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Senate committee advances bill recognizing collective-share programs as proof of liability coverage
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee passed an amendment and approved Senate Bill 574 to allow members of certain religious communities to demonstrate participation in collective-share liability programs (such as Mennonite Motorist Aid) in lieu of annual religious-exemption paperwork; DFA confirmed it requires no specific escrow dollar amount for self-insurance certification.
An unnamed senator told the Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs Committee that Senate Bill 574 corrects a drafting error and restores the ability for certain groups to be treated as exempt under existing law. "So the amendment is is actually a correction," the senator said, describing the amendment as restoring language unintentionally removed in earlier drafting.
The senator said the bill is intended to help religious communities, including Mennonite drivers who object to insurance on…
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