Bill Text: HI SB3380 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Insurance.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-29 - Referred to CPN. [SB3380 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB3380-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§431:10C- Child passenger restraint system; replacement. (a) In addition to any other requirements under
this part, a motor vehicle insurance policy shall provide liability coverage
for replacement of a child passenger restraint system that was damaged or was
in use by a child during a collision for which liability coverage under the
policy is applicable due to the liability of an insured or uninsured motorist.
(b) Upon the filing of a claim pursuant to a
policy described in this section, unless otherwise determined, an insurer shall
ask whether a child passenger restraint system was in use by a child during a
collision or was in the vehicle at the time of a loss that is covered by the
policy, and shall replace the child passenger restraint system or reimburse the
claimant for the cost of purchasing a new passenger restraint system pursuant
to this section if it was in use by a child during the collision or if it sustained
a covered loss while in the vehicle.
(c) An insured, upon acquiring a replacement
child passenger restraint system, may surrender to the department of
transportation the child passenger restraint system that was replaced.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "child
passenger restraint" means a restraint system that conforms to section 291-11.5."
SECTION 2.
This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that
were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Insurance; Motor Vehicles; Child Passenger Restraints; Replacement
Description:
Requires each motor vehicle insurance policy to cover the replacement cost of a child passenger restraint system damaged during a collision for which liability coverage under the policy is applicable.
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