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                                                     SENATE BILL 5177

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Pelz, Prentice and Moore

Read first time 01/15/93.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

Concerning automobile liability insurance policies.

          AN ACT Relating to automobile insurance; amending RCW 48.18.297; and adding a new section to chapter 48.18 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  RCW 48.18.297 and 1969 ex.s. c 241 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:

          A private passenger automobile as used in ((RCW 48.18.291 through 48.18.297)) this chapter shall mean:

          (1) An individually owned motor vehicle of the private passenger or station wagon type that is not used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers, nor rented to others.

          (2) Any other individually owned four-wheel motor vehicle with a load capacity of fifteen hundred pounds or less which is not used in the occupation, profession, or business of the insured.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 48.18 RCW to read as follows:

          No private passenger automobile liability insurer shall refuse to issue a private passenger liability insurance policy or increase the rate to be charged for the policy based solely on the grounds that the applicant has never purchased a policy or has not purchased or been covered by a policy during a specified time period immediately preceding the date of application.

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