(a) The department shall, by December 31, 2015, in consultation with the CAARP Advisory Committee, establish and maintain a consumer-oriented Internet Web site that provides all of the following:
(1) Referral to a list of certified agents or brokers with an office in the same geographic area as the consumer who may be contacted to purchase a low-cost automobile insurance policy.
(2) Information about the eligibility requirements, benefits, and limits of the low-cost automobile insurance policy.
(3) Notification that if a consumer does not qualify for the low-cost automobile insurance policy, other policies may be available from producers or insurers, and directing the consumer to the department’s automobile insurance premium comparison Internet Web page.
(b) The CAARP Advisory Committee shall develop a proposal, by December 31, 2015, subject to approval by the commissioner, for interested consumers to apply for the program without physically visiting the office of a producer. This proposal may include the electronic uploading of documents, electronic signatures, linking eligible hotline callers and Internet Web site visitors directly to one or more producers, and electronic payments.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 487, Sec. 14. (SB 1273) Effective January 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 11629.84.)
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