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HOUSE BILL 1734
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Representatives Zellinsky, L. Thomas, Benson, DeBolt, Dyer and Pennington
Read first time 02/06/97. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.
AN ACT Relating to personal injury protection automobile insurance; and amending RCW 48.22.090.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 48.22.090 and 1993 c 242 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Personal injury protection coverage need not be provided for vendor's single interest policies, general liability policies, or other policies, commonly known as umbrella policies, that apply only as excess to the automobile liability policy directly applicable to the insured motor vehicle.
(2) Personal injury protection coverage need not be provided to or on behalf of:
(a) A person who intentionally causes injury to himself or herself;
(b) A person who is injured while participating in a prearranged or organized racing or speed contest or in practice or preparation for such a contest;
(c) A person whose bodily injury is due to war, whether or not declared, or to an act or condition incident to such circumstances;
(d) A person whose bodily injury results from the radioactive, toxic, explosive, or other hazardous properties of nuclear material;
(e) The named insured or a relative while occupying a motor vehicle owned by the named insured or furnished for the named insured's regular use, if such motor vehicle is not described on the declaration page of the policy under which a claim is made;
(f) A relative while occupying a motor vehicle owned by the relative or furnished for the relative's regular use, if such motor vehicle is not described on the declaration page of the policy under which a claim is made; or
(g) An insured whose bodily injury results or arises from the insured's use of an automobile in the commission of a felony.
(3) When an insured person has personal injury protection coverage on more than one vehicle, the only personal injury protection coverage that applies, when one of the insured's vehicles is involved in an accident, is the coverage associated with the vehicle involved in the accident.
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