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HF 2846

2nd Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - 2nd Engrossment

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to insurance; automobile; reducing age for 
  1.3             eligibility for premium reduction for attending 
  1.4             accident prevention course; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1996, section 65B.28, subdivisions 1, 2, and 
  1.6             4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 65B.28, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [REQUIRED REDUCTION.] An insurer must 
  1.11  provide an appropriate premium reduction of at least ten percent 
  1.12  on its policies of private passenger vehicle insurance, as 
  1.13  defined in section 65B.001, subdivision 2, issued, delivered, or 
  1.14  renewed in this state, to insureds 55 30 years old and older who 
  1.15  successfully complete an accident prevention course or refresher 
  1.16  course established under subdivisions 2 and 3. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 65B.28, 
  1.18  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.19     Subd. 2.  [ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE; RULES.] The 
  1.20  commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules establishing and 
  1.21  regulating a motor vehicle accident prevention course for 
  1.22  persons 55 30 years old and older.  The rules must, at a 
  1.23  minimum, include provisions:  
  1.24     (1) establishing curriculum requirements; 
  1.25     (2) establishing the number of hours required for 
  1.26  successful completion of the course; and 
  2.1      (3) providing for the issuance of a course completion 
  2.2   certification and requiring its submission to an insured as 
  2.3   evidence of completion of the course. 
  2.4      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 65B.28, 
  2.5   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.6      Subd. 4.  [COMPLETION CERTIFICATE.] Persons 55 30 years old 
  2.7   and older may retake the original course or take the refresher 
  2.8   course every three years and receive a course completion 
  2.9   certificate to remain eligible for the premium reduction in 
  2.10  subdivision 1.  The department of public safety shall provide 
  2.11  criteria for the issuance of the course completion certificates.