HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3256        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 871

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to Uninsured Motorist Coverage Benefits..

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.  Paragraph (2) of section 113L of chapter 175 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and by inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

For the purpose of said coverage, if the policyholder or obligor elects to purchase the coverage described in this paragraph, the term “uninsured motor vehicle” shall also include protection of persons insured thereunder who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of insured motor vehicles, trailers of semitrailers, whose policies or bonds are insufficient in limits of liability subject to the terms of the policy.