all terrain vehicle registrations for residents and nonresidents; provides for reduced fees for documented current membership in an eligible all terrain vehicle club for a resident and a nonresident; defines an eligible club; relates to establishment of a land and water grant program. Effective: September 20, 2007.

NE

LB 307

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Restricts operation of all-terrain vehicles within municipalities; relates to a controlled-access highway. Effective: September 1, 2007.

ND

HB 1445

348

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Relates to equipment of registered off-highway vehicles; relates to the operation of off-highway vehicles, mirrors, horns, speedometers, odometers, brake lights, lighted headlamps and a motor of a specified size; provides that a licensed driver over age 16 may operate such registered vehicle on a paved highway not to exceed a specified speed. Effective: August 1, 2007.

OK

HB 1606

177

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Relates to definitions used in the State Vehicle License and Registration Act in relation to all-terrain vehicles. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OK

HB 1686

124

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Relates to motor vehicles; requires use of crash helmet for all-terrain vehicles; relates to penalty and court costs; directing deposit of certain monies; directing fine to certain responsible persons; defining term; limiting applicability to public lands; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2520

207

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Modifies the definition of a Class II all-terrain vehicle; permits a person to operate a Class II all-terrain vehicle on a highway if the vehicle is used for agricultural purposes; requires the operator of a Class II all-terrain vehicle to use a slow-moving vehicle emblem if operating on a highway. Effective: January 1, 2008.

TX

HB 2127

242

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Authorizes the operator of an all-terrain vehicle to drive the vehicle on a public street, road, or highway that is not an interstate or limited-access highway if the transportation is in connection with utility work performed by a utility. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 3849

1280

Motor vehicle insurance - all-terrain vehicles

Prohibits a person from operating an off-highway vehicle on public land over which the Department of Transportation has authority, land purchased or leased by the department, other public land, or on land purchased or developed under certain grants or grant programs operated or administered by the department without having obtained and properly mounted an off-highway vehicle decal; requires the use of specified safety apparel while operating an off-road vehicle. Effective: September 1, 2007.

CT

SB 739

212

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Prohibits steering of business to repairers of motor vehicle damage; strengthens the existing anti-steering language in section 38a-354 of the general statutes. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MN

SF 1464

71

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Requires motor vehicle collision repair to include air bag repair or a replacement; provides criminal penalties; relates to mandatory air bag replacement; prohibits installation or reinstallation of any object in lieu of an air bag designed for the make, mode and year of the vehicle. Effective: August 1, 2007.

MT

SB 204

339

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Prevents an insurer from requiring motor vehicle repair estimates or repairs from certain businesses by claimants; allows access for competitive estimates. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NV

AB 2

78

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Requires a garage or body shop to repair a motor vehicle in accordance with the specifications of the manufacturer of the motor vehicle and the written estimate or statement of the cost of repairs most recently agreed upon by the garage or body shop and the person authorizing the repairs; requires a body shop to comply with certain other requirements including the posting of a sign in those areas of its business informing customers seeking repairs of their rights and of the license held by the repair shop. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NV

AB 181

132

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Revises provisions concerning the survey of labor rates charged by body shops; requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to allow on-line verification of a license of a body shop; requires an operator of a body shop to complete the survey as a condition for renewal of his license. Effective: October 1, 2007.

OR

SB 523

506

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Requires an insurer, before recommending that a particular motor vehicle repair shop make repairs to an insured's motor vehicle, to inform the insured of their right to select a repair shop of their choice; prohibits an insurer from limiting the cost of repairs based on the insured's choice; requires an insurer to provide written notice regarding costs to the insured if they accept the insurer's recommendation. Effective: January 1, 2008.

RI

HB 5547

526

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Allows claimants as well as insured to choose the rental car company of their choice; clarifies the insurance card notice relating to free choice of auto body shops; provides that engaging in any act or practice of intimidation, coercion, threat or misrepresentation of consumers rights against a claimant or refusing to honor a direction to pay executed by a claimant with regards to choosing a rental car company constitutes an unfair claims practice. Effective: January 1, 2008.

RI

HB 5799

313

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Requires insurers and auto body repair shops to provide written notice to a vehicle owner that he/she is entitled to either original equipment manufacturer parts (OEM parts), or non-original equipment manufacturer parts (non-OEM parts) in the repair of a motor vehicle body replacement parts. Effective: January 1, 2008.

RI

SB 516

418

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Requires insurers and auto body repair shops to provide written notice to a vehicle owner that he or she is entitled to original equipment manufactured parts in the repair of a motor vehicle body replacement parts. Effective: January 1, 2008.

MI

HB 4177

35

Motor vehicle insurance - auto cancellations

Provides that an automobile insurer shall not refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure, limit coverage available to, charge a reinstatement fee for, or increase the premiums for such insurance solely because a person failed to maintain insurance requires during a 6-month period immediately preceding application if the person certifies that the lapse in coverage was because the person was on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and that the vehicles was not driven. Effective: July 11, 2007.

RI

HB 5372

57

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issue

Requires when an insurance carrier cancels or terminates a certified policy, notice of cancellation or termination of the insurance so certified would be filed with the division of motor vehicles. Effective: June 20, 2007.

RI

SB 302

69

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issue

Requires that when an insurance carrier cancels or terminates a certified policy, notice of cancellation or termination of the insurance so certified would be filed with the division of motor vehicles. Effective: June 20, 2007.

AR

HB 2243

373

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Establishes the priority of primary motor vehicle liability insurance coverage. Effective: July 31, 2007.

DE

HB 172

128

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Requires insurance companies to report all cancellations of motor vehicle insurance by any company to the Department of Motor Vehicles where the cancellation is the result of a violation of 18 Del. C. Section 3904 during the first year of the policy. Effective: January 1, 2008.

LA

HB 910

354

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Requires rental car companies to maintain mandatory minimum insurance on vehicles and to extend such financial responsibility protection to certain renters or drivers for third party liability claims against such renters or drivers; provides that such insurance shall apply only when there is no other collectible insurance meeting the minimum financial responsibility requirement, if the renter or driver is not otherwise insured, and if the third party claimant doesn't have uninsured or underinsured coverage. Effective: August 15, 2007.

ME

H 597

329

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Part M of the state highway budget repeals the electronic notification system concerning cancellations. Effective: June 19, 2007.

MD

HB 1187

88

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Alters the scope of specified provisions of law that require specified insurers to offer to exclude specified individuals from specified liability insurance policies; requiring specified insurers to offer to exclude specified individuals from a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy instead of canceling, refusing to renew, or increasing the premiums on the policy; etc. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MN

HF 448

22

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Relates to public safety and auto insurance; repeals the program that involved mailed demands that vehicle owners provide verification of auto insurance. Effective: varies.

MN

SF 744

72

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Regulates rental vehicle coverage; extends basic economic loss benefits, residual liability insurance, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to the operation or use of the rented motor vehicle; requires notification regarding additional insurance; provides for a policy of self-insurance when the operator is not covered by a plan of reparation security. Effective: August 1, 2007.

MN

SF 1542

80

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Regulates conduct of an insurer in collision cases. Effective: August 1, 2007.

MS

SB 2809

594

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Requires an insurer paying a claim for certain damages under a policy of auto insurance to place on the check the name of any known lienholder of the auto as a loss payee in addition to the name of the insured. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MO

HB 221

Does not assign chapter numbers

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Changes the laws regarding motor vehicle service contracts and product service agreements. Effective: January 1, 2008.

MT

HB 587

201

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Limits insurance stacking on motor vehicle policies. Effective: April 17, 2007.

NE

LB 115

No chapter numbers are used in Nebraska

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Redefines an automobile liability policy for personal use vehicles; relates to renewal, nonrenewal and payment of premiums; provides for exemptions under the assigned risk plan. Effective: September 1, 2007.

NH

HB 448

140

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Allows a person to renew a vehicle registration during the 4 months prior to its expiration month without verifying the owner's absence from the state. Effective: June 18, 2007.

NH

HB 859

103

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Redefines agriculture, farming, and farm for the purposes of the motor vehicle laws. Effective: August 10, 2007.

OK

HB 1288

108

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Relates to motor vehicles; relates to accidents involving damage to property; modifies qualification for notice requirement; provides penalty; provides for liability and restitution for damages; provides an effective date. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OK

HB 1868

326

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Relates to motor vehicles; relates to divisions within the Department of Public Safety; deletes certain administrative unit and division; modifies name of certain division; relates to reduction of premium charges; deletes confidentiality requirements for certain records; relates to compulsory insurance and surrender of license plate and driver licenses; regulates passenger transport businesses. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2384

131

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Provides that when insured is injured while occupying vehicle not owned by named insured, uninsured motorist coverage of insured is excess coverage. Effective: May 30, 2007.

OR

HB 2385

287

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Requires a self-insurer for purposes of financial responsibility requirements to provide coverage for permissive drivers; permits recovery of amount under an insured's uninsured motorist coverage if an insured recovers from a self-insurer less than the amount of an insured's uninsured motorist coverage under applicable motor vehicle liability insurance policy. Effective: June 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2908

457

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Requires an insurance company to pay an insured up to the limits of a policy for injuries sustained by an insured in an accident with uninsured motor vehicle. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

HB 3086

782

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Requires every motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued for delivery in this state to contain a provision that provides liability coverage for each family member of the insured residing in the same household as the insured in an amount equal to the amount of liability coverage purchased by the insured; relates to sums and damages that an insured person can collect from an uninsured person following a motor vehicle accident. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

SB 255

392

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Provides that if a motor vehicle liability insurer does not request reimbursement for recovery of personal injury protection payments from another insurer, the insurer may recover payments only through lien process or subrogation. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

SB 256

328

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Establishes requirements, unless parties agree otherwise, for motor vehicle liability arbitration proceedings concerning uninsured motorist coverage insurance claims. Effective: January 1, 2008.

VA

HB 1704

249

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Grants to civilian employees of the U.S. government and contractors with the U.S. government extensions of the period of validity of their driver's licenses while serving or providing services under contract outside the Commonwealth. Effective: July 1, 2007.

WA

HB 1953

258

Motor vehicle insurance - auto coverage issues

Requires premium reductions for older insureds completing an accident prevention course; provides that an eight-hour course meeting the criteria of the department of licensing may be offered via an alternative delivery method of instruction, which may include internet, video, or other technology-based delivery methods. Effective: July 22, 2007.

AK

SB 130

13

Motor vehicle insurance - auto enforcement issues

Relates to the registration of certain vehicles owned by ranchers, farmers, or dairy workers. Effective: August 15, 2007.

AK

SB 145

64

Motor vehicle insurance - auto enforcement issues

Provides that a municipality may adopt an ordinance providing for the impoundment or forfeiture of a motor vehicle used by a person who has $1,000 or more in delinquent traffic fines committed within the municipality. Effective: October 29, 2007.

LA

HB 398

45

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment

Expands the use of visual display technology by the driver of a motor vehicle to include a display of the front of the motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle. Effective: June 19, 2007.

WA

HB 1344

168

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issue

Provides a window tint exemption for law enforcement vehicles. Effective: July 22, 2007.

GA

HB 79

119

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Relates to the prohibition against affixing materials which reduce light transmission through windows or windshields of motor vehicles, so as to provide exemptions for government, state or political subdivision, and private detective vehicles; to provide that certain violations shall be charged as secondary offenses only; provides punishments for certain violations; repeals conflicting laws. Effective: May 18, 2007.

ME

H 492

121

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Clarifies equipment provisions for motor vehicles; amends the equipment laws for motor vehicles by removing the specific list of aftermarket equipment prohibited and removing the prohibition on the sale of or equipping a motor vehicle with aftermarket equipment; limits the prohibition on use of a motor vehicle with aftermarket equipment to use on a public way. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

H 1049

186

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Amends the law concerning automotive reflective and tinted glass by lowering the minimum standards for the percentage of light that must be transmitted through a side window or a rear window from 50% to 35% net of glass and material; expands by 1 inch the sun-screening or tinting material allowed at the top of a windshield. Effective: September 20, 2007.

MT

SB 237

114

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Allows pneumatic snow tires with retractable studs to be used year round. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NM

HM 98

Motion

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Requests that the insurance division of the public regulation commission study the effects of deductibles for comprehensive coverage for windshield repair and replacement coverage with respect to insurance rates, consumer safety and insurance practices with respect to premium or rate discounts for those consumers who maintain favorable claim histories over time.

ND

HB 1359

340

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Relates to rear-end protection of trucks and trailers; provides for a legislative study; relate to required protection on a rear-end dump truck or trailer while being used for hauling agricultural or other farm products from a place of production or on a farm storage site to a place of processing or storage. Effective: October 1, 2008.

