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Senate Bill S93
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2009-S93 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง3421, Ins L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S1710
2013-2014: S624
2015-2016: S4078
2009-S93 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S93 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurers from canceling, refusing to issue or renew, or charging higher premiums for homeowners' insurance based on the breed of dog owned if the dog completes an approved obedience course PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To limit insurers' ability to summarily cancel insurance coverage, raise rates or refuse to renew homeowners insurance policies based on the breed of dog such insured owns. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 342 I. This section provides that no insurer shall refuse to issue or renew, cancel, charge or impose an increased rate for such policy based on harboring a dog or dogs of a specific breed or "mixed" breed. Section 2 provides that an insurer is not prohibited from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased rate for such policy based on a dog's designation as a "dangerous dog" pursuant to section 121 of the agriculture and markets law. However, before the insurance company may do any of the above, it must offer the homeowner the opportunity to enroll their dog in an approved obedience course. The insurer shall provide the dog 90 days to successfully complete such
2009-S93 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 93 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurers from canceling, refusing to issue or renew, or charging higher premi- ums for homeowners' insurance based on the breed of dog owned if the dog completes an approved obedience course THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3421 to read as follows: S 3421. HOMEOWNERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE; DOGS. 1. WITH RESPECT TO HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE POLICIES AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, NO INSURER SHALL REFUSE TO ISSUE OR RENEW, CANCEL, OR CHARGE OR IMPOSE AN INCREASED PREMIUM OR RATE FOR SUCH POLICY OR CONTRACT BASED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, UPON HARBORING OR OWNING A DOG OR DOGS OF A SPECIFIC BREED OR BREEDS OR A DOG OR DOGS "MIXED" WITH A SPECIFIC BREED OR BREEDS. 2. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT PROHIBIT AN INSURER FROM REFUSING TO ISSUE OR RENEW OR FROM CANCELING ANY SUCH CONTRACT OR POLI- CY, NOR FROM IMPOSING AN INCREASED PREMIUM OR RATE FOR SUCH A POLICY OR CONTRACT BASED UPON THE DESIGNATION OF A DOG OF ANY BREED OR MIXTURE OF BREEDS AS A DANGEROUS DOG PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, BASED ON SOUND UNDERWRITING AND ACTUAR- IAL PRINCIPLES REASONABLY RELATED TO ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED LOSS EXPERI- ENCE SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE. HOWEVER, BEFORE AN INSURER MAY REFUSE TO ISSUE, RENEW OR CANCEL SUCH CONTRACT OR POLICY OR IMPOSE AN INCREASED PREMIUM OR RATE FOR SUCH POLICY OR CONTRACT BASED UPON THE DESIGNATION OF A DOG AS DANGEROUS, AN INSURER SHALL PROVIDE SUCH DANGER- OUS DOG NINETY DAYS TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN APPROVED OBEDIENCE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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