Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 48 - Motor vehicle insurance; cancellation; notice

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1. Williams  114th        2. Towery  30th            3. Harbin  113th


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House Vote: Yeas       Nays             Senate Vote: Yeas     Nays                                  
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              1/9/95   Read 1st Time                                                                
              1/10/95  Read 2nd Time                                                                
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Rules Suspended to Introduce                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 40-5-71                                                                      


HB 48                                             LC 14 6334






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 40-5-71 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure upon notice of
  1- 3  motor vehicle insurance cancellation, so as to provide that
  1- 4  failure of an insurer to provide notice of cancellation to
  1- 5  the Department of Public Safety shall not invalidate an
  1- 6  otherwise valid cancellation; to provide for related
  1- 7  matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 9  Code Section 40-5-71 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-10  Annotated, relating to procedure upon notice of motor
  1-11  vehicle insurance cancellation,  is amended by striking
  1-12  paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and inserting in its place a
  1-13  new paragraph to read as follows:

  1-14      "(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of
  1-15      this subsection, neither a failure to provide notice to
  1-16      the Department of Public Safety pursuant to paragraph
  1-17      (1) of this subsection nor any irregularity any
  1-18      irregularities in the such notice to the Department of
  1-19      Public Safety as required by paragraph (1) of this
  1-20      subsection shall not invalidate an otherwise valid
  1-21      cancellation."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-22  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-23  repealed.











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