Bill To Permit Mennonites To Self-Insure Autos Goes To Georgia Governor For Signature

WSAV News reports that yesterday the Georgia state Senate passed, and sent to the governor for his signature, HB 656. The law will allow a 100-member community of Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonites who live in Metter (GA), near Savannah, to self-insure rather than buy auto insurance. Their religion considers insurance to be gambling. The bill provides that a religious organization may qualify as a self insurer for vehicles owned or leased by its members if the organization meets a number of specific requirements, including having been in continuous existence since 1950 and having been exempt from federal social security and medicare since 1970.