ND

SB 2086

533

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Relates to use of notarized total loss statements within three years of day of issuance; relates to purchase price. Effective: August 1, 2007.

OK

HB 1702

55

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Relates to movement of oversize and overweight vehicles; modifies scope of certain vehicle description. Effective: November 1, 2007.

0K

HB 1798

16

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Relates to motor vehicles; relates to lamps on farm equipment; authorizes use of a flashing, strobe-light-type device that when lighted is visible from a specified distance. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2567

406

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Exempts a person from the offense of unlawful use of metal objects on tires if the person uses tires with retractable studs during specified times; allows a tire dealer to sell tires equipped with non light weight studs if the studs are retractable. Effective: January 1, 2008.

TX

HB 71

269

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Relates to motor vehicle airbags; requires the motor vehicle certificate of title to include airbag deployment history check-boxes; provides the procedures for marking the title certificate by a seller of a motor vehicle; provides for an offense to knowingly sell a motor vehicle that is not equipped with required airbags for the make and model year, with the intent to defraud the buyer by not disclosing the absence of the equipment; provides penalties. Effective: September 1, 2007.

WA

SB 5052

74

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Provides that no insurer may administer auto glass claims by contract with a third-party administrator if the third-party administrator directly or indirectly engages in the auto glass business, which business includes the repair, replacement, and retailing of auto glass but not the claim administration process. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WA

SB 5206

140

Motor vehicle insurance - auto equipment issues

Provides that a vehicle may be equipped year-round with tires that have retractable studs if the studs retract pneumatically or mechanically to below the wear bar of the tire when not in use and the retractable studs are engaged only between November 1st and April 1st. Effective: July 22, 2007.

CA

AB 924

111

Motor vehicle insurance - auto theft

Relates to existing law that defines criminal profiting activity as any act committed or attempted or any threat made for financial gain or advantage, which act or threat may be charged as one of several specified crimes. Adds offenses involving vehicle theft to that list of specified crimes. Effective: January 1, 2008.

GA

HB 419

44

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to commercial drivers' licenses; provides for definitions of certain terms; changes provisions relating to issuance of commercial drivers' licenses and permits; provides for expiration and disqualifications, revocations, and suspensions; provides penalties for violations; provides authority to hire investigators; relates to transporting hazardous materials; relates to disqualifications from driving for violations involving railroad crossings or drugs; relates to violations of out-of-service orders. Effective: January 1, 2008.

IN

HB 1357

21

Motor vehicle insurance -- commercial auto

Incorporates certain federal regulations pertaining to commercial motor vehicles into Indiana law. Corrects a reference to a federal agency concerning commercial motor vehicles. Amends an exemption from federal regulations to intrastate operators of construction vehicles. Repeals language concerning the use of a farm truck, farm trailer, or farm semitrailer and tractor for the transportation of seasonal fruit or vegetables. Authorizes certain persons who are not state police officers to enforce violations of certain laws pertaining to trucks and trailers having a declared gross weight of at least 10,001 pounds. (Current law sets the declared gross weight threshold at 11,000 pounds.) Makes a conforming amendment. Effective: April 4, 2007.

IN

HB 1693

42

Motor vehicle insurance -- commercial auto

Provides certain deadlines for the renewal of motor carrier registrations under the International Registration Plan (IRP). Provides penalties for a motor carrier that fails to timely register under the IRP. Makes various changes to conform with the unified carrier registration system. Requires that a license plate must be displayed on the front of a dump truck. Repeals obsolete provisions concerning interstate express companies. Effective: Retroactive to January 1, 2007.

NC

HB 769

492

Motor vehicle insurance -- commercial auto

Establishes that a commercial drivers license holder who refuses to participate in a drug or alcohol test shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle; authorizes the commissioner of the Department of Transportation to enter into the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement, and into agreements with jurisdictions participating in the UCRA; relates to for-hire motor carrier registration, insurance verification, and temporary trip permit authority. Effective: August 30, 2007.

WY

HB 3

17

Motor vehicle insurance -- commercial auto

Requires rulemaking for out-of-service orders as required by federal law; providing for a security threat assessment before issuance of a hazardous materials driver's license endorsement; coordinating penalties for certain vehicles violating stopping requirements with federal civil penalties. Effective: July 1, 2007.

AL

HB 432

298

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Provides exemptions from certain motor carrier regulations for any vehicle operated for intrastate commerce in connection with agricultural pursuits or transportation of agricultural products or commodities, livestock, or farm machinery and supplies, related to or produced by a person's farming or other agricultural operations or for noncommercial purposes, and commercial motor vehicles of a specified gross vehicle weight operated solely in intrastate commerce for the transportation of persons or property. Effective: September 1, 2007.

AK

HB 126

23

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to Department of Administration access to criminal justice information, certificates, registration, titles, licenses, permits, and other forms, requirements for cancellations of, renewals of, reinstatements of, expirations of, disqualifications of, withdrawals of, suspensions or revocations of, and exemptions from commercial and other driver's licenses, motor vehicles records, penalties for violating commercial driver licensing requirements and the driver's license compact. Effective: July 1, 2007.

AZ

HB 2228

214

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to revocation of commercial motor vehicle licenses for commercial driving violations or for causing a fatality through negligent operation of a commercial motor vehicle; relates to exemptions to commercial driver licensing for certain members of the U.S. Armed Forces for the use of a commercial vehicle for military purposes; relates to the transportation of hazardous materials; relates to a class of license for a person who fails to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

SB 1640

296

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Concerns foreign motor carriers; requires certificates of registration to operate in the state; prohibits operation beyond any restrictions in the certificate; requires an operator to show the certificate on request to a peace officer or employee of the department; regulates point-to-point transportation services of goods other than cargo that is incidental to international traffic; provides for impoundment; provides for safety inspections. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AR

HB 1469

256

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Conforms the issuance of commercial driver licenses to federal standards. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

HB 2227

370

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to the retention of licensing actions on commercial driver's license records. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

HB 2240

382

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Repeals Arkansas law that allows issuing commercial driver licenses to residents of foreign countries. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

HB 2440

826

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Requires notice of cancellation of insurance to the holder of a lien upon a commercial motor vehicle. Effective: July 31, 2007.

CO

HB 1229

313

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Concerns an enhancement of the penalties for the operators of commercial vehicles who fail to comply with inclement weather restrictions. Effective: August 3, 2007.

CO

SB 62

221

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Concerns motor carriers who fail to pay civil penalties imposed for violating commercial vehicle standards. Effective: July 1, 2007.

DE

SB 82

116

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Permits the DMV to cooperate with Federal agencies in the enforcement of commercial vehicle regulations, includes the new PRISM program; provides that the Performance and Registration Information Systems Management Program (PRISM) is a cooperative agreement between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the States; shares motor carrier safety data; utilizes commercial vehicle registration sanctions as an incentive to improve motor carrier safety. Effective: July 12, 2007.

HI

SB 1287

43

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Clarifies the period of time for safety inspection of motor carrier vehicles with a certain weight rating. Effective: January 1, 2008.

ID

HB 35

20

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Adds to and amends existing law relating to the size of vehicles and loads to define "national network"; and to allow saddlemount combinations to operate at an overall length of ninety-seven feet when traveling on the national network. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

SB 235

80

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Concerns the Employment Security Law; concerns definitions; relates to an owner-operator of a leased motor carrier vehicle for purposes of the federal insurance contribution act and employment security taxation. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KY

HB 509

28

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Amends KRS 281A.010 to expand the definition of "Conviction" to include a plea of nolo contendere and define the term "vehicle"; amend KRS 281A.050 to clarify existing exemptions from CDL requirements for military personnel and farmers; amend KRS 281A.080 to include violations of railroad crossing offenses or KRS 189.500, 189.560, or 189,565 under the classifications of drivers that an employer may not allow, permit, or authorize to drive a commercial motor vehicle; amend KRS 281A.150 to set the fee for new and renewal CDLs which carry a "S" endorsement at $20; eliminate reference to an "S" restriction; amend KRS 281A.160 to exempt applicants for CDLs which carry a "S" endorsement from being charged a testing fee; eliminate reference to an "S" restriction; amend KRS 281A.170 to eliminate references to an "S" restriction; amend KRS 281A.190 to provide that disqualifications for three or more serious traffic violations shall be levied consecutively; amend KRS 281A.240 to allow holders of a valid CDL issued in Canada or Mexico to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the state; amend KRS 281A.270 to eliminate the expiration date on the Transportation Cabinet's authority to adopt federal motor carrier safety regulations contained in 49 CFR Part 383. Effective: June 26, 2007.

MD

HB 440

406

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Prohibits a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle equipped with a specified engine brake unless the engine brake is installed and operated in accordance with the manufacturer's original design specifications; and establishing a penalty. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MD

HB 898

83

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Provides that specified indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts that purport to indemnify the promisee against specified liability resulting from specified conduct by the promisee are against public policy and are void and unenforceable; etc. Same as SB 303. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NE

LB 358

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Changes provisions relating to interstate motor carriers; authorizes registration under the unified carrier registration plan and agreement; includes a freight forwarder; relates to the single state insurance registration system; includes transportation of waste or recyclable materials. Effective: September 1, 2007.

NV

SB 450

482

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Makes various changes to provisions relating to the regulation of oversized and overweight vehicles. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NH

HB 547

91

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Increases the maximum weight of a truck requiring a bi-annual inspection. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NM

HB 491

321

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Requiring domicile in New Mexico for a person to be issued a commercial driver's license; prohibiting masking of traffic control law violations committed by the holder of a commercial driver's license. Same as SB 435. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NC

SB 1456

77

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Allows motor vehicle combinations of one semi-trailer of not more than 48 feet in length and a truck tractor (power unit) to exceed the 60-foot maximum length to operate on highways within the state. Effective: June 14, 2007.

ND

HB 1068

326

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Provides that a person may drive a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial drivers license when the vehicle is being driven for military purposes or when a political subdivision of a certain size needs additional drivers for snow removal; relates to out-of-state convictions for commercial license sanctioning purposes. Effective: July 1, 2007.

ND

HB 1400

327

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to commercial driver's license exemptions; provides such exemption for the operators of a farm vehicle that transports trees; provides that a waived or restricted commercial driver's license to include employees of retailers and suppliers of trees. Effective: July 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2268

122

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Provides that a school bus manufacturer, school bus dealer or school bus mechanic is not required to have a school bus endorsement while operating a school bus that is not transporting students; increases civil penalties for violation of out-of-service orders; eliminates exemption for holders of farm endorsements from commercial driver license disqualifications; classifies certain speeding offenses committed by holders of commercial driver licenses operating motor vehicles as serious violations. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

HB 2275

200

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Requires operators and passengers of privately owned commercial vehicles to use safety belts if vehicle is designed or used primarily for transportation of property rather than people. Effective: December 31, 2007.

OR

HB 3380

387

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Removes from the definition of commercial motor vehicle, a vehicle that is of any size and is owned or leased by, or operated under contract with, a mass transit district or a transportation district when the vehicle is actually being used to transport passengers for hire, regardless of the number of passengers. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

SB 221

31

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Specifies that exemption from certain state motor carrier regulations does not constitute exemption from federal motor carrier safety regulations; relates to interstate and foreign commerce. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

SB 222

465

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Removes the requirement that a weight receipt or temporary pass identifying a motor carrier be carried in the vehicle; allows Department of Transportation to enter into agreement with other jurisdictions for purposes of confirming registration and accepting proof of financial responsibility for interstate motor carriers; prohibits certain interstate for-hire carriers or private carriers from operating on highways without first complying with federal registration and financial responsibility requirements. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

SB 223

92

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Allows certain vehicles to exceed weight limitations when vehicle is equipped with idle reduction system; states that the vehicle may exceed the maximum weight by a certain amount; declares emergency, effective on passage. Effective: May 11, 2007.

RI

SB 797

485

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Subjects Rhode Island interstate carriers to the provisions of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005; increases the fine for non-compliance with the act; increases the application fee for new intrastate carriers to the same level currently required of other similar carriers. Effective: July 7, 2007.

SD

SB 11

182

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Revises certain provisions related to the licensing of commercial drivers. Effective: July 1, 2007.

SD

SB 13

265

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Updates certain provisions pertaining to motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

SB 1612

329

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Authorizes department of safety to regulate all for-hire motor carrier vehicles for eight or more passengers; and requires such motor carriers to maintain liability insurance, submit drivers to drug and health screening, and submit vehicles to safety examinations. (Same as HB 90). Effective: July 1, 2007.

