Bill Text: PA SB837 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-01 - Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE [SB837 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB837-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 972
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 837 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, FERLO, FONTANA, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, STOUT, M. WHITE AND WILLIAMS, MAY 1, 2009
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, MAY 1, 2009
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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(d) Liability to innocent third parties.--An insurer may not
exclude benefits to, or deny coverage for damage to property of,
an innocent third party who sustains a loss caused by the
conduct of the insured while the insured commits a felony.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.