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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 559
BY SENATOR ERDEY
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE. Requires proof of financial responsibility and notice of
cancellation or termination to be submitted electronically. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:898(A) and 901, relative to certificates of insurance; to2
provide for method of filing proof and notice of cancellation or termination; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:898(A) and 901 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows:7
§898. Certificate of insurance as proof8
A. Proof of financial responsibility may shall be furnished by filing with the9
commissioner the written an electronic certificate of any insurance carrier duly10
authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle11
liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial12
responsibility. Such electronic certificate shall give the effective date of such motor13
vehicle liability policy, which date shall be the same as the effective date of the14
certificate, and shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all15
motor vehicles covered thereby, unless the policy is issued to a person who is not the16
owner of a motor vehicle.17 SB NO. 559
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§901. Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy2
When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under3
R.S. 32:898 or a policy under R.S. 32:899, the insurance so certified shall not be4
cancelled or terminated until at least ten days after a notice of cancellation or5
termination of the insurance so certified shall be filed electronically by the6
insurance carrier in the office of the commissioner, except that such a policy7
subsequently procured and certified shall, on the effective date of its certification,8
terminate the insurance previously certified with respect to any motor vehicle9
designated in both certificates. 10
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Erdey (SB 559)
Present law provides that proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with
the commissioner the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do
business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the
benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility. Provides that the
certificate shall give the effective date of the motor vehicle liability policy, which date shall
be the same as the effective date of the certificate, and shall designate by explicit description
or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles covered thereby, unless the policy is issued
to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle.
Proposed law requires the proof to be filed electronically.
Present law provides that when an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability
policy under R.S. 32:898 or a policy under R.S. 32:899, the insurance so certified shall not
be cancelled or terminated until at least 10 days after a notice of cancellation or termination
of the insurance so certified shall be filed in the office of the commissioner, except that a
policy subsequently procured and certified shall, on the effective date of its certification,
terminate the insurance previously certified with respect to any motor vehicle designated in
both certificates.
Proposed law requires the notice of cancellation or termination to be filed electronically.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 32:898(A) and 901)