TX

HB 313

72

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to an exemption from registration for certain foreign commercial motor vehicles; provides that notwithstanding any reciprocity agreement between this state and another state of the United States, a foreign commercial motor vehicle that engages primarily in transportation of cargo across the border into or from a border commercial zone must be registered in this state; provides for an exemption. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 1522

1021

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Provides that the residents of a residential subdivision may petition a county or municipality in which the subdivision is located for the posting of signs prohibiting the overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle in the subdivision or on a street adjacent to the subdivision and within a certain distance of the property line of a residence, school, place of worship, or park; provides for posting of signs; provides exemptions for certain vehicles owned by utilities and commercial establishments. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 2077

702

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to police officers eligible to be certified to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards in a municipality or a county of a specified size or a municipality in a county bordering the United Mexican States. Effective: June 15, 2007.

TX

HB 2093

1396

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to the issuance and enforcement of motor carrier overweight or oversize permits and motor carrier registrations and related fees. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 2338

476

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to the authority of a municipality to regulate a vehicle operating as a limousine. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 3594

1275

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Requires the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain border inspection facilities along a major highway at or near a border crossing from Mexico in the Pharr, Laredo, and El Paso districts for the inspection of motor vehicles for compliance with federal and state commercial motor vehicle regulations; relates to facilities that serve a bridge; relates to implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems for Commercial Vehicle Operations (ITS/CVO). Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

SB 328

367

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to the requirement that the results of an alcohol and drug test taken by certain holders of a commercial driver's license be reported to the Department of Public Safety. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

SB 329

368

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to an object or material placed on or attached to a window of a commercial motor vehicle. Effective: June 15, 2007.

TX

SB 331

83

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to the maximum length for certain vehicles. Effective: May 14, 2007.

TX

SB 332

13

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relating to the responsibility of an employer in relation to a person who drives a commercial motor vehicle; providing a criminal penalty. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

SB 333

499

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to driving a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order; provides a criminal penalty. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

SB 1372

424

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to the requirements of commercial drivers, the operation of motor vehicles and operation of commercial motor vehicles; relates to a driving record check from another state; relates to fees; relates to cancellation of a hazardous materials endorsement; relates to out-of-service orders, vehicles with insufficient undercarriage clearance. Effective: January 1, 2008.

UT

SB 6

262

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

This bill  amends the definition of commercial motor vehicle insurance coverage and repeals the requirement that the Insurance Department make rules establishing a procedure to approve certain policies; provides that the Uninsured Motorist Identification Database Program shall be audited by the State Tax Commission at least every three years rather than annually; and makes technical changes. Effective: April 30, 2007.

UT

SB 19

53

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

This bill modifies the Public Safety Code by amending provisions relating to commercial driver licenses. Effective: April 30, 2007.

WA

HB 1267

418

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to commercial drivers license requirements. Effective: January 15, 2007.

WA

HB 1304

419

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Modifies commercial motor vehicle carrier provisions; finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to prevent the loss of human lives and the loss of property and vehicles, and to protect the traveling environment of the state through sound and consistent regulatory provisions for interstate and intrastate motor carriers. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WV

HB 2575

41

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relating to commercial driver's licenses; updating the definition of hazardous materials; reducing the penalty for driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license in possession; reducing the penalty for driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license or proper endorsement; updating provisions pertaining to commercial driver's licenses to conform with federal law; suspending, revoking or canceling the privilege of operating a motor vehicle for offenses in another state; and providing a civil penalty for persons convicted of violating an out-of-service order. Effective: June 7, 2007.

WV

SB 398

175

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relating to the authority of the Division of Motor Vehicles to refuse to register and to suspend or revoke motor vehicle registrations of motor carriers whose authority to operate in interstate commerce has been denied or suspended by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Effective: June 3, 2007.

IL

SB 435

562

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Amends the Vehicle Code. States that the intent of the General Assembly is to promote the public interest and public welfare by regulating those who engage in commercial vehicle relocation to provide maximum safety for those who use the highways of this State. Provides that the commercial vehicle safety relocator shall retain, for a period 5 years from the date of release of the vehicle, a copy of the invoice given to the vehicle owner or operator. Effective: June 1, 2008.

TX

SB 545

508

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards by certain peace officers in municipalities of a specified size; includes a municipality of a specified size in a county that borders two or more states. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

SB 1260

1319

Motor vehicle insurance - commercial auto

Relates to the issuance of a nonresident commercial driver's license to individual who do not have a social security number, have a passport, a temporary worker visa, or other arrival/departure record of successor document. Effective: September 1, 2007.

UT

HB 44

236

Motor vehicle insurance - coverage issues

 This bill modifies the Insurance Code by amending provisions relating to arbitration for third party motor vehicle accident bodily injury claims. Effective: April 30, 2007.

UT

SB 238

391

Motor vehicle insurance - coverage issues.

This bill provides that a rental company's owner's or operator's security applies only when there is no other valid or collectible insurance;  provides that when there is no other valid or collectible insurance for a rental vehicle, a rental company is required to meet the minimum requirements for owner's or operator's security; clarifies that rental company owner's or operator's security requirements do not expand or reduce liability or impair the rental company's right to indemnity, contribution, or both; and makes technical changes. Effective: April 30, 2007.

CO

HB 1065

330

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Concerns a requirement that certain motor vehicle carriers that transport passengers obtain criminal history record checks. Effective: May 30, 2007.

CO

HB 1113

134

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Concerns the information submitted by an applicant for registration of a motor vehicle. Effective: August 3, 2007.

CO

HB 1148

136

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Provides for the registration of vehicles at intervals of less than one year upon payment of the appropriate registration fee and specific ownership tax in order to allow the owner of more than one vehicle to provide for the owner's vehicle registrations to expire simultaneously; provides that the owner of a vehicle that is eligible may elect a registration pursuant to these provisions. Effective: August 3, 2007.

DE

HB 147

126

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Limits the expiration date on a driver's license or identification card issued to a temporary foreign national to the period of time that the temporary foreign national is authorized to be in the United States. Effective: July 12, 2007.

FL

HB 275

242

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Establishes extended registration period & renewal period for certain motor vehicles & mobile homes; provides for semiannual, annual, or biennial renewal of motor vehicle & mobile home registrations; specifies that registration period for motor vehicle or mobile home may not exceed specified number of months; provides for disposition of biennial registration revenues, etc. Effective: January 1, 2008.

FL

SB 830

94

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to the Department of Highway Safety Motor Vehicles records public disclosure; includes ID card numbers within motor vehicle records held by Highway Safety Motor Vehicles which are exempt from these disclosure requirements; provides for release of personal information held by the Department for purposes of complying with specified federal laws; provides circumstances under which specified information may be disclosed. Effective: July 1, 2007.

GA

HB 536

133

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to dimensions and weight of vehicles and loads, so as to provide that fines for excess weight should be based on the weight including the allowed variance; provides for related matters; provides an effective date; repeals conflicting laws. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

HB 2042

68

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to drivers' licenses and vehicle registration; concerns the expiration date of certain licenses; includes foreign vehicles, nonresident drivers, new vehicle dealers, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and farm tractors; authorizes an electronic certificate of title. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

HB 2374

70

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to the Department of Revenue; provides that all motor vehicle records shall be subject to the provisions of the open records act; concerns records of the division of vehicles; relates to assisting an employer or agent in monitoring the driving record of employees required to drive in the course of employment to ensure driver behavior, performance or safety; authorizes a fee; relates to a drivers license, certificate of title, vehicle registration or identification card. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

SB 9

160

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to driver's license and identification card fraud; authorizes law enforcement officers and subpoenas in fraud cases; requires submission of a photo identity document unless the document contains the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, address and social security number; requires a social security number to remain confidential; requires proof of lawful U.S. presence and residence in the state; requires a mandatory facial image capture; incorporates machine-readable technology. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

HB 766

112

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Authorizes the Office of Motor Vehicles to issue driver's licenses that are valid only as long as the driver has lawful presence in the United States; provides that no driver's license shall be issued to a foreign national until their name has been referred for a criminal background check that includes checking the applicant's name with the terror watch list and by both the National Crime Information Center and Immigration and Naturalization Services. Effective: August 15, 2007.

LA

SB 95

123

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Authorizes certain service-connected disabled veterans to obtain a free driver's license. Effective: August 15, 2007.

ME

H 182

38

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Allows the Secretary of State to issue a temporary point-to-point permit to a trucker for an off-highway vehicle to haul a trailer on a highway from point to point as set forth in the permit; relates to trailers and semi-trailers; requires moving to be done during daylight hours. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

H 612

24

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Restricts the issuance of driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards to residents of the state; permits nonresident students and persons on active military duty and the spouses and children of persons on active military duty to be issued non-driver identification cards; relates to migrant workers and others who may be affected by changes in eligibility requirements. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

S 17

8

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Clarifies intent of and proper use of a 2-way traffic lane to allow a motorist to turn safely onto a public way from an entrance or driveway. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

S 168

383

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Concerns motor vehicles; relates to sports utility vehicles, trucks, veteran license plates, Pearl Harbor Survivor plates, lien certificates, subsequent offenses while holding a provisional license, titles for manufactured housing and compliance with the Federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act; creates a weight definition for registration purposes. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ME

S 646

348

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Adds mopeds to the list of vehicles exempt from motor vehicle inspections; details the circumstances under which a trailer or semi-trailer must be inspected; relates to interstate commerce; repeals certain inspection requirements; provides that official inspection stations must comply with rules of the Chief of the State Police; provides for inspection station license expiration; concerns inspection station license appeal hearings; relates to property damage and vehicle repairs. Effective: September 20, 2007.

NE

LB 286

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Changes provisions of the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act and the Motor Vehicle Registration Act to harmonize provisions; relates to farm trailers, historical vehicles, low-speed vehicles, trucks, vehicle identification numbers, limousines, identification inspections and altered certificates of title, liens, sports utility vehicles, salvage and apportionable vehicles. Effective: September 1, 2007.

NE

LB 561

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Changes provisions relating to removal of disabled or immobilized vehicles; provides that a peace officer may remove such vehicles from a roadway without consent of the owner or driver; provides that this section does not apply if an accident is believed to involve the release of hazardous materials, hazardous substances or hazardous wastes. Effective: September 1, 2007.

NV

AB 118

84

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Requires the Department of Transportation to erect advisory signs at reasonable intervals on any controlled-access facility within its jurisdiction which has three or more lanes for traffic traveling in one direction to advise operators of vehicles with a declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds in which lanes they should travel. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NV

SB 206

208

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Prohibits a local authority from adopting an ordinance or regulation or taking any other action that prohibits vehicular traffic from crossing an intersection when the red signal is exhibited if such traffic had already completely entered the intersection before the red signal was exhibited; declares that any such ordinance or regulation adopted by a local authority is void and without effect. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NH

HB 397

217

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Requires the director of the division of motor vehicles to update the records of certain restricted licensees upon notification of corrective eye surgery. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NC

SB 1026

56

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Restores the licensee's birthday as the expiration date of a driver's license for a person 18 years old or older; corrects the description of the documents required to be presented by legal nonimmigrant applicants for a driver's license to establish that they are legally present in the United States and how long they are authorized to stay; authorizes the Division of Motor Vehicles to cancel a driver's license issued to a legal nonimmigrant under certain circumstances. Effective: May 23, 2007.

ND

HB 1081

166

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to requirements for drivers of school buses and school vehicles; provides that a driver, in order to be eligible to transport students or other passengers, must hold the appropriate class of driver's license together with any special endorsement otherwise required by law. Effective: August 1, 2007.

ND

HB 1114

329

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Revises provisions of existing law that set out the determining factors is setting speed limits. Effective: August 1, 2007.

ND

HB 1158

324

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to a restricted permit to operate an automobile; provides that a child may operate an automobile that is not the parent's or guardian's to take a road test. Effective: August 1, 2007.

ND

HB 1334

167

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to requirements for drivers of school vehicles for which a commercial driver's license is not required; requires training and a health care examination. Effective: August 1, 2007.

ND

HB 1465

343

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to the definition of motor-powered recreational vehicles; relates to the licensing of motor-powered recreational vehicle dealers; includes a motorcycle, off-highway vehicle or a snowmobile; provides for the dealer enforcement fund; relates to dealer plates. Effective: July 1, 2007.

ND

SB 2112

323

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to drivers' licenses and nondriver photo identification cards, and issuance of such to individuals of nonresident status legally residing in the United States; relates to renewal and expiration dates. Effective: August 1, 2007.

ND

SB 2175

331

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Revisions the provisions of existing law that governs the right of way at intersections. Effective: August 1, 2007.

