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1996 SESSION

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HB 524 Motor vehicle insurance.

Introduced by: William S. Moore, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Motor vehicle insurance. Requires insurance companies to electronically transmit monthly reports to the Department of Motor Vehicles regarding the coverage status of their insured drivers operating vehicles registered in Virginia. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to compare the electronically transmitted insurance reports with vehicle information on file at the Department of Motor Vehicles to verify if motor vehicles are properly insured. This bill further provides that persons who fail to pay their uninsured motor vehicle fee and do not immediately surrender their license plates shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. This bill is a duplicate of SB 554.

FULL TEXT

• 01/18/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 966818819  pdf
• 03/11/96  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB524ER)  pdf
• 04/05/96  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/18/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 966818819
• 01/18/96  House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 01/23/96  House: Reported from Corp., Ins. & Banking (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/96  House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 01/30/96  House: Reported from Tra. (21-Y 1-N)
• 01/31/96  House: Read first time
• 02/01/96  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/02/96  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
• 02/02/96  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N)
• 02/02/96  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/05/96  Senate: Read first time
• 02/05/96  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/19/96  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/96  Senate: Rereferred to Transportation
• 02/22/96  Senate: Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/96  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/96  Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/96  Senate: Read third time
• 02/26/96  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/96  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/11/96  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB524ER)
• 03/15/96  House: Enrolled
• 03/16/96  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/18/96  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/01/96  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 489 (effective 1/1/97)
• 04/05/96  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)