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BILL #

CHAPTER #

ISSUE

BILL DESCRIPTION

AB 1291

9

Traffic Safety

Repeals provision allowing vehicles, under certain conditions, to enter and proceed through stop intersection without stopping twice. Effective date: June 3, 2008.

AB 1498

107

Traffic Mishaps

Requires information detailing how to obtain an accident report to be given by a law enforcement officer to the next of kin of relatives killed or incapacitated in a motor vehicle accident; provides that when a vehicle is abandoned due to the death or incapacitation of the driver or any passenger, the person storing the vehicle shall charge the owner of record or the security interest holder no more than a certain amount. Effective date: April 1, 2009.

AB 1766

84

Traffic Offenses

Allows a court to make an exception to the mandatory driver's license suspension for persons found guilty of certain controlled dangerous substance or drug paraphernalia laws if it finds that compelling circumstances warrant an exception; specifies that compelling circumstances exist if the suspension of the person's driving privileges will result in extreme hardship and alternative means of transportation are not available. Effective date: September 10, 2008.

SB 521

73

Surety Bond

Reduces the amount of the surety bond a licensed dealer would have to provide in order to conduct an off-site motor vehicle sale involving recreational vehicles, either new or used, or used motor vehicles; clarifies that if a dealer's surety bond is cancelled before the end of the off-site sale, the dealer must immediately obtain and file with the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission a replacement surety bond. Effective date: September 6, 2008.

SB 1913

93

Workers' Compensation

Increases the power of judges of compensation to enforce workers' compensation law; provides for imposition of additional fines on parties and counsel for unreasonable delay, with the proceeds of the penalties paid into the Second Injury Fund. Effective date: October 1, 2008.

SB 1914

94

Workers' Compensation

Strengthens enforcement against employers for failure to provide workers' compensation coverage; provides that the Uninsured Employer's Fund shall have a subrogation right against successor firms, corporations, and partnerships; provides a penalty for mutual associations and stock companies authorized to write workers' compensation or employer's liability insurance coverage for failure to comply with reporting requirements relating to employer identification numbers. Effective date: October 1, 2008.

SB 1915

95

Workers' Compensation

Requires proof of workers' compensation coverage with legally required annual reports of employers. Effective date: December 30, 2008.

SB 1916

96

Workers' Compensation

Concerns the right to emergent medical care not authorized by an employer under workers' compensation; requires that a physician state that delay of treatment will result in irreparable harm or damage; requires medical documentation; requires that an answer to a motion for such treatment be received within a specified time period; provides that a respondent shall be provided a specified number of days to schedule a medical examination if one is required. Effective date: October 1, 2008.

SB 1917

97

Workers' Compensation

Relates to the Workers' Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau; continues the bureau; clarifies its membership and authority. Effective date: July 1, 2009.

SB 1918

121

Workers' Compensation

Authorizes the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute cases of failure to provide workers' compensation insurance coverage. Effective date: December 19, 2008.