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2007 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

District of Columbia Council Website

BILL #

CHAPTER #

ISSUE

BILL DESCRIPTION

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.

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.

The information contained in this summary is not intended as a portrayal of every property/casualty-related law enacted in each state. Rather, it represents recently enacted legislation specifically identified by NAMIC State and Regulatory Affairs Staff as bearing direct relevance to those issues that represent NAMIC's National State Legislative Agenda or otherwise deemed pertinent to the interests of the majority of NAMIC members.

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