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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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RELATING TO INSURANCE - LIABILITY INSURANCE

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Craven, and Corvese

     Date Introduced: January 20, 2022

     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.) seventeen thousand, nine hundred pounds (17,900 lbs.), without regard to negligence

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for a period not to exceed sixty (60) ninety (90) 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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     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

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     This act would extend property damage coverage for a rented motor vehicle to under

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seventeen thousand, nine hundred pounds, without regard to negligence for a period not to exceed

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ninety consecutive days.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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