March 16, 2005, Introduced by Senators OLSHOVE, CHERRY, BERNERO, SCHAUER, JACOBS, KUIPERS, HAMMERSTROM and PRUSI and referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
by amending section 3101a (MCL 500.3101a), as amended by 1996 PA
456.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
3101a. (1) An insurer , in conjunction with the issuance
of
an that issues a policy for automobile insurance, policy, as
defined in section 3303, shall provide 2 certificates of insurance
for each insured vehicle. The insurer shall mark 1 of the
certificates
as the secretary of state's copy.
, which The copy
shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), shall be
filed with the secretary of state by the policyholder upon
application for a vehicle registration. The secretary of state
shall
not maintain the certificate of insurance received under
this subsection on file. An insurer shall notify the secretary of
state if a policy expires without being renewed or is terminated or
if a policyholder cancels his or her automobile insurance policy.
The notice of expiration, termination, or cancellation shall
contain all of the following information:
(a) The vehicle identification number.
(b) The name and address of the policyholder.
(c) The insurance policy number.
(d) The time and date of expiration, termination, or
cancellation.
(2) The secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle
insurance a transmission, in the format required by the secretary
of state, of the insured vehicle's vehicle identification number.
Vehicle identification numbers received by the secretary of state
under this subsection are confidential and shall not be disclosed
to
any person except pursuant to an order by order of
a court of
competent jurisdiction in connection with a claim or fraud
investigation or prosecution. The transmission to the secretary of
state of a vehicle identification number is proof of insurance to
the secretary of state for motor vehicle registration purposes only
and is not evidence that a policy of insurance actually exists
between an insurer and an individual.
(3) A person who fails to supply information to the secretary
of state or who supplies false information to the secretary of
state under this section or who issues or uses an altered,
fraudulent, or counterfeit certificate of insurance is guilty of a
misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year ,
or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 312
of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.