SECTION 1. Section 31-26-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-26 entitled "Accidents and Accident Reports" is hereby amended to read as follows:

31-26-6. Drivers required to make written reports. -- The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, or in which the damage to property of any one person including the driver is in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall within twenty-one (21) days after the accident, forward a written report of the accident to the division of motor vehicles on forms provided by the division.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2003.