SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1835        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 472

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Reduction in Premiums for Safe Drivers..

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. Section 113B of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "fifteenth" and inserting in place thereof the following word:- first.

SECTION 2.The thirteenth paragraph of said section 113B of said chapter 175, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:-  There shall also be larger adjustments made for drivers with no surchargeable incidents within the 7 years immediately preceding the applicable rate year and within the 8 years immediately preceding the applicable rate year.