OK

HB 1016

202

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to motor vehicles; relates to certificates of title; requires certificates of title for certain vehicles; provides for security interests in certain vehicles; provides an effective date; relates to salvage and rebuilt vehicles; relates to flood-damaged vehicles and recovered-theft vehicles; provides for a person possessing an agricultural exemption permit and owning an all-terrain vehicle or a motorcycle; relates to vehicles registered by an Indian tribe. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OK

SB 86

330

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to motor vehicle registration records; relates to the Vehicle License and Registration Act; modifies definition; provides an effective date; declares an emergency; relates to theft, emissions, recalls and information disclosure. Effective: August 23, 2007.

OK

SB 129

39

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to motor vehicles; relates to records to be kept by the Department of Public Safety; authorizes the Commissioner to establish a procedure for producing certain reports; authorizes the Department to sell such reports to insurance companies for a fee; establishes fee guidelines; directs fee deposit; provides an effective date. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OK

SB 739

96

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to motor vehicles; prohibits certain acts relating to motor vehicle trim tag plates; provides exception; provides penalties; allows certain defrauded persons to pursue civil action and recover certain damages; allows court to award certain costs; defines terms; provides for codification; provides an effective date. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2267

121

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Allows renewal of instruction driver permit within a certain amount of time of the expiration of the permit or after the applicant is discharged from the Armed Forces; provides for fees. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

HB 2271

50

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Redefines registration weight to include loaded weight at which certain vehicles will be operated on the highway. Effective: May 9, 2007.

OR

HB 2297

367

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Establishes speed limit of 15 miles per hour for narrow roadways in residence districts. Effective: January 1, 2008.

TN

HB 1154

450

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Allows the municipalities of the state to set speed limits on the public roads and streets within their jurisdictions that are not a part of the state or federal road systems; requires an engineering and traffic investigation prior to a municipality establishing a special speed zone on a state highway; requires signs and traffic control devices that comply with national standards designating such zones. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

SB 767

28

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Broadens criminal provisions involving unlawful use of driver licenses to include use of certificates for driving and all other government-issued photo identification documents. (Same as HB 387). Effective: July 1, 2007.

TX

HB 84

37

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to issuance and renewal of a driver's license of an elderly person; relates to the period between issuance and expiration of both personal and commercial drivers licenses for persons over the age of 85. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 310

101

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to the transfer of registration and removal of license plates for the sale or transfer of used vehicles; relates to the sale of used vehicles to a motor vehicles dealer; relates to transfer of a license plate removed from a persons vehicle when sold to be used on another motor vehicle that is titled in that person's name and a corresponding fee; relates to a temporary permit for a vehicle purchased in a private party transaction. Effective: January 1, 2008.

TX

HB 481

75

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to the transfer of a used motor vehicle; As an alternative to a written notice of transfer, the department shall establish procedures that permit the transferor of a motor vehicle to electronically submit a notice of transfer to the department through the department's Internet website. A notice of transfer provided through the department's Internet website is not required to bear the signature of the transferor or include the date of signing. Effective: January 1, 2008.

TX

HB 2565

323

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to the establishment of an advisory committee on motor vehicle inspections related to safety and emissions. Effective: September 1, 2007.

UT

HB 15

338

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

This bill amends the Utah Human Services Code and the Public Safety Code to establish a procedure for the Office of Recovery Services to order an administrative suspension of a person's driving privileges when the person is in arrears on a child support obligation. Effective: July 1, 2008.

UT

HB 22

132

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

This bill  modifies motor vehicle accident provisions by moving provisions for accidents      resulting in fatalities or injuries into new sections of the Utah Code; permits a court to waive a portion of a fine for not maintaining owner's and     operator's security in certain instances; and makes technical changes. Effective: April 30, 2007.

VT

SB 52

19

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Provides that the new motor vehicle arbitration board be attached to the department of motor vehicles; permits an offset to any refunds owed against amounts owed the department for dishonored checks; expands the list of documents presented to the department of motor vehicles which must be signed under oath; amends the law regarding false statements on applications; allows an enforcement officer to seize a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle; prohibits fraudulent registration or identification cards. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

HB 1930

447

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Exempts federal, state, and local officials from fees charged by DMV for obtaining data from DMV records. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

HB 2027

188

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Provides for half-price copies of driver record abstracts for volunteer drivers for Faith in Action. Effective: July 1, 2007.

WA

SB 5273

97

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Revises motorcycle driver's license endorsement and education provisions. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WY

SF 33

138

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Prohibits transportation and possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles as specified. Effective: July 1, 2007.

WY

SF 163

122

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Allows the department of transportation superintendent to consider vehicle and weather emergencies in regulating maximum speed. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CA

AB 139

158

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to existing law that requires an applicant for an original or renewal certificate to drive a school bus, paratransit vehicle, or farm labor vehicle to submit to the Department of Motor Vehicles a report of a physician's examination. Authorizes the medical examination to be given by a licensed advanced practice registered nurse qualified to perform a medical examination, or a licensed physician assistant. Effective: January 1, 2008.

CA

AB 421

746

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Relates to existing law that requires the clerk of a court in which a person was convicted of any vehicle violation to prepare within 10 days after conviction or sentencing and immediately forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles, an abstract of the record of the court covering that case. Reduces the time for forwarding those abstracts of the court record to 5 days. Effective: Varies.

CA

AB 808

748

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Enacts the Steve Ambriz Act. Requires, as a condition of obtaining or renewing a driver's license, the applicant sign a declaration regarding driving under the influence, and the potential charges that could result from killing a person as a result of driving under the influence. Requires the declaration to be printed in the same language as the driver's license application or renewal notice. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NJ

SB 1810

164

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Clarifies that penalties for unauthorized parking in handicapped parking space are effective even when not posted. Effective: September 10, 2007.

NJ

SB 2087

178

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Requires new State residents to register their vehicles in New Jersey within a specified timeframe; provides a monetary fine for the first and second violation and for vehicle impoundment for the third and subsequent violation; provides that if the owner of the impounded vehicle fails to claim the vehicle by the end of the 30th day following the day of impoundment, the vehicle will may be sold at auction. Effective: September 27, 2007.

NJ

SB 2330

187

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Clarifies that suspension for non-driving related offense is distinct from suspension for driving related offense. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NY

AB 8051

408

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Requires officers to make certain notations in the event of a serious physical injury or death resulting from a vehicle accident. Effective: August 1, 2007.

OH

HB 9

20

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

To amend sections 4501.01, 4507.03, 4511.01, 4511.202, 4513.11, and 4513.99 of the Revised Code to require farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than 25 miles per hour to display a speed identification symbol and a slow-moving vehicle emblem when operated on a road or highway and to further address the operation of such farm machinery on roads and highways. Effective: October 18, 2007.

ME

H 10

453

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Concerns the calculation of tandem axle weight fines for 6-axle trucks hauling special commodities; concerns the axle weight fine schedules and fine increases for violations by trucks hauling forest products; concerns the elimination of axle weight fine violations during the months of January and February on most state roads; repeals sunset date for provisions. Effective: September 20, 2007.

UT

HB 31

294

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

This bill modifies the Uniform Driver License Act regarding identification cards to provide that a person required to register as a sex offender must maintain a current identification card if the person does not have a driver license. Effective: April 30, 2007.

OR

HB 2176

195

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcements issues

Establishes the responsibility of the medical determination officer of the Department of Transportation to determine the eligibility for a driver's license of a person with a mental or physical condition or impairment that may affect the person's ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. Effective: January 1, 2008.

CT

SB 974

235

Motor vehicle insurance -- event data recorders

Limits law enforcement access to recorded information in black box event data recorders in motor vehicles; limits disclosure of certain event data recorder information from passenger motor vehicles. Effective: October 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2568

644

Motor vehicle insurance - event data recorders

Requires the seller of a new motor vehicle to give the purchaser written notice disclosing the presence and function of a motor vehicle event data recorder; provides that data on a motor vehicle event data recorder is exclusively owned by the owner of the vehicle; allows retrieval and use of data from an event data recorder without consent of the owner for specified purposes, including an investigation of an accident and determination of the need for emergency medical treatment following an accident. Effective: January 1, 2008.

LA

HB 407

190

Motor vehicle insurance -- fees

Extends the sunset date of an extra fee on drivers' licenses used to fund litter reduction efforts. Effective: August 15, 2011.

NH

HB 372

17

Motor vehicle insurance -- fees

Exempts motor vehicles possessing modifications suitable for transporting persons with physical disabilities from the tax on rental of motor vehicles. Effective: July 1, 2007.

OK

HB 2087

273

Motor vehicle insurance -- fees

Provides that the actual sales price of a vehicle, which total shall be the basis of the motor vehicle excise tax, as well as the number of tires on the vehicle and the tire rim diameters, shall be entered on the bill of sale furnished by the seller to the purchaser. Effective: November 1, 2007.

OK

SB 410

144

Motor vehicle insurance -- fees

Relates to motor vehicles; relates to permit fees; modifies certain permit fees. Effective: July 1, 2008.

ME

H 402

190

Motor vehicle insurance - fees

Establishes fees for commercial inspections of farm trucks; amends provisions regarding farm trucks. Effective: September 20, 2007.

ID

SB 1126

307

Motor vehicle insurance -- financial responsibility

Amends existing law to require that a minimum level of motor vehicle liability coverage be provided to certain persons; to resive liability provisions relating to liability for imputed negligence; and to provide nonliability to the owner that rents or leases a motor vehicle under certain circumstances. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CO

SB 256

413

Motor vehicle insurance - financial responsibility

Requires that, if a consumer opts to purchase uninsured and underinsured motor vehicle insurance, the insurance be provided as excess to any motor vehicle liability coverage; requires the uninsured and underinsured coverage to pay the difference between the amount of any legal liability coverage and the amount of the damages sustained; prohibits the reduction of the uninsured and underinsured coverage from a setoff from any other insurance. Effective: January 1, 2008.

FL

HB 359

150

Motor vehicle insurance - financial responsibility

Requires proof of increased fin. responsibility for bodily injury or death caused by owners or operators found guilty of, or who entered plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication of guilt, DUI offense or who had license or driving privilege revoked or suspended; prohibits insurer from taking certain actions solely because insured or specified person serves as volunteer driver for nonprofit agency or charitable org., etc. Effective: June 15, 2007.

ME

H 1036

213

Motor vehicle insurance - financial responsibility

Increases the minimum amount of insurance coverage mandated for medical payments from automobile liability insurance; includes policies continued and renewed. Effective: January 1, 2008.

RI

HB 5023

513

Motor vehicle insurance - financial responsibility

Requires law enforcement agencies who issue tickets to motorists for lack of evidence of financial responsibility to withhold submission of the traffic citation to the traffic tribunal for one business day in order to allow the motorist the opportunity to submit evidence of financial responsibility to the issuing police department, who shall then withdraw the citation; clarifies that the motorist would not have to appear at the traffic tribunal if valid evidence of financial responsibility is submitted. Effective: October 30, 2007. (See also SB 335).

TX

SB 502

1298

Motor vehicle insurance - financial responsibility

Relates to the minimum insurance coverage amounts to establish evidence of financial responsibility under the state Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act; provides information with regard to compliance with the act. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

SB 1723

573

Motor vehicle insurance - financial responsibility

Relates to the collection of surcharges assessed under the driver responsibility program; relates to amnesty and incentives for holders of a driver's license on which a surcharge has been assessed for certain offenses, as determined by the Department of Transportation; provides for alternative or additional collection methods for surcharges receivable. Effective: September 1, 2007.

IL

HB 1439

211

Motor vehicle insurance - financial responsibility

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Vehicle Code. Provides that a person placed on court supervision for driving an uninsured vehicle must maintain proof of financial responsibility, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of State, for a period of at least 3 years after the date the proof is first filed. Provides that after a third conviction a person must maintain proof of financial responsibility. Effective: June 1, 2008.

IL

SB 1208

395

Motor vehicle insurance - financial responsibility

Amends the Insurance Code. Relates to coverage for permissive drivers. Provides that any policy of private passenger automobile insurance must provide the same limits of bodily injury liability, property damage liability, uninsured and underinsured motorist bodily injury, and medical payments coverage to all persons insured under that policy, whether or not an insured person is a named insured or permissive user under the policy. Effective: June 1, 2008.

LA

HB 652

413

Motor vehicle insurance - ignition interlock devices

Relates to installation of ignition interlock devices; provides for the suspension of driver's licenses for alcohol-related motor vehicle offenses; provides for the installation of interlocking devices in certain offender's vehicles; provides with respect to persons qualified to perform chemical test for intoxication. Effective: August 15, 2007.

