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SB 317 - This act allows a motorist to provide proof of financial responsibility for vehicle registration purposes by displaying an image of an insurance identification card on a mobile electronic device. This act allows the insurance identification card that contains proof of insurance information for a motor vehicle to be produced in a paper or an electronic format. Acceptable electronic forms include the display of electronic images on a cellular phone or any other type of portable electronic device. Under the act, an image of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy displayed on a mobile electronic device shall serve as satisfactory evidence of insurance in lieu of an insurance identification card. The display of an image of an insurance card on a mobile electronic device shall not serve as consent for a law enforcement officer to access other contents of the device in any manner other than to verify the image of the insurance card. The act requires, whenever a person presents a mobile electronic device upon the demand of a law enforcement officer, the person to assume all liability for any damage to the mobile electronic device. The act updates a provision of law which makes it a class B misdemeanor to knowingly or intentionally produce or distribute fraudulent insurance identification cards. Under the act, it will be a Class B misdemeanor to knowingly or intentionally produce or distribute fraudulent identification card images on a mobile electronic device. A portion of this act is similar to HB 322 (2013). STEPHEN WITTE
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