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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 365-MAY 25, 1954

SEC. 17. COMMISSIONERS TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF SECURITY REQUIRED; NOTICES.—(a) The Commissioners, not less than twenty

days after receipt of a report of an accident as described in the preceding article, shall determine the amount of security which shall be sufficient in their judgment to satisfy any judgment or judgments for damages resulting from such accident as may be recovered against each driver or owner. Such determination shall not be made with respect to drivers or owners who are exempt under succeeding sections of this Act from the requirements as to security and suspension. (b) The Commissioners shall determine the amount of security deposit required of any person upon the basis of the reports or other information submitted. In the event a person involved in an accident as described in this Act fails to make a report or submit information indicating the extent of his injuries or the damage to his property within fifty days after the accident and the Commissioners do not have sufficient information on which to base an evaluation of such injuries or damage, then the Commissioners after reasonable notice to such person, if it is possible to give such notice, otherwise without such notice, shall not require any deposit of security for the benefit or protection of such person. (c) The Commissioners within fifty days after receipt of report of any accident referred to herein and upon determining the amount of security to be required of any person involved in such accident or to be required of the owner of any vehicle involved in such accident shall give written notice to every such person of the amount of security required to be deposited by him and that an order of suspension will be made as hereinafter provided upon the expiration of ten days after the sending of such notice unless within said time security be deposited as required by said notice. SEC. 18. EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT OF SECURITY.—The require-

ments as to security and suspension in this article shall not apply— (1) to the driver or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to the vehicle involved in the accident, except that a driver shall not be exempt under this paragraph if at the time of the ac(ident the vehicle was being operated without the owner's permission, express or implied; (2) to the driver, if not the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident, if there was in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to his driving of vehicles not owned by him; (3) to a driver or owner whose liability for damages resulting from the accident is, in the judgement of the Commissioners, covered by any other form of liability insurance policy or bond; (4) to any person qualifying as a self-insurer under section 79 or to any person operating a vehicle for such self-insurer; (5) to the driver or the owner of a vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of anyone other than such driver or owner; (6) to the driver or owner of a vehicle which at the time of the accident was parked, unless such vehicle was parked at a place where parking was at the time of the accident prohibited under any applicable law or ordinance; (7) to the owner of a vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without his permission, express or implied, or was parked by a person who had been operating such vehicle without such permission;

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