NM

SB 591

324

Motor vehicle insurance - ignition interlock devices

Requiring confidentiality in the administration of the ignition interlock licensing act and the interlock device fund; allowing the Parole Board and probation and parole officers to determine indigency for purposes of assistance from the fund. Effective: June 15, 2007.

NY

SB 5780A

669

Motor vehicle insurance - ignition interlock devices

Relates to the installation and operation of ignition interlock devices. Effective: November 26, 2007.

NM

HB 126

317

Motor vehicle insurance - ignition interlock devices

Relates to driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs; requires an ignition interlock license prior to issuance of a driver's license for certain persons who have DWI convictions in other states. Same as SB 437. Effective: July 1, 2007.

AZ

SB 1061

27

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to the Automobile Theft Authority; provides for continuation of the Authority; relates to assisting law enforcement with programs reducing the incidence of automobile theft in the state. Effective: September 19, 2007.

CT

SB 109

5

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Requires automobile insurance discounts for drivers sixty years of age and over who complete an accident prevention course; enhances driver safety by encouraging individuals sixty years of age and older to take and pass an accident prevention course approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Effective: October 1, 2007.

CT

SB 1095

37

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Updates the value of a motor vehicle exempt from execution on a judgment; updates the value of a motor vehicle exempt from execution on a judgment to reflect inflation on the fair market value; relates to the credit homestead of an exemptioner. Effective: October 1, 2007.

CT

SB 1400

167

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Amends various statutes concerning the Department of Motor Vehicles, including several definitions of what constitutes a vehicle. Effective: October 1, 2007.

DE

HB 41

42

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Recognizes that school bus drivers have to have an annual physical to and that such physical is sufficient for an intrastate commercial driver's license. Effective:

DE

SB 17

10

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Sets requirements for low-speed vehicles to operate on state highways; provides that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued regulations and safety standards for the production and safety equipment requirements for those vehicles. Effective: April 14, 2007.

FL

HB 15c

325

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Creates public records exemption for certain information regarding personal injury protection and property damage liability insurance policies held by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; authorizes conditional release of confidential and exempt information to specified persons; provides for retroactive application of exemption; provides for future review and repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective: Varies.

FL

SB 282

135

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Prohibits licensed retail alcohol beverage establishment open to public from denying service to designated driver. Effective: October 1, 2007.

GA

HB 317

332

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Redefines motor contract carrier or motor common carrier; provides that vehicles engaged in the moving of household goods and passenger vans having a capacity of 10 persons or more, conducting nonmetered transportation service and not operated by a municipality or county or regional authority, which are engaged in private for-hire operation between points within the corporate limits of a municipality are subject to municipal regulation; provides for regulation of nonconsensual towing operators. Effective: July 1, 2007.

GA

HB 389

357

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Redefines motor common carrier and limousine carrier; provides that the Public Service Commission is not authorized to set or change rates for transportation of passengers or property by certain vehicles managed or operated by a limousine carrier; provides that any existing tariff regulating such rates or charges is void; requires inclusion of the motor carrier authorization number in any advertising for a limousine carrier; requires commercial liability and indemnity insurance for limousine carriers. Effective: July 1, 2007.

ID

SB 1050

66

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Amends existing law relating to vehicle and vessel titles to revise the definition of "transitional ownership document"; to revise the process and timing for perfecting a lien; to delete provisions for processing incomplete title applications; to remove exemptions to the notarization requirement; to provide for calculation and perfection of a security interest; to clarify a transitional ownership document as evidence of ownership; and to allow thirty days for submission of the document to the Idaho Transportation Department. Effective: July 1, 2007.

IN

SB 163

9

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Removes the maximum: (1) weight restriction; and (2) seating capacity; for low speed vehicles. Effective: July 1, 2007.

IN

SB 463

184

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Makes numerous changes to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, including certain changes concerning the contents of and application procedure for a driver's license, learner's permit, or identification card (card) to comply with federal law. Effective: July 1, 2006.

IA

HF 5

No chapter numbers used in Iowa

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to the maximum finance charge allowed for consumer loans secured by a certificate of title to a motor vehicle and making penalties applicable. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KY

HB 370

27

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Amends KRS 186A.100 to make temporary registration tags issued by a motor vehicle dealer valid for 60 days, rather than 30 days. Effective: June 26, 2007.

LA

SB 290

388

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides for the Vehicle Protection Product Act; provides no vehicle protection product may be sold unless the seller, warranter, or administrator complies with the act; provides that service contract providers who do not sell protection products are not subject to the act; requires such warrantors must meet at least one of a list of financial responsibility conditions in order to ensure adequate performance under the warranty; requires warrantors to keep related books and records. Effective: January 1, 2008.

ME

H 198

83

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to reimbursement of excise tax; requires that a credit on the excise tax paid for a vehicle that is transferred, lost by fire, theft or accident or permanently junked or abandoned in the amount of the tax less a prorated amount for the portion of the registration year that the vehicle was in service be applied to the excise tax for a new motor vehicle the owner or lessee is registering within the registration year and that any remaining sum be returned by a municipality as a refund. Effective: September 20, 2007.

MD

HB 449

407

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Prohibits a vehicle protection product from being sold or offered for sale in the State unless the seller and the warrantor of the vehicle protection product, and warrantor's administrator, comply with the Act; providing that a seller, warrantor, or administrator that complies with the Act is not subject to specified provisions of law; requiring a specified warrantor to register with the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; etc. Same as SB 502. Effective: January 1, 2008

MD

HB 687

252

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Expands the application of a provision of law to provide that computer printouts of driver and vehicle registration records of the Motor Vehicle Administration obtained by specified law enforcement units in a specified manner are admissible in a judicial proceeding in the same manner as the original records. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MD

SB 156

131

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Requiring, instead of authorizing, an insurer to provide specified notice to specified third party claimants if payment, in the amount of $2,000 or more, of a third party liability claim for bodily injury is made to the claimant's attorney under specified circumstances; and altering the time period within which notice must be sent to a third party claimant. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MS

HB 134

492

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides criminal penalties for unauthorized persons obtaining motor vehicle accident reports. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MS

HB 704

453

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Revises definition of private carrier of property as it relates to the motor vehicle privilege tax. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MS

HB 844

486

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Creates the vehicle protection product act. Effective: July 1, 2007.

MT

HB 31

84

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Revises new vehicle warranty laws by increasing the weight limit for trucks exempt from the definition of "motor vehicle" from 10,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds; increases consumer and manufacturer arbitration filing fees. Effective: March 30, 2007.

MT

HB 397

134

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides that any personal property that is in a motor vehicle that is subject to a lien for services, towing or storage is also subject to the lien, except for certain items specifically exempted from the lien. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MT

HB 428

265

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Allows a vehicle that is permanently registered to be determined to be a junk vehicle if it meets all other criteria for determining junk vehicle status. Effective: October 1, 2007.

MT

HB 737

329

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Revises licensing requirements for the sale of motor vehicles, trailers, campers, motorboats, personal watercraft, sailboats, and off-highway vehicles. Effective: January 1, 2008.

MT

SB 480

227

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Require disclosure of the collection and use of certain data gathered by rental vehicle entities. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NE

LB 188

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Eliminates a notice requirement relating to motor vehicle service contracts regarding risks; requires a motor vehicle service contract provider to be insured under a reimbursement insurance policy. Effective: May 17, 2007.

NV

AB 176

270

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides for the automatic transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle, trailer, semi trailer or motorboat to designated beneficiaries on the death of the owner; provides that certain owners who hold certificates of title to registered motor vehicles, trailers or semi trailers may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a certificate of title in beneficiary form which directs the Department to transfer the title to the designated beneficiary on the death of the present owner or all joint owners. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NV

AB 493

299

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Revises provisions relating to studded tires; authorizing the use of pneumatic tires with retractable metal-type studs on motor vehicles any time of the year so long as the studs are not engaged or extended except for certain times of the year; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NV

AB 552

49

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Authorizes constables to collect fees for removing or causing the removal of abandoned vehicles from public property. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NV

SB 329

419

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Prohibits certain activities relating to the transportation and possession of animals in motor vehicles. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NH

HB 301

53

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Permits a nonresident to register in this state a vehicle which is primarily garaged in this state. Effective: July 21, 2007.

NH

HB 466

175

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Allows removal of abandoned vehicles from state park and ride lots; allows authorized persons to move improperly parked vehicles in state park and ride lots. Effective: August 17, 2007.

NC

HB 729

443

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Addresses nonfleet private passenger motor vehicle insurance rate evasion fraud; authorizes the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee to study the issues related to automobile insurance rate evasion. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NC

HB 1354

178

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Creates a Motor Vehicle Chop Shop Law regarding the receiving, possession, and distribution of stolen or altered motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts; provides for civil and criminal penalties. Effective: December 1, 2007.

NC

SB 509

364

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Increases the period of time allowed for reinspection after failing a motor vehicle inspection; waives the civil penalty for failure to meet the emissions inspection requirement while on active military duty outside the state; amends penalty provisions; provides for fees. Effective: Varies.

NC

SB 1147

481

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Requires that a copy of the registration card issued for a dealer plate be in the vehicle; authorizes a new motor vehicle dealer to examine the safety and emissions control devices on a motor vehicle and perform necessary services to ensure the motor vehicle conforms to the specifications established by the manufacturer and contained in its predelivery check list; clarifies motor vehicle registration requirements; relates to a registrants identity and drivers license and to fraudulent vehicle registration. Effective: Varies.

NC

SB 1211

370

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Requires fingerprinting of any person arrested for any offenses involving impaired driving or for driving while their license is revoked. Effective: October 1, 2007.

NC

SB 1350

209

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Clarifies motor vehicle registration requirements; specifies information which must be requested on an application for a certificate of title, a registration plate, and a registration card for a motor vehicle provided by the Division of Motor Vehicles including information relative to the applicant's military status, drivers license, and school enrollment status. Effective: July 11, 2007.

NC

SB 1364

505

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Requires secondary purchasers of certain motor vehicles for scrap metal or salvage parts to maintain certain records related to the purchase, including , but not limited to, a description of the motor vehicle, including the make and model to the extent practicable, the vehicles identification number (VIN), the name and address of the person from whom the motor vehicle is being purchased, and a photocopy or electronic scan of the drivers license or identification card of the seller, or the seller's agent. Effective: Varies.

ND

HB 1089

345

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Concerns the Abandoned Motor Vehicle Fund; relates to suspension of the tax on initial motor vehicle certificates of title upon accrual of certain amount in the Fund by a yearly deadline; concerns low-speed vehicle weight classifications and equipment; relates to a tax on initial motor vehicle certificate of title; relates to a safety belt assembly. Effective: August 1, 2007.

ND

SB 2113

337

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to refusing motor vehicle registration, adopting the unified carrier registration plan, and claiming a motor vehicle excise tax exemption; exempts vehicles in excess of a specified weight if a motor carrier's vehicles are titled and registered in the state. Effective: April 12, 2007.

OR

HB 2435

630

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Defines vehicle appraiser for purposes of the vehicle code; creates the offense of acting as a vehicle appraiser without a certificate; establishes a maximum fine. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

HB 2758

653

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Allows a property owner to remove a recreational vehicle placed or driving onto property without prior consent; changes reimbursement to recreational vehicle dealer for warranty service to include dealer's shipping expense to return warranty parts to supplier; provide warrantor with alternative responses when warrantor disapproves dealer's claim for defective part; establishes warrantor requirements when warrantor issues recall. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

HB 2821

456

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Permits a motor vehicle hauling or towing two implements of husbandry to operate on a highway. Effective: July 6, 2007.

OR

HB 2941

382

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Removes the requirement that motor vehicles subject to enforcement of express manufacturer's warranties be sold in this state; allows a motor vehicle seller to return items of value received for purchase or lease of a motor vehicle within 14 days of the transaction if the lender does not give final approval of funding; allows a seller to send a buyer notice that the lender has not approved financing for the motor vehicle transaction within the required time period. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

SB 567

509

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Permits an authority to declare a vehicle with a specified gross weight parked on a freeway within the city limits at any time, a hazard or obstruction for purpose of custody and removal of vehicle. Effective: January 1, 2008.

RI

SB 840

296

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Regulates the practice of repossessing of motor vehicles; provides a redemption provision for those who cure their default. Effective: July 7, 2007.

SC

HB 3525

46

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides that a person who has been released from the custody of the Department of Corrections and whose driver's license has been suspended for failure to comply with an order for support may obtain a special route-restricted driver's license from the Department of Motor Vehicles; provides for a fee. Effective: June 15, 2007.

