HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 362        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 875

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to temporarily suspend automobile insurance rating changes ..

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

1.  Any and all changes to the private passenger automobile insurance system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that affect the pricing of private passenger automobile insurance policies will be suspended until after the legislative consideration and disposition of the acts titled “An Act to stress user-controllable factors in automobile insurance premiums” and “An Act to preserve the financial assistance feature in automobile insurance rating” filed for consideration by the General Court in the 2009-2010 session.

This suspension also applies to any and all such changes to the private passenger automobile insurance system that have been authorized and/or have taken effect since December 31, 2008.

SECTION 2.   Effective date. 

This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage.  It is requested that this act

be processed as expeditiously as possible consistent with appropriate legislative consideration in order to minimize any confusion and/or complexities that might otherwise result.

SECTION 3.  Termination.

This act shall terminate and the suspensions described herein shall cease following the latter/last of the final disposition and/or effective dates of the two above-referenced acts, including the final disposition and/or effective dates of the legislative act(s) directed in the latter above-referenced act.