The requirement that a nonresident provide proof of financial responsibility for the operation of a motor vehicle to reinstate a suspended operating privilege or vehicle registration (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, any person whose operating privilege or vehicle registration has been suspended for failure to deposit security or demonstrate financial responsibility after an accident or judgment arising from an accident must provide, and maintain in effect, proof of financial responsibility as a condition of reinstatement of the operating privilege or vehicle registration unless at least three years have elapsed since the person became eligible for reinstatement of the operating privilege or vehicle registration. This applies to any resident or nonresident operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident in this state.

The Department of Transportation may also require proof of financial responsibility in other circumstances, including for issuance of an operator's license after revocation by this state of a person's operating privilege. A nonresident may give proof of financial responsibility by furnishing certification of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy in effect for the benefit of the nonresident, issued by an insurer that satisfies specified requirements, which requirements are specific to nonresidents.

Who's behind it

Law Revision Committee is its author⁠.