SD

HB 1103

172

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Revises certain requirements of vehicle and boat dealers to post damage disclosure statement notices. Effective: July 1, 2007.

SD

HB 1174

175

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Increases the maximum amount for which used motor vehicles may be sold or transferred to be exempt from excise tax. Veto overridden. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

HB 275

7

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Revises criminal offenses relating to driving while viewing video broadcasts or installing such video equipment in motor vehicles. (Same as SB 498). Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

HB 365

240

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Clarifies that only disabled drivers, disabled passengers, and qualified operators acting under express direction of such disabled persons who are present as passengers are allowed to use disabled parking spaces. (Same as SB 889). Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

HB 968

248

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Clarifies that with respect to being authorized to move a motor vehicle located on private property from such property, such action may occur if so ordered by a municipal court. (Same as SB 1624). Effective: May 24, 2007.

TN

HB 1827

194

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Removes provisions for certificates of driving; provides for temporary driver licenses for persons whose presence in the country has been authorized by the federal government. Effective: October 1, 2007.

TN

SB 267

278

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to the sales of automobiles; when a transferor transfers a vehicle by executing and delivering a bill of sale to a transferee who is a dealer, such dealer shall satisfy all liens on the vehicle and obtain a certificate of title within thirty (30) days of such transfer. (Same as HB 221). Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

SB 270

214

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Creates new offense of knowingly leaving child under seven in motor vehicle without supervision; punishable by permissible safety training and as Class B misdemeanor by $200 fine for first offense and $500 fine for second or subsequent offense. (Same as HB 304). Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

SB 614

121

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Makes advertising that the seller or lessor of a radar or laser detector or jamming device will pay the customer's motor vehicle traffic citation a violation of the Consumer Protection Act as well as a criminal offense. (Same as HB 146). Effective: May 23, 2007.

TN

SB 883

328

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Concerns Consumer Protection; allows consumer who purchases motor vehicle from a dealer, when such sale is conditioned on final approval of financing and the dealer fails to obtain such financing within three days, to return the vehicle and void the transaction. (Same as HB 361). Effective: March 1, 2008.

TN

SB 1600

181

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Clarifies that security interests or liens in motor vehicles by companies whose principal purpose is loaning money and taking a security interest or lien in the property subject to the loan are not subject to provisions requiring a written notice of assignment of the security interest or lien. (Same as HB 383). Effective: May 16, 2007.

TX

HB 90

271

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to the acceptance of certain identification for release of a motor vehicle from vehicle storage facilities. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 320

102

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Establishes that the prohibition against accessing or using electronically readable information derived from a personal or commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate does not apply to a financial institution or business if the information is accessed and used only for purposes of identification or check verification for a check purchase, and the prohibition against compiling that data does not apply to a financial institution if the license or certificate holder provides consent. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 423

74

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to requiring that medical examiners and justices of the peace report certain deaths that result from a motor vehicle accident to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 733

105

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relating to the sale of certain used trucks; providing penalties. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 864

216

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relating to a garage keeper's duty to report the abandonment of a motor vehicle. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 1022

842

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of a motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner and to the rendition of such vehicles; defines motor vehicle as a passenger car or light truck; excludes a motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire. Effective:

TX

HB 2569

485

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to abolition of fraud reporting requirements regarding motor vehicle insurance. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 3190

923

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to minimum standards for school bus operators; relates to previous convictions. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

HB 3225

927

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to the scope of authority of the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority; provides the authority's power is over stolen motor vehicles instead of just automobiles. Effective: September 1, 2007.

TX

SB 699

143

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relating to the use of only parts of driver's license and social security numbers in certain court documents. Effective- September 1, 2007.

UT

HB 297

120

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

This bill  provides that the credit for certain repossessions of a motor vehicle may not be      reduced by any amount of a motor vehicle's unpaid purchase price that a seller recovers as a result of reselling the vehicle, regardless of whether that amount is      included in calculating the credit; and makes technical changes. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VT

SB 77

39

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides when the property transfer tax payment has been made and the required information is provided to the Tax Commissioner upon the transfer of a residence, the Commissioner shall pay the property tax adjustment to the transferor; relates to the statute of limitations on small claims judgment executions; provides that a motor vehicle and title shall revert to any surviving spouse upon the death of the owner when the will or other testamentary document does not address the vehicle's disposition. Effective: varies.

VA

HB 1779

826

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides criteria for the awarding of attorney fees from the Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

HB 2177

190

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Changes "endorsement" to "classification"; allows an individual with a Virginia driver's license who successfully completes a motorcycle rider safety training course to use the documentation as a temporary motorcycle classification for 30 days; requires persons applying for a motorcycle classification who fail the road test twice to complete a motorcycle rider safety training course; allows DMV to exempt those who have completed a motorcycle safety training course from either the written materials or the road test or both; and requires the minimum paved range area used for motorcycle rider safety training courses to be consistent with the minimum range requirements established by the DMV-approved curriculum. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

HB 2357

231

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Repeals the provision that allows law-enforcement officers using vehicle-based microcomputer devices to perform speed limit enforcement, upon request of any affected motorist, to show the motorist the reading on the device. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

HB 3071

225

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Odometer readings.  Exempts vehicles that were manufactured for a model year at least 10 years earlier than the calendar year in which a sale or transfer occurs and were previously exempt from recording an odometer reading on the certificate of title in another state from odometer reading certifications. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

SB 1383

393

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Revises procedures whereby specially constructed, reconstructed, and replica vehicles are titled and registered by DMV. Effective: July 1, 2007.

WA

HB 2034

393

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides a civil cause of action for victims of motor vehicle theft; allows a person who is deprived of his or her motor vehicle because of a violation of to file an action in superior court against the perpetrator for the recovery of actual damages. Requires the Department of Licensing to suspend the driver's license or driving privilege of a defendant until any monetary obligation is paid in full. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WA

HB 2135

425

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Expands lemon law coverage to out-of-state consumers. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WA

HB 2158

135

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Concerns the sales of vehicles and associated services to nonresidents. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WA

SB 5050

426

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Modifies the mileage tolling calculating in the motor vehicle lemon law. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WA

SB 5250

96

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Requires that, by January 1, 2008, the department shall create a document that allows the seller of a vehicle to release his or her interest in a vehicle at the same time a bank notifies the department that a lien against a vehicle has been released. Effective: July 22, 2007.

WV

HB 2481

179

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relating to registration fees for vehicles and allowing a registrant to transfer the registration of a Class C vehicle to another Class C type vehicle titled in the name of the registrant. Effective: June 8, 2007.

WY

SF 31

150

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Provides for issuance of a new certificate of title following the death of a joint owner as specified. Effective: July 1, 2007.

IL

HB 841

621

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that the clerk of the court shall notify the Secretary of State whenever a resident of this state fails to pay any fine, charge, or cost imposed for violating the provision of the Code regarding abandonment of vehicles, or a similar provision of a local ordinance. Provides that regarding the removal of a vehicle, that a towing service has a possessor's lien against a vehicle towed without the owner's permission only if the tow is authorized by a law enforcement agency. Effective: June 1, 2008.

IL

HB 3383

249

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to rental vehicles. Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides for a uniform limit on the amount per day that the renter of a vehicle may be charged for collision damage waivers. Effective: June 1, 2008.

IL

SB 607

578

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Amends the Vehicle Code and the Criminal Code of 1961. Relates to driving under the influence, reckless homicide and vehicles equipped with ignition interlock devices. Relates to school bus drivers. Relates to persons not covered by an insurance policy. Provides for restitution in specified cases. Effective: June 1, 2008.

NJ

AB 2013

72

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Revises membership of the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange board. Effective: April 30, 2007.

NJ

AB 2923

166

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Establishes the regulation of vehicle protection products. Effective: April 1, 2008.

NJ

SB 721

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Establishes owners responsibility to provide information relating to certain motor vehicle accidents. Effective: January 14, 2008.

NJ

SB 997

20

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Requires police department to mail or fax accident reports upon request. Effective: January 26, 2007.

MI

SB 79

143

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

The bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to delete a requirement that a vehicle owner, upon receiving a registration certificate, sign the certificate with pen and ink in the space provided. A violation of this requirement is a civil infraction. Effective: November 27, 2007.

NY

SB 3990

194

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Relates to the threshold for property damage in snowmobile accident reporting. Effective: July 3, 2007.

DC

B 144

39

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from requiring a written test or road test to renew a drivers license simply because the applicant is 70 years of age or older. Effective: November 17, 2007.

NC

SB 830

164

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Develops performance standards for the Department of Transportation for the maintenance and operation of the State highway system; relates to speed limit signs; modifies motor vehicle registration requirements; removes Social Security numbers from registration documents; add drivers license or identification card numbers; allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to refuse registration or issuance of a certificate of title or any transfer of registration for interlock system requirements and nonpayment of fees. Effective: July 1, 2007.

SD

HB 1081

173

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Revises certain provisions to provide that motor vehicle license plates remain with the owner of the plates. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TX

HB 2931

330

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Relates to required notice of and a lien resulting from damage to a fence by a motor vehicle; provides for removal of the abandoned vehicle from the property; provides for covered expenses under the lien. Effective: September 1, 2007.

WY

HB 13

34

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Provides for issuance of titles for and registration of multipurpose vehicles, as specified; amending definitions; providing a definition of multipurpose vehicle; providing for registration fees and display of licenses for multipurpose and other vehicles. Effective: January 1, 2008.

AR

HB 1577

444

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Provides consistency regarding information required to obtain a driver's license. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

HB 1718

366

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Amends the Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act regarding fees charged for handling and processing the sale or lease of a new or used motor vehicle. Effective: July 31, 2007.

FL

HB 707

52

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Revises provisions restricting use of certain colored lights; provides for lights on vehicles owned or leased by private security agencies; removes reference to watch, guard, & patrol agencies licensed under specified provisions. Effective: July 1, 2007.

OR

HB 2272

366

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Adds compliance with certain low emission standards as a requirement for registration of motor vehicles of a specified model year or later; provides exemptions. Effective:

TN

HB 851

139

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Requires written motor vehicle accident reports, including those prepared by law enforcement and those prepared by the owner or driver of a vehicle involved in an accident, to include insurance policy names and policy numbers. (Same as SB 224). Effective: July 1, 2007.

TX

HB 1887

308

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Relates to the punishment for and prevention of the offense of burglary of vehicles; establishes the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority in the Texas Department of Transportation to assess of the scope of the problems of automobile burglary or theft and economic automobile theft, including particular areas of the state where the problems are greatest. Effective: September 1, 2007.

VA

HB 2640

296

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Prohibits imposition of local vehicle license taxes and fees on inoperable vehicles and unlicensed as reconstructed or specially constructed vehicles. Effective: July 1, 2007.

VA

SB 1097

156

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Eliminates the fee to receive driving record abstracts from the Department of Motor Vehicles for (i) local government group self-insurance pools, (ii) law-enforcement officers, (iii) attorneys and court officials for the Commonwealth, (iv) officials of counties, cities, and towns, and (v) court, police, and licensing officials of other states and of the federal government. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NJ

AB 2979

13

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Revises certain penalties relating to the operation of autobuses. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NJ

AB 2983

14

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Concerns transportation services used in connection with temporary help service firms and their employees; require such agencies, when requiring employees to utilize specified transportation services for work purposes, to keep a record that such transportation provider is in compliance with specified related regulations; provides failure to do same shall subject the firm to specified penalties and shall be jointly and severally liable for injuries incurred using required transportation services. Effective: January 24, 2007.

NJ

SB 1841

35

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Transfers certain authority over limousine operators from DOT to MVC. Effective: January 29, 2007.

NY

SB 4833

466

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Requires that vehicle global warming index labels be affixed to motor vehicles manufactured for the model year 2010 and for subsequent model years. Effective: August 1, 2007.

WI

SB 186

33

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous

Bill makes revisions to law governing neighborhood electric vehicles. Effective: December 3, 2007.

NM

HB 1060

188

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provision

Amends the definition of "incidental carrier" to include a vehicle that holds sixteen passengers. Effective: June 15, 2006.

NC

HB 679

503

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provision

Establishes that the registration of a vehicle shall not be renewed unless it has a current safety or emissions inspection; establishes that registration plates that are not renewed shall be surrendered within 120 days of expiration; relates to electronic inspection authorization. Effective: October 1, 2008.

AZ

HB 2291

208

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Relates to retailer use of driver license information; relates to retention of customer information, age verification and enforcement; prohibits transmission to a third party; relates to confirmation that a customer is properly licensed to operate a motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, truck or motorcycle; relates to evaluating credit worthiness, permitted financial institutions requests, detecting fraud, conducting account collecting activities and confirming vehicle financial responsibility. Effective: September 19, 2007.

