GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 991
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/26/99

Short Title:  Workers' Comp. and UIM Insurance.	(Public)

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April 13, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT LIABILITY, UNINSURED, AND UNDERINSURED COVERAGE IS NOT REDUCED BY RECEIPT OF SUBROGATED WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-279.21(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage that is provided as part of a motor vehicle liability policy need not insure against:
(1)	A loss for which benefits have been paid under any workers' compensation law except as to the amount of an employer's lien determined pursuant to G.S. 97-10.2(h) or (j), in no event to exceed the applicable uninsured or underinsured coverage limits of the motor vehicle policy; nor
(2)	A loss from any liability for damage to property owned by, rented to, in charge of or transported by the insured."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1999, and applies to policies issued or renewed on or after that date.