An Act To Allow Insurers To Limit Their Uninsured Motorist Coverage to Persons Listed on the Policy
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0122
Committee Amendment CA_A_H512 (House)
Committee: Insurance and Financial Services

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A, to H.P. 98, L.D. 122, Bill, "An Act 
To Allow Insurers To Limit Their Uninsured Motorist Coverage to 
Persons Listed on the Policy" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, 
Regarding Uninsured Motorist Coverage in Automobile 
Insurance Policies' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Uninsured motorist coverage study; report. Resolved: 
That the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, 
Bureau of 
Insurance, 
shall, 
in consultation with 
interested 
persons, 
study 
legal 
and 
policy 
issues 
regardin~ uninsured 
vehicle coverage under motor vehicle insurance policies. 
The 
study must include, but is not limited to, current law regarding 
uninsured vehicle coverage in motor vehicle insurance policies, 
the 
Law Court decision in Butterfield y. 
Norfolk and Dedham 
Mutual 
Fire 
Insurance 
Company, 
2004 
ME 
124, 
Maine 
Supreme 
Judicial Court, September 30, 2004, and related activity in the 
legal system and the motor vehicle insurance market since that 
decision. 
By December 5, 2005, the Superintendent of Insurance 
shall 
submit 
a 
report, 
including 
recommendations 
and 
any 
suggested 
legislation, 
to 
the 
Joint 
Standing 
Committee 
on 
Insurance and Financial Services. 
Following receipt and review 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
... ~~. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,All to H.P. 98, L.D. 122 
of the report, the Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and 
Financial Services may report out a bill regarding uninsured 
motorist coverage to the Second Regular Session of the l22nd 
Legislature. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the title and replaces the bill with 
a resolve. 
The amendment requires the Department of Professional 
and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance, in consultation 
with 
interested persons, 
to 
study 
legal 
and 
policy 
issues 
regarding 
uninsured 
vehicle 
coverage 
under 
motor 
vehicle 
insurance policies. 
The amendment requires the bureau to submit 
a report on the study, including recommended legislation, to the 
Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services no 
later than December 
5, 
2005 
and authorizes the committee to 
report out a bill following its review of the report. 
FISCAL \OTE REQ"CIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/17 /05 ~ae. 
LD122 
LR 0480(02) 
An Act To Allow Insurers To Limit Their Uninsured Motorist Coverage to Persons Listed on the 
Policy 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A" 
Committee: Insurance and Financial Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs to the Bureau of Insurance in the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation can be 
absorbed by the bureau utilizing existing budgetary resources. 
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