Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section 113 0 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- No payment shall be made by the insurer of loss or damage to the insured vehicle on a claim for theft coverage, so-called, until the insured received notice from the appropriate police authority that a statement in conformity with the provisions of section twenty-nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-six has been filed. No payment shall be made by the insurer of loss or damage to the insured vehicle on a claim for fire coverage, so-called, until the insured has filed a statement in conformity with the provisions of section twenty-nine B of said chapter two hundred and sixty-six and the insurer has, within a reasonable time, reviewed said statement with the appropriate fire authority and determined no fraud was involved.

SECTION 2. Chapter 266 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 29 the following section:-

Section 29B. Whenever a motor vehicle is burned, the owner of record of such vehicle shall submit to the appropriate fire department a statement signed under the penalties of perjury containing such information concerning the burning of such vehicle as the state fire marshall shall require.