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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- RENTAL VEHICLE

COVERAGE

     

     Introduced By: Representative Arthur J. Corvese

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2023

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 27-7-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-7 entitled "Liability

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Insurance" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     27-7-6. Rental vehicle coverage.

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     (a) For liability assumed under a written contract, coverage shall be provided under the

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property damage liability section of an insured’s private passenger automobile insurance policy.

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Property damage coverage shall extend to a rented motor vehicle, under ten thousand pounds

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(10,000 lbs.), without regard to negligence for a period not to exceed sixty (60) consecutive days.

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     (b) Coverage pursuant to subsection (a) shall apply to all collision and comprehensive type

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losses.

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     (c) Whenever liability is accepted by an insurance company involving an accident that

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results in their insured’s causing a total loss of the other party’s vehicle, the at-fault carrier shall

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extend coverage for a rental vehicle for no less than an additional ten (10) days after the aggrieved

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party receives the total loss property damage check.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- RENTAL VEHICLE

COVERAGE

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     This act would provide that whenever liability is accepted by an insurance company

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involving an accident that results in their insured’s causing a total loss of the other party’s vehicle,

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the at-fault carrier would extend coverage for a rental vehicle for no less than an additional ten (10)

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days after the aggrieved party receives the total loss property damage check.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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