H 3017 Session 110 (1993-1994)
H 3017 General Bill, By P.B. Harris, J.M. Baxley, J. Brown, J.L.M. Cromer,
J.G. Felder, S.E. Gonzales, J.L. Harris, Harrison, Harvin, B.H. Harwell,
Inabinett, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Littlejohn, C.V. Marchbanks, L.M. Martin,
Meacham, Moody-Lawrence, Neilson, Phillips, Rhoad, I.K. Rudnick, Sharpe,
J.S. Shissias, J.J. Snow, J.W. Tucker, D.C. Waldrop, Wilkes, Wilkins,
Witherspoon and Young-Brickell
Similar(S 114)
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section
38-73-737 so as to provide that automobile liability and collision insurance
rates are subject to a credit if an insured has passed an approved driver
training course.
01/12/93 House Introduced and read first time HJ-21
01/12/93 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry HJ-21
02/01/94 House Tabled in committee
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
BY ADDING SECTION 38-73-737 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT
AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY AND COLLISION INSURANCE
RATES ARE SUBJECT TO A CREDIT IF AN INSURED HAS
PASSED AN APPROVED DRIVER TRAINING COURSE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 38-73-737. (A) Premium rates charged for
liability coverages and collision coverage under a private passenger
automobile insurance policy are subject to an approved driver training
course credit once satisfactory evidence is presented that an applicant
for the credit, who is not subject to the youthful operator approved
driver training course credit mandated by Regulation 69-13.2(C), has
successfully completed an approved driver training course. The
amount of the credit may be determined by each individual insurer
based upon factually or statistically supported data and is subject to
prior approval by the commissioner. The discount must be afforded
to the operator for thirty-six months from the date the approved driver
training course was completed. The credit must be afforded by each
insurer in a nondiscriminatory manner to all applicants, other than
those considered within Regulation 69-13.2(C).
(B) `An approved driver training course' for purposes of this
section is a driver training course which has been approved by the
South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina
Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or any other
responsible educational agency and was conducted by:
(1) a recognized secondary school, college, or university;
(2) instructors certified by the South Carolina Department of
Education, the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public
Transportation, or other responsible educational agency; or
(3) any other school approved and supervised by the South
Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Department of
Highways and Public Transportation, or other responsible educational
agency.
(C) For purposes of this section `satisfactory evidence' is a
certificate, signed by an official of the school, the South Carolina
Department of Education, the South Carolina Department of Highways
and Public Transportation, or other responsible educational agency,
which certifies that:
(1) the course was approved by and the instructors were
certified by the South Carolina Department of Education, the South
Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or other
responsible educational agency; and
(2) for schools other than recognized secondary schools,
colleges, or universities, the school was approved and supervised by
the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina
Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or other
responsible educational agency."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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