00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 284(JUD)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to uninsured and underinsured motor vehicle insurance; and                                             
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 28.20.445(f) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (f)  If both the owner and operator of the uninsured vehicle are unknown,                                             
06 payment under the uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage shall be made only                                      
07 where direct physical contact between the insured and uninsured or underinsured motor                                   
08 vehicles has occurred , or where the accident is witnessed by a disinterested person                                   
09 not occupying the insured vehicle who will attest to the facts of the accident and                                      
10 the involvement of a motor vehicle that left the accident scene without being                                           
11 identified .  A vehicle that has left the scene of the accident with an insured vehicle                                
12 is presumed to be uninsured if the person insured reports the accident to the                                           
13 appropriate authorities within 24 hours.                                                                                
14    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.22.201(b) is amended to read:                                                                     

01  (b)  If both the owner and operator of a vehicle are unknown, payment under                                           
02 the uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage may be made only where direct                                         
03 contact between the motor vehicles has occurred , or where the accident is witnessed                                   
04 by a disinterested person not occupying the insured vehicle who will attest to the                                      
05 facts of the accident and the involvement of a motor vehicle that left the accident                                     
06 scene without being identified .  A vehicle and operator that have left the scene of an                                
07 accident with another vehicle are presumed to be uninsured if the insured person                                        
08 reports the accident to the appropriate authorities within 24 hours.                                                    
09    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2001.