Closing Loophole - USA - Senate Passes Bill To Require Truck-Insurance Notification
Washington,DC,USA -Hartford Courant, (Conn.), by CHRISTOPHER KEATING -Oct 27, 2005: -- The state Senate on Wednesday took the first steps toward closing a loophole in state law, passing a bill that requires the state to be notified when a commercial truck owner drops its insurance... The loophole came to light after the July 29 crash of a dump truck on Route 44 at the bottom of Avon Mountain. Four people died, including a father of five... The problem gained widespread attention in 1993 when the legislature passed a law requiring insurance companies to notify the DMV when a motorist drops insurance... But legislators left a gap in the law, including using the words "no such notification shall be made for any cancellation of any policy of commercial" vehicles' insurance... That gap will now be closed if the measure, as expected, is passed by the House and signed by Rell... The bill would become effective Jan. 1...
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