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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 359
BY SENATOR MORRISH
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE. Provides for selection or rejection of uninsured motorist
coverage pursuant to the Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 22:1295(1)(a)(v), relative to uninsured motorist coverage; to provide for2
selection or rejection of uninsured motorist coverage pursuant to the Louisiana3
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 22:1295(1)(a)(v) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1295. Uninsured Motorist Coverage7
The following provisions shall govern the issuance of uninsured motorist8
coverage in this state:9
(1)(a)(i)10
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(v) At the option of the insurer and the named insured, the prescribed12
form for the rejection, selection of lower limits, or selection of economic-only13
coverage may be provided by the insurer and signed by the named insured or14
his legal representative in accordance with the Louisiana Uniform Electronic15
Transactions Act, R.S. 9:2601 et seq.16
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(7) Pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, the commissioner1
shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary or proper to carry2
out the purposes of this Section.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Horne.
DIGEST
Morrish (SB 359)
Present law provides that the rejection, selection of lower limits, or selection of economic-
only uninsured motorist coverage shall be made only on a form prescribed by the
commissioner of insurance. Requires the prescribed form to be provided by the insurer and
signed by the named insured or his legal representative.
Proposed law retains present law and allows for the prescribed form to be provided by the
insurer and signed by the named insured or his legal representative in accordance with the
Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Proposed law requires the commissioner to adopt reasonable rules and regulations as are
necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of proposed law pursuant to the
Administrative Procedure Act.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 22:1295(1)(a)(v) and (7))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Insurance to the original
bill.
1. Makes technical changes.
2. Requires the commissioner to adopt reasonable rules and regulations to carry
out the purposes of proposed law pursuant to the Administrative Procedure
Act.