It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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:

{ADD 31-26-6. Drivers required to make written reports. -- ADD} 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 himself or herself, in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) is sustained, shall within {DEL ten (10) DEL} {ADD twenty-one (21) ADD} days after such accident, forward a written report of the accident to the registry of motor vehicles, on forms provided by the registry.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.