CO

HB 1063

53

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Concerns disclosure of information collected pursuant to the Uninsured Motorist Identification Database Program. Effective: August 3, 2007.

IN

HB 1425

191

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Provides that a farm truck, farm trailer, or farm semitrailer and tractor may be operated intrastate for the transportation of seasonal, perishable fruit or vegetables to the first point of processing for not more than one 30 day period in a registration year; revises the definition of motor vehicle for purposes of specified persons to include semitrailers. Effective: Varies.

NM

SB 905

319

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Amends and enacting sections of the Motor Vehicle Code; reconciles multiple amendments to the same section of law in laws 2005; provides penalties. Effective: June 15, 2007.

CA

AB 1589

453

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Amends existing law that authorizes a peace officer who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws to remove a vehicle when the vehicle is found or operated upon a highway, public lands, or an off-street parking facility with expired registration expiration. Provides additional instances relating to registration when a vehicle may be removed from a highway, public lands, or an off-street parking facility. Effective: January 1, 2008.

CA

SB 7

425

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Makes it an infraction punishable by a fine for a person to smoke a pipe, cigar, or cigarette in a motor vehicle, whether in motion or at rest, in which there is a minor. Requires a public education program regarding the dangers of secondhand smoke in confined places. Prohibits a law enforcement officer from stopping a vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether the driver is in violation of anti-smoking provisions. Effective: January 1, 2007.

CA

SB 629

211

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Repeals provisions of existing law which requires any peace officer or firefighter who has been involved in an accident to submit to his or her private automobile insurer a written declaration stating whether or not at the time of the accident he or she was operating an emergency vehicle in the performance of his or her duty during the hours of his or her employment. Effective: January 1, 2008.

CA

SB 644

189

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Relates to existing law that requires an abstract of judgment or decree requiring the payment of money to contain the social security number and driver's license number of the judgment debtor if they are known to the judgment creditor and authorizes liens on unsecured property for delinquent taxes on unsecured property for delinquent taxes which filing may constant the social security number. Deletes the requirement these abstracts and filings contain the debtor's or assessee's social security number. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NJ

SB 2268

37

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Extends the expiration date of automobile insurance urban enterprise zone program which is designed to make private passenger automobile insurance more available in urban areas where the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance has found that consumers would benefit from increased access to such insurance; requires insurers to insure risks in proportion to their statewide market share in the voluntary market. Effective: January 29, 2007.

CA

AB 1575

121

Motor vehicle insurance - miscellaneous provisions

Relates to vehicle lien compensation for automotive repairs and other costs. Increases those amounts. Prohibits the lienholder, from dismantling, disengaging, removing or stripping from the vehicle parts used to complete the work or services. Provides a timeframe for the repair dealer to provide a requested copy of the work order or invoice reflecting the services and repairs performed without the extinguishment of the lien. Effective: January 1, 2008.

CO

HB 1117

344

Motor vehicle insurance -- motorcycles

Concerns the requirement that a protective helmet be worn by a person under eighteen years of age during the operation of certain vehicles. Effective: July 1, 2007.

DE

HB 133

41

Motor vehicle insurance -- motorcycles

Defines a motorcycle as a motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground unless it is defined as a tractor or an electric personal assistive mobility device; provides that three-wheeled vehicles are registered as motorcycles; provides three-wheeled motor vehicles may be operated by those with a Class D or CDL without a motorcycle endorsement; requires a specified distance between the wheels. Effective: June 14, 2007.

ND

HB 1183

346

Motor vehicle insurance -- motorcycles

Relating to motorcycle handlebars. Effective: August 1, 2007.

TN

HB 201

308

Motor vehicle insurance - motorcycles

Adds driving motorcycle while front tire is off the ground to offense of reckless driving; violation is a Class B misdemeanor. Effective: July 1, 2007.

FL

HB 13c

324

Motor vehicle insurance - no fault

Revives and reenacts Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; revises property damage coverage requirements; revises PIP medical benefits; provides benefits for services and care ordered by physician or provided by certain others; requires benefits for certain providers to be reserved for specified period; authorizes reimbursement limits schedule for PIP benefits; prohibits billing or collecting in excess of certain limits; relates to insurance cancellation, claims, rates and premiums, and policy forms. Effective: Varies.

OR

HB 3490

692

Motor vehicle insurance -- PIP

Relates to motor vehicle personal injury insurance claims; requires the provider, upon receipt of a notice and explanation from the insurer, to repay personal injury benefits paid by the insurer based on data appearing to establish proof of loss if the insurer later determines the insurer was not responsible for payment. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NC

HB 1228

341

Motor vehicle insurance - red light cameras

Provides for an increase in the penalty set for a red light violation detected by a camera; requires that the clear proceeds of each penalty collected be transferred to the local school board; defines what amounts may be deducted from each penalty by a municipality to arrive at the amount of clear proceeds from each civil penalty; permits a collection assistance fee to be collected from the responsible party under certain circumstances. Effective: September 1, 2007.

NV

AB 141

448

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage issues

Provides for the inspection and forfeiture of certain seized vehicles or parts which have altered or missing identification numbers or marks; prohibits the disclosure of certain information related to the investigation of such a vehicle or part; prohibits a vehicle dealer, garage owner, auto wrecker, tow car operator and certain other businesses from possessing a vehicle or part which has a missing or altered identification number or mark; revises the criminal penalty for possessing such a vehicle or part. Effective: October 1, 2007.

CO

SB 70

376

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Authorizes a motor vehicle recylcer to receive a vehicle when the seller or transferor is the owner on the certificate of title, an operator, or a license motor vehicle dealer, the seller or transferor provides a completed bill of sale on a form prescribed by the Department of Revenue or the receiver or purchaser checks whether the vehicle has been stolen and holds the vehicle for 7 days; creates the Motor Vehicle Verification System for use by the public to check and see if a vehicle is stolen. Effective: July 1, 2007.

GA

HB 171

323

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Relates to certificates of title for scrap motor vehicles, so as to authorize the use of a statement of the vehicle owner who does not have a valid title upon the sale of such vehicle; to prescribe conditions for use of the statement; to authorize the Department of Revenue to promulgate such statement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws. Effective: July 1, 2007.

GA

HB 183

340

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Relates to motor vehicle certificates of title, security interests, and liens, so as to change certain provisions relating to definitions; changes certain provisions relating to salvaged or rebuilt motor vehicles, inspections, and fees. Effective: July 1, 2007.

LA

SB 137

257

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Removes requirement of a buyer's identification card for Internet based salvage pool or salvage disposal sales of motor vehicles by a used motor vehicle dealer. Effective: August 15, 2007.

MO

SB 82

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Modifies various provisions relating to motor vehicles, including salvage vehicles. Effective: varies

NE

LB 681

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Increases motor vehicle dealer licensing fees; relates to a bond; includes motorcycle salespersons, factory representatives and distributor representative's license; requires a license for a finance company license; relates to a wrecker or salvage dealer, auctioneer and a trailer dealer's license. Effective: September 1, 2007.

NV

AB 393

544

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Relates to wrecking and salvaging of vehicles; requires that a transferor of an interest in a motor vehicle indicate if the vehicle is a rebuilt or reconstructed vehicle; provides that a person shall be deemed to be engaged in a deceptive trade practice for certain activities involving motor vehicle repair; creates an account for the Bureau of Consumer Protection; authorizes undercover investigations of a person for engaging in certain deceptive trade practices or violating provisions governing garages. Effective: October 1, 2007.

OK

HB 2118

56

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Modifies eligibility to participate in salvage pool sales. Eliminates ID cards. Effective: November 1, 2007.

RI

SB 862

489

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Mandates that if the cost to repair a vehicle exceeds 75% of the fair market value before the accident and the vehicle is less than 7 years beyond the date of manufacture, the owner would return the title within 10 days to the registry and obtain a salvage title. Fair market value would mean the retail value published in any nationally recognized publication including automatic databases recognized by the automobile industry to establish value of motor vehicles. Effective: July 6, 2007.

SD

SB 72

185

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Revises certain provisions regarding the liens on vehicles for the costs of removal and storage of the vehicles. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TX

HB 2163

707

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Relates to the definition of an automotive wrecking and salvage yard. Effective: September 1, 2007.

WV

SB 169

176

Motor vehicle insurance - salvage title

Relating to salvage certificates for certain wrecked vehicles; allowing vehicle owners to retain certain vehicles declared totaled; requiring the surrender of title and registration certificate; eliminating the special revenue account; increasing criminal penalties; and clarifying certain definitions. Effective: May 28, 2007.

WI

AB 526

29

Motor vehicle insurance - snowmobiles

Extends the sunset date on the speed limit for snowmobiles operating during hours of darkness. Effective: November 27, 2007.

ID

SB 1119

249

Motor vehicle insurance -- teen drivers

Amends existing law to revise the requirements of a class D supvised instruction permit; to increase the minimum time required of a permittee top operate a vehicle with a supervised instruction permit; to provide for cancellation of a class D supervised instruction permit upon a violation of state underage consumption law; to limit the number of passengers allowed in a vehicle operated by a driver with a class D driver's license who is under the age of seventeen years; and to provide an exception. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CO

SB 77

155

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Concerns a requirement of behind-the-wheel training for driver licensing. Effective: April 20, 2007.

ME

H 143

272

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Prohibits a person who has not attained 18 years of age from using a cellular telephone while operating a motor vehicle; makes the offense a traffic infraction; prohibits use of electronic devices for games, electronic mail and text messaging while driving. Effective: September 20, 2007.

MD

HB 571

563

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Requires specified applicants for a learner's instructional permit to present to the Motor Vehicle Administration the applicant's school attendance record; and prohibiting the Administration from issuing a learner's instructional permit to specified applicants if the applicant's school attendance record indicates more than 10 unexcused absences during the prior school semester. Same as SB 519. Effective: October 10, 2007.

NE

LB 415

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Changes provisions relating to provisional operator's permits, school permits and learner permits; prohibits use of an interactive wireless communication device while driving; includes cellular phones, text messaging or laptop computers. Effective: April 26, 2007.

ND

HCR 3062

624

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Council to study solutions to the problem of underage drinking.

OR

HB 2147

359

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Expands age range for denial of driving privileges for a person younger than 20 who is convicted of any offense involving the possession, use or abuse of alcohol. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

HB 2148

41

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Provides that person commits a violation of liquor laws if the person is under age of 21 years and has personal possession of alcoholic beverages while operating motor vehicle; punishes a violation by maximum fine of $720. Effective: January 1, 2008.

SC

SB 213

103

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Enacts the Prevention of Underage Drinking and Access to Alcohol Act; provides social host criminal liability; requires the registration of kegs; relates to the purchase or possession of beer and wine; requires notification of parent when a minor's driver's license is suspended; relate to ignition interlock devices; provides for tuition grants. Effective: July 1, 2007.

SD

SB 12

180

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Revises certain provisions required to obtain an instruction permit to drive. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CT

HB 5197

172

Motor vehicle insurance - title issues

Requires marketable titles be provided with vehicles sold at auction. Effective: October 1, 2007.

KS

HB 2283

135

Motor vehicle insurance - title issues

Relates to mailing of a notice of security interest in a vehicle by a dealer; relates to a fee for service, processing and mailing a copy of the certificate of title by county treasurers; provides that delivery of a surrendered title, application and fee shall perfect a security interest in a vehicle; provides for mobile homes. Effective: July 1, 2007.

KS

HB 2373

60

Motor vehicle insurance - title issues

Concerns certificates of title; relates to a lien on vehicles; provides that only one lien shall be taken or accepted for vehicles with a specified gross weight; provides that a refinancing shall not be subject to limitations of the act. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NV

AB 266

79

Motor vehicle insurance - title issues

Requires the owner of a motor vehicle that has been declared a total loss to forward the endorsed title to the insurance company within 30 days of accepting a settlement; requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a salvage title to an insurance company for a salvage vehicle in the absence of an endorsed title in certain circumstances. Effective: May 21, 2007.

NV

AB 580

307

Motor vehicle insurance - title issues

Revises provisions relating to the disposition of fees and administrative fines for certain licenses and titles relating to motor vehicles; abolishes the Account for Regulation of Salvage Pools, Automobile Wreckers, Body Shops and Garages; require that those fees and administrative fines collected be deposited to the Motor Vehicle Fund; requires that the fees collected for the issuance of salvage titles for motor vehicles be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Revolving Account. Effective: July 1, 2007.

