NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5402A

Senate Bill S5402A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within such city

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 13, 2016	print number 5402a
Apr 13, 2016	amend and recommit to transportation
Jan 06, 2016	referred to transportation
May 14, 2015	referred to transportation

Bill Amendments

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2015-S5402 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10708
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §607, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1450, A1061
2019-2020: A535
2021-2022: A379

2015-S5402 - Summary

Relates to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within such city.

2015-S5402 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5402

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York
city department of transportation with information regarding motor
vehicle accidents within such city

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  The purpose of the bill is to
require all insurance companies to provide the New York city
department of transportation with insurance statistic and other
information relating to all motor vehicle accidents occurring on
streets and highways within the city of New York.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a
new section 606 that will require any insurance company which receives
an accident report pursuant to this chapter, in a city having a
population of one million or more, to provide the department of
transportation with statistics and other relevant information related
to motor vehicle accidents occurring with such city

Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately;
provided, however, that the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date is authorized to be made and completed on or before

such effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:  The New York city department of transportation ("DOT")
currently bases its assessment of traffic control needs upon the
standards as set forth by the federal government. As part of this
analysis the DOT relies upon statistics received from the New York
Police Department ("NYPD") regarding the number traffic accidents at
any given intersection. Given that there continue to be numerous
intersections in obvious need of traffic controls, which have been
found by DOT to not require any control, it is overly apparent that
the use of these NYPD statistics alone is insufficient. Therefore, it
would seem reasonable to require motor vehicle insurance companies to
report statistics of accidents occurring upon city streets and
highways to DOT. In this way DOT will have access to additional,
verifiable, information regarding the number of accidents occurring at
any given intersection within the city.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  None.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:  None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately, provided,
however, that the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date is authorized to be made and completed on or before
such effective date.

2015-S5402 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5402

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  all  insurance  companies  to  provide the New York city department of
  transportation with  information  regarding  motor  vehicle  accidents
  within such city

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 606 to read as follows:
  S  606. REPORTS REQUIRED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES. ANY INSURANCE COMPANY
WHICH RECEIVES AN ACCIDENT REPORT PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER,  IN  A  CITY
HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION OF SUCH CITY WITH STATISTICS AND OTHER RELEVANT INFOR-
MATION RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OCCURRING WITHIN SUCH CITY.
  S2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is author-
ized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10995-01-5

2015-S5402A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10708
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §607, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1450, A1061
2019-2020: A535
2021-2022: A379

2015-S5402A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within such city.

2015-S5402A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5402A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York
city department of transportation with information regarding motor
vehicle accidents within such city

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of the bill is to require all insurance companies to
provide the New York city department of transportation with insurance
statistic and other information relating to all motor vehicle
accidents occurring on streets and highways within the city of New
York.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a
new section 607 that will require any insurance company which receives
an accident report pursuant to this chapter, in a city having a
population of one million or more, to provide the department of
transportation with statistics and other relevant information related
to motor vehicle accidents occurring with such city.

Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately;
provided, however, that the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any

rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date is authorized to be made and completed on or before
such effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The New York city department of transportation ("DOT") currently bases
its assessment of traffic control needs upon the standards as set
forth by the federal government. As part of this analysis the DOT
relies upon statistics received from the New York Police Department
("NYPD") regarding the number traffic accidents at any given inter-
section. Given that there continue to be numerous intersections in
obvious need of traffic controls, which have been found by DOT to not
require any control, it is overly apparent that the use of these NYPD
statistics alone is insufficient. Therefore, it would seem reasonable
to require motor vehicle insurance companies to report statistics of
accidents occurring upon city streets and highways to DOT. In this way
DOT will have access to additional, verifiable, information regarding
the number of accidents occurring at any given intersection within the
city.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

2015-S5402A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5402--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
  mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
  all insurance companies to provide the New  York  city  department  of
  transportation  with  information  regarding  motor  vehicle accidents
  within such city

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 607 to read as follows:
  S 607. REPORTS REQUIRED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES. ANY INSURANCE  COMPANY
WHICH  RECEIVES  AN  ACCIDENT REPORT PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, IN A CITY
HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION OF SUCH CITY WITH STATISTICS AND OTHER RELEVANT INFOR-
MATION RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OCCURRING WITHIN SUCH CITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10995-02-6

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