2001-2002 Bill 427: Motor Vehicle Insurance, Physical Damage to Safety Glass, Coverage

1 BIL: 427 2 TYP: General Bill GB 3 INB: Senate 4 IND: 20010308 5 PSP: McConnell 6 SPO: McConnell and Richardson 7 DDN: l:\council\bills\nbd\11329ac01.doc 8 RBY: Senate 9 COM: Banking and Insurance Committee 02 SBI 10 SUB: Motor vehicle insurance, physical damage to safety glass, coverage 11 deductible; Insurance, Motor Vehicles 12 13 14 15 HST: 16 17 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 18 ______19 Senate 20010308 Introduced, read first time, 02 SBI 20 referred to Committee 21 22 23 24 Versions of This Bill 25 26 27 28 29 TXT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 38-77-280, AS AMENDED, CODE OF 12 LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO 13 COLLISION AND COMPREHENSIVE AUTOMOBILE 14 INSURANCE COVERAGE, SO AS TO ALLOW AN INSURED 15 TO ELECT TO APPLY THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE 16 COVERAGE DEDUCTIBLE TO AUTOMOBILE SAFETY 17 GLASS. 18 19 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 20 Carolina: 21 22 SECTION 1. Section 38-77-280(B) of the 1976 Code, as last 23 amended by Act 326 of 1996, is further amended to read: 24 25 “(B) Any automobile physical damage insurance coverage 26 deductible or policy deductible does not apply to automobile safety 27 glass. An insured, or qualified applicant, may elect to apply an 28 automobile physical damage insurance coverage deductible or 29 policy deductible to automobile safety glass, and the insurer must 30 inform the insured of this option. The insurer must provide to the 31 insured in writing a brief explanation of the deductible, a list of 32 available deductibles, and the range of premiums for deductibles. 33 The written material must include a space for the insured to mark 34 whether the insured chooses to accept or reject the deductible and a 35 space for the insured to sign that he has received this information.” 36 37 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 38 Governor. 39 ----XX----

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