NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1006

HOUSE BILL 930

 

 

AN ACT TO REWARD SAFE DRIVERS BY AMENDING ARTICLE 25 OF CHAPTER 58 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO EQUITABLY REGULATE AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE RATES AND ESTABLISH A SAFE DRIVER REWARD PLAN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 58‑248.2 is amended by deleting the second, third and fourth sentences thereof.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 58‑248.8 is rewritten to read as follows:

"G.S. 58‑248.8.  Rates to distinguish between safe and nonsafe drivers. The Commissioner of Insurance, in the manner prescribed by Article 25 of Subchapter V of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes, is directed to establish a Safe Driver Reward Plan which adequately and factually distinguishes between classes of drivers having safe‑driving records and those having a record of chargeable accidents, convictions of major traffic violations and/or a series of minor traffic violations."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after September 1, 1961.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1961.