Bill Text: PA SB1306 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In financial responsibility, further providing for exclusion from benefits.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-21 - Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE [SB1306 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB1306-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1810
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1306 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for
exclusion from benefits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1718 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 1718. Exclusion from benefits.
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(b.1) Report of vehicle theft.--
(1) An insured who fails to report the theft of a
vehicle to the insurer of the vehicle within 12 hours after
the insured knew or should have known of the theft is barred
from denying that an operator of the vehicle had permission
to operate the vehicle.
(2) When an insured fails to report the theft of a
vehicle under paragraph (1), the insurer may not deny a third
party claim for bodily injury or property damage arising out
of the use of the vehicle on the basis of theft or conversion
of the vehicle.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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