Citations Affected: IC 9-25; noncode.
Synopsis: Evidence of lack of insurance. Provides that failure to
submit proof of financial responsibility to the bureau of motor vehicles
is prima facie evidence in a civil action that a person did not have
insurance in effect on the date of an accident.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 23, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial
Institutions.
February 5, 2001, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 8, 2001, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
February 9, 2001, engrossed.
February 12, 2001, read third time, passed. Yeas 50, nays 0.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
SECTION 1. IC 9-25-5-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 4. (a) To avoid a current driving
license suspension or vehicle registration suspension under this article,
a person identified under section 2 of this chapter who receives a
request for evidence of financial responsibility must provide the bureau
with a certificate of compliance indicating that financial responsibility
required by IC 9-25-4-1 was in effect with respect to the motor vehicle
on the date of the accident described in the accident report.
(b) Proof that the bureau:
(1) did not receive a certificate of compliance from a person
presented with a request for evidence of financial
responsibility under section 2 of this chapter within forty-five
(45) days after the date on which the person was presented
with the request;
(2) received a certificate of compliance that did not indicate
that financial responsibility was in effect with respect to the
motor vehicle that the person was operating on the date of the
accident described in the accident report; or
(3) suspended a current driving license or vehicle registration
under IC 9-25-6-3 after presenting a person with a request for
evidence of financial responsibility under section 2 of this
chapter;
is prima facie evidence in a civil action that the person presented
with the request for evidence of financial responsibility did not
have a motor vehicle liability policy in effect with respect to the
motor vehicle that the person was operating on the date of the
accident described in the accident report.
SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001] IC 9-25-5-4, as
amended by this act, applies to evidence admitted in any civil
proceeding after June 30, 2001, to prove that a motor vehicle
liability policy was in effect with respect to a motor vehicle on any
date before, on, or after June 30, 2001.