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                          HOUSE BILL 1364

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Sullivan, Hatfield, O'Brien, Morris, Reardon, Constantine, Ruderman, Regala, Conway, Miloscia, Gombosky, Cooper, Wood, Cody, Fisher, Scott, Eickmeyer, Hurst, Dunshee, Kastama, Tokuda, Ogden, Haigh, Santos, Veloria, Wolfe, Doumit, Schual‑Berke, Anderson, Kagi, Lovick, Dickerson, Edwards, DeBolt, Rockefeller, Campbell, Edmonds, Keiser, Kessler, Kenney, Lantz, McIntire and Stensen

Read first time 01/22/1999.  Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.

Applying automobile insurance discounts to older insureds.

    AN ACT Relating to automobile insurance discounts for older insureds; and adding a new section to chapter 48.19 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 48.19 RCW to read as follows:

    When the spouse of an insured who is fifty-five years of age or older dies, insurance companies writing automobile liability and physical damage insurance in this state shall continue to apply to the premium paid by the surviving insured all discounts associated with marital status and the driving record of the deceased spouse for a period of two years after the death of the spouse or until the insured remarries.

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