Bill Text: NH HB1353 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to recovery under uninsured motorist coverage.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-01 - Signed by the Governor on 6/30/2014; Chapter 0154; Effective 1/01/2015 [HB1353 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1353-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 154
HB 1353 – FINAL VERSION
12Mar2014… 0748h
05/08/14 1616s
2014 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 1353
AN ACT relative to recovery under uninsured motorist coverage.
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Chandley, Hills 22; Rep. Renzullo, Hills 37
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill modifies when coverage is available under uninsured motor vehicle coverage provisions.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Mar2014… 0748h
05/08/14 1616s
14-2501
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to recovery under uninsured motorist coverage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
154:1 Uninsured Motor Vehicle. Amend RSA 259:117 to read as follows:
259:117 Uninsured Motor Vehicle. “Uninsured motor vehicle,” for the purposes of RSA 264:15, shall mean, subject to the terms and conditions of the coverage required therein, an insured motor vehicle for which the liability insurer is unable to make payment with respect to the legal liability of its insured within the limits specified therein because of insolvency. The term shall also include an insured motor vehicle if and to the extent that, at the time of the subject accident, [the limits of liability insurance carried as to such motor vehicle are lower than the minimum limits applicable to motor vehicle liability insurance policies issued pursuant to the laws of New Hampshire] (1) the applicable liability insurance limits are less than the limits of the uninsured motorist coverage applicable to the insured; or (2) the available liability insurance has been reduced by payments to others injured in the subject accident to an amount less than the limits of the uninsured motorist coverage applicable to the insured.
154:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
Approved: June 30, 2014
Effective Date: January 1, 2015
