Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3017 Primary Sponsor:P. Harris Committee Number:26 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Motor vehicle insurance rate credit, when Residing Body:House Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Companion Bill Number:114 Date Tabled:19940201 Computer Document Number:436/12774AC.93 Introduced Date:19930112 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940201 Last History Type:Tabled in Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:P. Harris Waldrop Neilson Baxley J. Brown Cromer Felder Gonzales J. Harris Harvin Harwell Inabinett Keegan Kelley Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin Phillips Rhoad Rudnick Sharpe Shissias Snow Tucker Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon A. Young Jennings Moody-Lawrence Harrison Meacham Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved
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3017 House 19940201 Tabled in Committee 26
3017 House 19930112 Introduced, read first time, 26
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-73-737 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY AND COLLISION INSURANCE RATES ARE SUBJECT TO A CREDIT IF AN INSURED HAS PASSED AN APPROVED DRIVER TRAINING COURSE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 38-73-737. (A) Premium rates charged for liability coverages and collision coverage under a private passenger automobile insurance policy are subject to an approved driver training course credit once satisfactory evidence is presented that an applicant for the credit, who is not subject to the youthful operator approved driver training course credit mandated by Regulation 69-13.2(C), has successfully completed an approved driver training course. The amount of the credit may be determined by each individual insurer based upon factually or statistically supported data and is subject to prior approval by the commissioner. The discount must be afforded to the operator for thirty-six months from the date the approved driver training course was completed. The credit must be afforded by each insurer in a nondiscriminatory manner to all applicants, other than those considered within Regulation 69-13.2(C).
(B) `An approved driver training course' for purposes of this section is a driver training course which has been approved by the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or any other responsible educational agency and was conducted by:
(1) a recognized secondary school, college, or university;
(2) instructors certified by the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or other responsible educational agency; or
(3) any other school approved and supervised by the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or other responsible educational agency.
(C) For purposes of this section `satisfactory evidence' is a certificate, signed by an official of the school, the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or other responsible educational agency, which certifies that:
(1) the course was approved by and the instructors were certified by the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or other responsible educational agency; and
(2) for schools other than recognized secondary schools, colleges, or universities, the school was approved and supervised by the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, or other responsible educational agency."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.