Bill Text: MI HB4633 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance; no-fault; paperless insurance verification system; provide for. Amends sec. 3101a of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3101a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-24 - Printed Bill Filed 03/20/2009 [HB4633 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4633-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4633
March 19, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Johnson and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
by amending section 3101a (MCL 500.3101a), as amended by 1996 PA
456.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3101a. (1) An insurer, in conjunction with the issuance
of an automobile insurance policy, as defined in section 3303,
shall provide 2 certificates of insurance for each insured vehicle.
The insurer shall mark 1 of the certificates as the secretary of
state's copy, which copy, except as otherwise provided in
subsection (2), shall be filed with the secretary of state by the
policyholder upon application for a vehicle registration. The
secretary of state shall not maintain the certificate of insurance
received under this subsection on file.
(2) The secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle
insurance a transmission, in the format required by the secretary
of state, of the insured vehicle's vehicle identification number.
Vehicle
Except as otherwise provided
in section 520a of the
Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.520a, vehicle
identification numbers received by the secretary of state under
this subsection are confidential and shall not be disclosed to any
person
except pursuant to an order by
order of a court of competent
jurisdiction in connection with a claim or fraud investigation or
prosecution. The transmission to the secretary of state of a
vehicle identification number is proof of insurance to the
secretary of state for motor vehicle registration purposes only and
is not evidence that a policy of insurance actually exists between
an insurer and an individual.
(3) An insurer shall provide the unparsed data required by the
department of state police under section 520a of the Michigan
vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.520a. As used in this
subsection, "unparsed data" means that term as defined in section
520a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.520a.
(4) Once an insurer has received notification of the
implementation of the NLETS-authorized paperless verification
system under section 520a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
300, MCL 257.520a, subsections (1) and (2) no longer apply to that
insurer. The secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle
insurance an automated verification that a motor vehicle is insured
obtained through the NLETS-authorized paperless verification system
for motor vehicle insurance coverage under section 520a of the
Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.520a.
(5) (3)
A person who supplies false
information to the
secretary of state under this section or who issues or uses an
altered, fraudulent, or counterfeit certificate of insurance is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than
1 year , or a
fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4634(request no.
01338'09) of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.