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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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A N A C T
RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- RENTAL VEHICLE
COVERAGE
Introduced By: Representative Arthur J. Corvese
Date Introduced: March 01, 2023
Referred To: House Corporations
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 27-7-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-7 entitled "Liability 1
Insurance" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
27-7-6. Rental vehicle coverage. 3
(a) For liability assumed under a written contract, coverage shall be provided under the 4
property damage liability section of an insured’s private passenger automobile insurance policy. 5
Property damage coverage shall extend to a rented motor vehicle, under ten thousand pounds 6
(10,000 lbs.), without regard to negligence for a period not to exceed sixty (60) consecutive days. 7
(b) Coverage pursuant to subsection (a) shall apply to all collision and comprehensive type 8
losses. 9
(c) Whenever liability is accepted by an insurance company involving an accident that 10
results in their insured’s causing a total loss of the other party’s vehicle, the at-fault carrier shall 11
extend coverage for a rental vehicle for no less than an additional ten (10) days after the aggrieved 12
party receives the total loss property damage check. 13
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 14
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- RENTAL VEHICLE
COVERAGE
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This act would provide that whenever liability is accepted by an insurance company 1
involving an accident that results in their insured’s causing a total loss of the other party’s vehicle, 2
the at-fault carrier would extend coverage for a rental vehicle for no less than an additional ten (10) 3
days after the aggrieved party receives the total loss property damage check. 4
This act would take effect upon passage. 5
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