Report Title:

Motorcycle Insurance Policy

Description:

Allows a person who does not have a motorcycle license, but has a permit and is enrolled in an approved safety course, to purchase motorcycle liability insurance.

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

110

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to motorcycleS and motor scooterS.

 

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] subsequently registers to take a motorcycle education course approved by the department of transportation.

(b) A [temporary insurance binder covering a period of not more than ninety days] motorcycle or motor scooter insurance policy 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] and enrolls 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.]

(c) The motorcycle or motor scooter insurance policy shall be cancelled if the insurer does not receive a copy of:

(1) The motorcycle or motor scooter license; or

(2) The motorcycle or motor scooter permit and proof of enrollment in an approved motorcycle education course.

(d) The motorcycle or motor scooter insurance policy shall be cancelled if the insurer receives notification that any unlicensed person failed, was dropped from, or withdrew from the motorcycle education course for which proof of enrollment was submitted to the insurer, unless the insured has since obtained a license to operate a motorcycle or motor scooter and provides a copy of this license 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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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