Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2902, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, §68 and affected by §153 and by Pt. C, §15, is further amended to read:

2. The amount of coverage to be so provided may not be less than the amount of coverage for liability for bodily injury or death in the policy offered or sold to a purchaser unless the purchaser expressly rejects such an amount, but in any event may not be less than the minimum limits for bodily injury liability insurance provided for under Title 29-A, section 1605, subsection 1.

SUMMARY

This bill provides that a person's uninsured or underinsured vehicle coverage will be at the same level as that person's liability coverage unless the consumer expressly rejects the equal coverage limit.