ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 593
(By Senators Minard and Kessler)
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[Passed March 9, 2002; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section thirty-three, article six,
chapter thirty-three of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the
use of used car guides that are approved by the West Virginia
insurance commissioner for setting the minimum value of motor
vehicles involved in total loss claims.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section thirty-three, article six, chapter thirty-three
of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. THE INSURANCE POLICY.
§33-6-33. Value of motor vehicle involved in claim.
Insurance companies doing business in this state shall use the
most recent version of an "official used car guide" approved by the
insurance commissioner as a guide for setting the minimum value of any motor vehicle involved in a claim settlement arising from a
motor vehicle accident. In addition to any cash settlement value
so agreed to by the claimant, there shall be added an amount equal
to five percent of the cash settlement value as reimbursement to
the claimant for the excise tax imposed under section four, article
three, chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia.
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