HB 528 - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

01-0965

05/09

HOUSE BILL 528

AN ACT relative to rental vehicle insurance disclosure.

SPONSORS: Rep. Splaine, Rock 34

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that owners of rental vehicle fleets notify customers verbally and in writing that the customer's existing car insurance may offer sufficient coverage for rental purposes.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0965

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to rental vehicle insurance disclosure.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Accidents and Financial Responsibility; Motor Vehicles; Disclosure of Rental Vehicle Insurance Required. Amend RSA 264 by inserting after section 24-b the following new section:

264:24-c Disclosure of Rental Vehicle Insurance Required. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles shall notify customers, orally and in writing, that the customer's personal motor vehicle insurance policy may provide sufficient coverage for any damage to the rental vehicle. The burden of proof of such coverage shall lie with the customer.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.