Proposition Summary

LIMITATION ON RECOVERY TO FELONS, UNINSURED MOTORISTS, DRUNK DRIVERS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Denies all recovery of damages to a convicted felon whose injuries were proximately caused during the commission of the felony or immediate flight therefrom. Denies recovery for noneconomic damages (e.g., pain, suffering, disfigurement) to drunk drivers, if subsequently convicted, and to uninsured motorists who were injured while operating a vehicle. Provides exception when an uninsured motorist is injured by a subsequently convicted drunk driver. With this one exception, provides that insurer is not liable for noneconomic damages. Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: Probably minor annual savings in state and local government court-related costs. Reduction in insurance tax revenue to the state of probably less than $5 million annually.

Proposition Number

213

Year

1996

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 7278167; A: 76.9; N: 2194380; B: 23.1

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

For Author

Linda Oxenreider, California President, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD); Chuck Quackenbush, California Insurance Commissioner; D. O. "Spike" Helmick, California Highway Patrol Commissioner

Against Author

Harvey Rosenfield, Proposition 103 Enforcement Project; Ken McEldowney, Executive Director, Consumer Action; Ina DeLong, Executive Director, United Policyholders

Rebuttal Author

Ken McEldowney, Executive Director, Consumer Action; Ina DeLong, Executive Director, United Policyholders; Roy Ulrick, Campaign Finance Reform Advocate

Rebuttal Against Author

Ronald E. Lowenberg, President, California Police Chiefs' Association; Jan Miller, Chairman, Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau; Steven H. Craig, President, Peace Officers Research Association of California

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