HB 528 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0792

03/06

HOUSE BILL 528

AN ACT relative to motor vehicle records provided to insurance companies.

SPONSORS: Rep. Simmons, Hills 17; Rep. Lachance, Hills 8; Rep. McLean, Hills 15; Rep. Webb, Rock 6; Rep. Tucker, Rock 23; Rep. Beaudoin, Straf 9; Rep. Schleien, Hills 37; Rep. S. Sweeney, Hills 23; Rep. Proulx, Hills 44; Rep. Jones, Straf 24

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill excludes violations of vehicle registration and emissions requirements from the motor vehicle records available to insurance companies if the applicable fines and assessments have been paid.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0792

03/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to motor vehicle records provided to insurance companies.

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

1 Motor Vehicle Records Available to Insurance Companies. Amend RSA 260:14, IV(a)(2) to read as follows:

(2) Insurance companies authorized to write automobile and personal excess liability insurance policies, or by self-insured entities, or their authorized agents, for use in connection with claims investigation activities, anti-fraud activities, rating, or underwriting. Records provided to insurance companies under this subparagraph shall not include any records of violations of RSA 261:40 or RSA 266:59-b after all fees and assessments for those violations have been paid.

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