TN

SB 1480

289

Motor vehicle insurance - title issues

Concerns Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration; broadens applicability of documentation procedure for issuance of certificate of title for vehicle lacking proper documentation to any vehicle by removing present applicability only to vehicle valued at $3,000 or less. (Same as HB 2117). Effective: July 1, 2007.

AR

HB 2284

626

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Ensures that towing operations are afforded the same safety protections as other emergency vehicles at an accident scene; states the requirements by the driver of an motor vehicle that is approaching a towing operation on a highway or roadway. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

SB 805

861

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Clarifies the procedures concerning the nonconsensual towing of a vehicle. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

SB 969

1053

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Amends the law regarding nonconsent towing and recovery of vehicles. Effective: July 31, 2007.

HI

HB 657

8

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Allows the waiver of public auction of a towed vehicle that has not been claimed and the vehicle is missing major components or is so materially damaged as to render the vehicle inoperable and the registration period has expired for the vehicle. Effective: April 9, 2007.

HI

HB 895

269

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Allows counties to increase vehicle registration fees; Increases towing and storage fees tow companies are allowed to charge; Decreases the number of days required to notify a motor vehicle owner; Decreases the number of days the motor vehicle owner has to claim the motor vehicle; relates to abandoned vehicle. Effective: July 1, 2007.

ME

H 515

150

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Relates to the towing of a vehicle and the owner of an abandoned vehicle; clarifies that not only the owner of the premises where an abandoned vehicle is located but also the owner's agent may initiate and sign a notification to the Secretary of State indicating that the owner or owner's agent is in possession of an abandoned motor vehicle; shortens the period of time for retrieving the abandoned property to 7 days; provides that a vehicle may be towed at the direction of a law enforcement officer. Effective: September 20, 2007.

NV

AB 311

141

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Provides that a tow car operator shall not impose any fees for the storage of a vehicle for a period longer than 21 days after placing the motor vehicle in storage if the vehicle was towed at the request of a law enforcement officer following an accident involving the vehicle or for a period longer than 15 days after placing any other motor vehicle in storage, unless the operator makes an attempt to ascertain the identity of the owner and provide notification that the vehicle has been towed and stored. Effective: January 1, 2008.

NV

AB 489

298

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Revises provisions governing the towing of motor vehicles from public or private property; allowing a civil action to be filed against the owner or person in lawful possession of real property on which public parking is restricted in a certain manner for the improper towing of a vehicle; increasing the time within which a court must hold a hearing relating to an improper towing. Effective: July 1, 2007.

NC

SB 1495

404

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Requires that a vehicle used to tow or transport another vehicle be marked so that the owner may be identified; adds an exemption from the seat belt law for drivers or passengers of a residential garbage or recycling truck while the truck is operating during collection rounds and while traveling to and from garbage and recycling material loading and unloading locations. Effective: December 1, 2007.

OR

SB 116

538

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Prohibits and requires certain business practices by towers of motor vehicles; authorizes Attorney General to adopt rules to implement prohibitions and requirements; authorizes enforcement of violation as unlawful trade practice; makes violation grounds for loss or suspension of towing business certificate. Effective: January 1, 2008.

OR

SB 431

565

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Prohibits certain business practices and requires other business practices by towers of motor vehicles; authorizes Attorney General to adopt rules to implement prohibitions and requirements; authorizes enforcement of violation of certain business practices as unlawful trade practices; makes violation of certain business practices grounds for loss or suspension of towing business certificate; modifies procedure for towing motor vehicle from private property without prior approval or authorization. Effective: January 1, 2008.

TN

SB 1916

479

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Adds an authorized agent of the owner, in addition to the owner, of the private property from which the vehicle is to be towed to those persons from whom a towing firm may obtain authorization to tow the vehicle. Effective: June 26, 2007.

TX

HB 2094

1046

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Relates to hearings for owners or operators of vehicles that are towed and subsequently stored in a facility; establishes the requirements for a person to be licensed to operate a vehicle storage facility to ensure that the facility maintains adequate standards for the care of stored vehicles. Effective: varies.

VT

SB 54

20

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

Clarifies existing law regarding wreckers and registration; allows wreckers to tow unregistered vehicles on public highways. Effective: July 1, 2007.

OH

HB 50

36

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

To amend sections 505.85 and 505.87 and to enact section 505.871 of the Revised Code to allow townships to remove junk motor vehicles from public and private property and to borrow money to pay for that removal of junk motor vehicles and for other debris from private property. Effective: March 6, 2008.

PA

HB 202

33

Motor vehicle insurance - towing issues

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for conditions of permits and security for damages; and extending provisions regarding reports and removal of abandoned vehicles to cities of the second class. Effective: September 14, 2007.

AK

HB 102

7

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic enforcement

Relates to vacating lanes or slowing down for specified emergency vehicles stopped along the side of a road. Effective: July 5, 2007.

HI

SB 1509

42

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic enforcement

Allows the Director of Transportation and highway engineers to use evaluation of traffic demand and traffic volumes to establish occupancy requirements for high occupancy vehicle lanes. Effective: July 1, 2007.

WA

HB 1371

372

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offense

Provides that, in the event a parking infraction is issued by a private parking facility and is based on a vehicle's identification, and the registered owner of the vehicle is a rental car business, the parking facility shall provide a written notice of the infraction to the rental car business within thirty days of the infraction date. Effective: July 22, 2007.

ID

SB 1130

100

Motor vehicle insurance -- traffic offenses

Amends existing law relating to commercial driver's licenses to proivde for disqualification if a person submits to and fails a test to determine the driver's concentration of alcohol, drug or other intoxicating substances. Effective: July 1, 2007.

AZ

HB 2033

206

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Prohibits issuance of a restricted instruction permit to a person under a specified age; requires a permittee to be accompanied by a person of a specified age; restricts driving on a public highway; allows for sanctioned activities with a written, notarized letter from parent or guardian; restricts hours of driving; provides that a peace officer shall not stop a driver in violation of restrictions of number of minors in a car unless the officer has reason to believe there is another alleged violation. Effective: June 30, 2007.

AZ

HB 2052

39

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Relates to vehicle accidents causing death or injury; provides for penalties. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

HB 2226

185

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns failure to pay traffic tickets; relates to civil penalties; concerns collections and installment payments; allows for the suspension of a driver license; provides that the court shall not initiate collection procedures. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

HB 2753

278

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns vehicle impoundment and immobilization; relates to driver license enforcement; relates to ignition interlock device requirements. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

SB 1029

219

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Relates to driving under the influence; provides for concentration enhancement; provides for a mandatory sentence without eligibility for probation or suspension of sentence; relates to a certified ignition interlock device; provides for a fine; relates to a court ordered treatment program. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

SB 1043

24

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns theft of personal transport; provides for an affidavit or notarized statement from a person alleging theft of means of transportation to local law enforcement; provides for prosecution for a false report of theft. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

SB 1118

154

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Relates to failure to stop; increases the criminal penalty imposed on persons involved in a motor vehicle accident for failing to provide required information or for fleeing the scene of an accident when the accident involves death, personal injury or damage to another vehicle. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

SB 1131

155

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns civil traffic violation cases; relates to case commenced by issuance and by filing; relates to a time period within one year of an alleged violation that is under investigation with a traffic accident resulting in death. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

SB 1229

159

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Relates to aggravated driving or actual physical control while under the influence of liquor or drugs; relates to a probationer found to be on absconder status or incarcerated in a correctional facility; excludes incarceration time; relates to restrictions on a driver license. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AZ

SB 1252

195

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Relates to prisoner work, community restitution work and home detention programs, eligibility, monitoring, procedures and home detention for persons sentenced for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; requires attendance at an alcohol or other drug screening, education or treatment from an approved facility; provides that a judge may order the person to not consume alcohol as demonstrated through monitoring and alcohol testing. Effective: September 19, 2007.

AR

HB 1008

145

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Imposes a duty on the driver of a vehicle to remain at the scene of an accident under certain circumstances. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

HB 1414

251

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns alcohol education programs for persons convicted of driving while intoxicated. Also changes name of the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

HB 1579

667

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Relates to speed limits and traffic control devices on county roads. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

HB 1716

363

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Requires a signal of intention to change lanes in a vehicle before changing lanes. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

HB 2231

1196

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Provides that a conviction for operating a motorboat while intoxicated will count as a previous offense in order to determine the number of previous offenses under the omnibus driving while intoxicated act. Effective: July 31, 2007.

AR

SB 851

718

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Revises the penalty for passing a school bus and to simplify the reporting of a violation of the passing of a school bus. Effective: July 31, 2007.

CO

HB 1020

369

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Increases to a class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for failing to register a motor vehicle 2 or more times in 5 years. Prohibits the issuance of more than 2 temporary registrations per year to a Class A or Class B motor vehicle unless the delay is caused by a title or lien problem as specified by rule promulgated by the department of revenue. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CO

HB 1166

137

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns the clarification of existing laws regarding crimes that require driver's license restraint. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CO

SB 154

261

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns the authority of a law enforcement officer under the Express Consent Law to request a driver to take a test other than the test elected by the driver for the purpose of determining the driver's alcohol content. Effective: July 1, 2007.

CT

SB 224

88

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns notice of parking violations on a rented or leased motor vehicle; provides for service of a notice of parking violation on the operator of the motor vehicle who may be subject to nonrenewal of registration for nonpayment of fines for parking violations; provides that upon notification, the owner of a rented or leased vehicle may notify the municipality of he lessee at the time of issuance of the violation; provides for address, motor vehicle operator's license number and state of issuance. Effective: October 1, 2007.

DE

SB 50

38

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Adds several offenses to the Family Court's exclusive jurisdiction with respect to minors to include aggressive driving, driving after consumption of alcohol, and operating a bicycle on a roadway under the Influence of alcohol or drugs; provides that charges are similar in nature to the charges already contained in a section of existing law, and may have been inadvertently omitted from that section when those pieces of legislation were drafted. Effective: June 6, 2007.

DE

SB 127

94

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Relates to revocation of driver licenses; addresses the difficulty offenders face when trying to satisfy the conditions of probation, employment and treatment without a driver's license; creates a conditional driver's license limited to the purpose of satisfying probational requirements and rehabilitation; provides for application of a conditional license for employments, attendance at treatments appointments and to meet with probation officers. Effective: January 1, 2008.

FL

HB 25

211

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Requires court to sentence driver of vehicle to minimum term of imprisonment if DUI & leaves scene of crash resulting in death; requires court to order driver to make restitution to victim for damage or loss if driver leaves scene of accident resulting in injury or death; requires person convicted of DUI manslaughter to be sentenced to mandatory minimum term of imprisonment; allows assessment of victim injury points for specified offenses. Effective: July 1, 2007.

FL

HB 449

115

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Provides enhanced penalties for specified burglaries & thefts involving authorized emergency vehicles; provides enhanced penalties for specified burglaries & thefts committed during state of emergency & facilitated by conditions arising from emergency; prohibits release of person arrested for such burglary offense during such state of emergency until person appears before magistrate; provides for reclassification of such offenses one level above current ranking. Effective: July 1, 2007.

FL

SB 2

205

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Provides that offense of leaving child unattended or unsupervised in motor vehicle constitutes second-degree misdemeanor under certain conditions; provides that such offense is third-degree felony if child suffers great bodily harm, disability, or disfigurement; provides penalties. Effective: July 1, 2007.

HI

HB 154

198

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Redefines highly intoxicated driver. Establishes evidence and sentencing parameters for highly intoxicated drivers. Establishes minimum and maximum administrative license revocation periods for highly intoxicated drivers; relates to use of intoxicants while operating a motor vehicle. Effective: July 1, 2007.

HI

HB 1204

13

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Eliminates requirement that arrest citations contain an offender's full social security number; authorizes verification of arrest citation and traffic crime complaint by declaration in accordance with rules of court; relates to criminal procedure. Effective: April 9, 2007.

HI

SB 784

74

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Provides that conviction or license revocation for violation of provisional driver licensing law does not give rise to requirement that person provide proof of financial responsibility; relates to provisional driver's license. Effective: May 18, 2007.

HI

SB 1528

69

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Clarifies that all traffic violations subject to the penalty provisions of specified law are treated as civil matters. Effective: May 16, 2007.

HI

SB 1529

85

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Expands scope of traffic infractions law to include infractions committed by minors; Permits concurrent trials and clarifies requirements; Clarifies citation form requirements; Authorizes use of electronic citations; relates to traffic infractions. Effective: January 1, 2008.

ID

HB 66

34

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Amends existing law to provide that no person who is disqualified or whose driving privileges are suspended, revoked or canceled shall be granted restricted driving privileges to operate a commercial motor vehicle. Effective: July 1, 2007.

IN

HB 1623