CHAPTER 144

SB 359 – FINAL VERSION

2014 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 359

AN ACT relative to coverage under motor vehicle liability policies.

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Rausch, Dist 19; Sen. Hosmer, Dist 7; Rep. Goley, Hills 8; Rep. Walz, Merr 23; Rep. Notter, Hills 21

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the scope of certain minimum requirements of motor vehicle liability insurance.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to coverage under motor vehicle liability policies.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

144:1 Motor Vehicle Liability Policy. Amend RSA 259:61, III to read as follows:

III. The coverages described in paragraphs I and II, except as to the minimum financial responsibility limits, shall not apply to any insured operator whose driver’s license has been suspended or revoked if the applicable motor vehicle liability policy so provides. Coverage under RSA 264:15 or RSA 264:16 shall not apply to any insured operator whose driver’s license has been suspended or revoked if the applicable motor vehicle liability policy so provides.

144:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 16, 2014

Effective Date: August 15, 2014