Bill Text: HI SB872 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Motorcycles; Insurance During Period of Learner's Permit

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - (S) Referred to TIA, CPN. [SB872 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-SB872-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

872

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to motorcycles.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 431:10G-104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§431:10G-104  Prerequisites for obtaining coverage.  (a) Any person seeking to obtain the liability coverage required by this part after June 7, 1989, shall first:

     (1)  Have obtained a valid motorcycle or motor scooter license; [or]

     (2)  Have obtained a valid motorcycle or motor scooter learner's permit and have taken and passed a motorcycle education course approved by the department of transportation[.]; or

     (3)  Have obtained a valid motorcycle or motor scooter learner's permit in accordance with subsection (b), without enrollment and passage of a motorcycle education course approved by the department of transportation.

     (b)  [A temporary insurance binder covering a period of not more than ninety days may be issued to a person who has a valid motorcycle or motor scooter learner's permit.  To obtain a temporary binder, a person shall submit proof to the insurer of the person's enrollment in an approved motorcycle education course.  The temporary insurance binder shall be subject to cancellation should the person fail to take, complete, and pass the course for which proof was submitted to the insurer.] Liability coverage provided under subsection (a)(3) shall be in the form of a temporary insurance binder issued for a period of not more than one-hundred eighty days from the date of learner's permit issuance to a person who has a valid motorcycle or motor scooter learner's permit.  If the person does not obtain a license pursuant to section 286-108 within the period of temporary insurance coverage, the person will be required to enroll in an approved motorcycle education course in order to continue insurance coverage beyond the one-hundred eighty day limit.

     (c)  If a person with liability coverage under subsection (a)(3) does not obtain a license pursuant to section 286-108 within one hundred and eighty days of the date learner's permit issuance, a second temporary insurance binder covering a period of not more than ninety days may be issued to a person who has a valid motorcycle or motor scooter learner's permit.  To obtain the second temporary binder, the person shall submit proof to the insurer of the person's enrollment in an approved motorcycle education course.  The temporary insurance binder shall be subject to cancellation should the person fail to take, complete, and pass the course for which proof was submitted to the insurer."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Motorcycles; Insurance During Period of Learner's Permit

 

Description:

Allows persons with learner's permits to obtain insurance for a temporary period of 180 days prior to obtaining license without enrollment in motorcycle education course. Allows 90 day extension of temporary coverage upon enrollment in motorcycle education course. 

 

 

 

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