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 SubTitle16-304-A1_16-304-F29. MOTOR CARRIERS

  Sec.16-304-D5. Minimum coverage  

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  • The minimum amounts referred to in sections 16-304-D1 and 16-304-D4 are prescribed as follows:

    (a) For intrastate carriers:

    $200,000 -

    against claims for bodily injuries to or death of one person in any one accident

    $600,000 -

    for bodily injuries to or death of more than one person in any one accident

    $100,000 -

    against claims for loss or damage in any one accident to the property of others (excluding property of the insured and property transported by the insured designated as cargo).

    (b) For interstate carriers:

    (1) The liability amounts for freight vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of 10,000 pounds or more are those prescribed under Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety Docket No. MC-94, codified as 49 CFR 387, and set forth as follows:

    Kind of Equipment

    Commodity transported

    Single Limit requirement July 1, 1983

    Freight vehicles of 10,000 pounds or more GVW.

    (1) Property (non-hazardous). . . .

    $750,000

    (2) Hazardous substances as defined in 49 CFR 171.8 and designated by the letter E in the first column of the Hazardous Materials Table found at 49 CFR 172.101 transported in cargo tanks, portable tanks, or hopper-type vehicles with capacities in excess of 3,500 water gallons; or in bulk classes A and B explosives, poison gas (Poison A), liquefied compressed gas, compressed gas, or large quantity radioactive materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.389.

    $5,000,000

    (3) Oil listed in 49 CFR 172.101; hazardous waste, hazardous materials and hazardous substances defined in 49 CFR 171.8 and listed in 49 CFR 172.101, but not mentioned in (2) above.

    $1,000,000

    (2) The liability amounts for freight vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of less than 10,000 pounds as follows:

    Kind of equipment

    Limit for bodily injuries to or death of one person

    Limit for bodily injuries to or death of all persons injured or killed in any one accident (subject to a maximum of $100,000 for bodily injuries to or death of one person)

    Limit for loss or damage in any one accident to property of others (excluding cargo)

    (1)

    (2)

    (3)

    (4)

    Freight vehicles under 10,000 pounds GVW

    $100,000

    $300,000

    $50,000

(Effective August 4, 1983)