Bill Text: CA AB917 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Low-cost automobile insurance program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2023. [AB917 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB917-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 917

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Introduced by Assembly Member Ortega

February 14, 2023

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An act to amend Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 917, as introduced, Ortega. Low-cost automobile insurance program.

Existing law establishes, within the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, a low-cost automobile insurance program for all counties in California. Existing law provides a rebuttable presumption that a driver is qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy if the person meets and claims to meet specified requirements.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 11629.731 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:

11629.731.

 A person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 11629.73, and who claims that he or she meets they meet the requirements of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 11629.73 based entirely or partially on a driver’s license and driving experience obtained other than in the United States or Canada, shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that he or she is they are qualified to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy under the program if he or she has they have been licensed to drive pursuant to a license obtained in the United States or Canada for at least the previous 18 months and meets meet the criteria of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, for that period.