South Carolina General Assembly
110th Session, 1993-1994

Bill 3017


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3017
Primary Sponsor:                P. Harris
Committee Number:               26
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Motor vehicle insurance rate
                                credit, when
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Labor, Commerce and Industry
Companion Bill Number:          114
Date Tabled:                    19940201
Computer Document Number:       436/12774AC.93
Introduced Date:                19930112    
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              19940201
Last History Type:              Tabled in Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   P. Harris
                                Waldrop
                                Neilson
                                Baxley
                                J. Brown
                                Cromer
                                Felder
                                Gonzales
                                J. Harris
                                Harvin
                                Harwell
                                Inabinett
                                Keegan
                                Kelley
                                Littlejohn
                                Marchbanks
                                Martin
                                Phillips
                                Rhoad
                                Rudnick
                                Sharpe
                                Shissias
                                Snow
                                Tucker
                                Wilkes
                                Wilkins
                                Witherspoon
                                A. Young
                                Jennings
                                Moody-Lawrence
                                Harrison
                                Meacham
Type of Legislation:            General Bill



History


Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
____  ______  ____________  ______________________________  ___  ____________

3017  House   19940201      Tabled in Committee             26
3017  House   19930112      Introduced, read first time,    26
                            referred to Committee

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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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