The insurance commissioner must set criteria, issue an RFP, and adopt rules to create a real-time motor-vehicle insurance verification database; the RFP must also require participants to build and maintain the database and give law enforcement 24/7 access.
PART II. UNINSURED MOTORIST IDENTIFICATION DATABASE §2231. Database development; authorization; request for proposals A. The commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall formulate criteria to develop and initiate a request for proposals to procure and implement a real-time system to quickly and accurately identify and verify the existence of motor vehicle insurance or other security required in compliance with the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law using advanced telecommunications and computer technology. B. The request for proposal shall require participants to perform the following: (1) Create and maintain a database, at no cost to the state, of motor vehicles registered in this state which are covered by that security required to operate a motor vehicle in this state as provided in the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law. (2) Provide real-time access to state and local law enforcement officials responsible for enforcing the traffic laws of this state which shall be available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. C. The database may be initially implemented by the commissioner of the Department of Insurance as a two-year pilot program to be developed and implemented statewide upon expiration of the two-year period. D. The commissioner shall require such information as may be necessary from automobile insurers or their representatives and the state treasurer as is needed to assist the contractor in creating and developing the database as such relates to the cancellation or issuance of motor vehicle liability security required in R.S. 32:863.2 or the deposit of sufficient security with the state treasurer in order to operate a motor vehicle in this state. E. The commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Part. Acts 2003, No. 790, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:25.1 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.