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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 240

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Crane, Winsley and Unsoeld

Read first time 1/22/87 and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle liability insurance; and adding a new section to chapter 48.18 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 48.18 RCW to read as follows:

          A motor vehicle insurance policy written or renewed after January 1, 1988, that provides comprehensive or collision coverage shall also provide coverage against loss resulting from liability in at least the minimum amounts set forth in RCW 46.29.090.  The liability coverage is not required during any month in which the vehicle is not used on the highways of this state.