California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB917 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/14/2023

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 917Introduced by Assembly Member OrtegaFebruary 14, 2023 An act to amend Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 917, as introduced, Ortega. Low-cost automobile insurance program.Existing law establishes, within the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, a low-cost automobile insurance program for all counties in California. Existing law provides a rebuttable presumption that a driver is qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy if the person meets and claims to meet specified requirements. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:11629.731. A person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 11629.73, and who claims that he or she meets they meet the requirements of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 11629.73 based entirely or partially on a drivers license and driving experience obtained other than in the United States or Canada, shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that he or she is they are qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy under the program if he or she has they have been licensed to drive pursuant to a license obtained in the United States or Canada for at least the previous 18 months and meets meet the criteria of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, for that period.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 917Introduced by Assembly Member OrtegaFebruary 14, 2023 An act to amend Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 917, as introduced, Ortega. Low-cost automobile insurance program.Existing law establishes, within the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, a low-cost automobile insurance program for all counties in California. Existing law provides a rebuttable presumption that a driver is qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy if the person meets and claims to meet specified requirements. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 917

Introduced by Assembly Member OrtegaFebruary 14, 2023

Introduced by Assembly Member Ortega
February 14, 2023

 An act to amend Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 917, as introduced, Ortega. Low-cost automobile insurance program.

Existing law establishes, within the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, a low-cost automobile insurance program for all counties in California. Existing law provides a rebuttable presumption that a driver is qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy if the person meets and claims to meet specified requirements. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Existing law establishes, within the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, a low-cost automobile insurance program for all counties in California. Existing law provides a rebuttable presumption that a driver is qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy if the person meets and claims to meet specified requirements. 

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:11629.731. A person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 11629.73, and who claims that he or she meets they meet the requirements of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 11629.73 based entirely or partially on a drivers license and driving experience obtained other than in the United States or Canada, shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that he or she is they are qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy under the program if he or she has they have been licensed to drive pursuant to a license obtained in the United States or Canada for at least the previous 18 months and meets meet the criteria of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, for that period.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:11629.731. A person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 11629.73, and who claims that he or she meets they meet the requirements of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 11629.73 based entirely or partially on a drivers license and driving experience obtained other than in the United States or Canada, shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that he or she is they are qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy under the program if he or she has they have been licensed to drive pursuant to a license obtained in the United States or Canada for at least the previous 18 months and meets meet the criteria of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, for that period.

SECTION 1. Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

11629.731. A person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 11629.73, and who claims that he or she meets they meet the requirements of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 11629.73 based entirely or partially on a drivers license and driving experience obtained other than in the United States or Canada, shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that he or she is they are qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy under the program if he or she has they have been licensed to drive pursuant to a license obtained in the United States or Canada for at least the previous 18 months and meets meet the criteria of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, for that period.

11629.731. A person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 11629.73, and who claims that he or she meets they meet the requirements of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 11629.73 based entirely or partially on a drivers license and driving experience obtained other than in the United States or Canada, shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that he or she is they are qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy under the program if he or she has they have been licensed to drive pursuant to a license obtained in the United States or Canada for at least the previous 18 months and meets meet the criteria of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, for that period.

11629.731. A person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 11629.73, and who claims that he or she meets they meet the requirements of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 11629.73 based entirely or partially on a drivers license and driving experience obtained other than in the United States or Canada, shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that he or she is they are qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy under the program if he or she has they have been licensed to drive pursuant to a license obtained in the United States or Canada for at least the previous 18 months and meets meet the criteria of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, for that period.



11629.731. A person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 11629.73, and who claims that he or she meets they meet the requirements of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 11629.73 based entirely or partially on a drivers license and driving experience obtained other than in the United States or Canada, shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that he or she is they are qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy under the program if he or she has they have been licensed to drive pursuant to a license obtained in the United States or Canada for at least the previous 18 months and meets meet the criteria of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, for that period.