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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO INSURANCE - LIABILITY INSURANCE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Craven, and Corvese | |
Date Introduced: January 20, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 27-7-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-7 entitled "Liability |
2 | Insurance" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 27-7-6. Rental vehicle coverage. |
4 | (a) For liability assumed under a written contract, coverage shall be provided under the |
5 | property damage liability section of an insured's private passenger automobile insurance policy. |
6 | Property damage coverage shall extend to a rented motor vehicle, under ten thousand pounds |
7 | (10,000 lbs.) seventeen thousand, nine hundred pounds (17,900 lbs.), without regard to negligence |
8 | for a period not to exceed sixty (60) ninety (90) consecutive days. |
9 | (b) Coverage pursuant to subsection (a) shall apply to all collision and comprehensive type |
10 | losses. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO INSURANCE - LIABILITY INSURANCE | |
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1 | This act would extend property damage coverage for a rented motor vehicle to under |
2 | seventeen thousand, nine hundred pounds, without regard to negligence for a period not to exceed |
3 | ninety consecutive days. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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