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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5113

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Peterson, Bender, McDermott, Kreidler, Vognild, Fleming, Bauer, DeJarnatt, Stratton, Garrett, Rasmussen and Moore)

Read first time 3/5/87.

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle passenger safety device usage; adding a new section to chapter 48.19 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature finds that laws requiring the use of child restraints in motor vehicles and the use of motor vehicle seat belts will result in a significant reduction in the loss of lives and injuries from motor vehicle accidents.  The legislature further finds that other reductions are expected from those laws in the area of court costs, hospital and medical costs, and property damage.  It is therefore the intent of this chapter that the monetary savings achieved as a result of seat belt usage accrue to Washington's citizens themselves by providing for a system of motor vehicle insurance rate reductions to serve as an incentive for further seat belt usage.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 48.19 RCW to read as follows:

          Due consideration in making rates for motor vehicle insurance shall be given to any anticipated change in losses that may be attributable to the use of seat belts, child restraints, and other lifesaving devices.  An exhibit detailing these changes and any credits or discounts resulting from any such changes shall be included in each filing pertaining to private passenger automobile (or motor vehicle) insurance.