February 3, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Bieda, Condino, Gleason, Gillard, Donigan, Wojno, Hunter, Espinoza, Kathleen Law, Anderson, Acciavatti, Kahn and Garfield and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
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 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 copy, 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 each month of all motor vehicles in
this state that were insured with the insurer in the immediately
preceding month and shall notify the secretary of state each month
of any policy that, in the immediately preceding month, expired
without being renewed or is terminated or if a policyholder cancels
his or her automobile insurance policy. The notice to the secretary
of state under this subsection shall contain all of the following
information:
(a) Vehicle identification numbers.
(b) Name and address of the policyholder.
(c) Insurance policy numbers.
(d) If applicable, the time and date of expiration,
termination, or cancellation of an automobile insurance policy.
(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.