H. B. 2983
(By Delegate Butcher)
[Introduced February 26, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Banking and Insurance then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article twenty, chapter thirty-three of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
eighteen-a, relating to prohibiting automobile insurance
rate increases or surcharges for reason of nonserious
traffic convictions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article twenty, chapter thirty-three of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
eighteen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 20. RATES AND RATING ORGANIZATIONS.
§33-20-18a. Insurance rates not to be increased for minor traffic
violations.
Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this article, an insurer may not increase motor vehicle liability insurance
rates or add surcharges to motor vehicle insurance policies for
reason of convictions not included among those serious traffic
offenses set forth in article five, chapter seventeen-c of this
code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit insurers from
increasing motor vehicle insurance rates or adding surcharges to
those policies for minor traffic violations.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.