Assembly Bill A637

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting insurers from asking property owners questions in regards to subsidized housing units

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A637 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3429-b, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9737
2019-2020: A1166

2017-A637 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting insurers from asking property owners questions in regards to subsidized housing units.

2017-A637 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    637
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting  insurance
   companies  from  questioning  property  owners about units occupied by
   tenants under  section  eight  housing  or  other  subsidized  housing
   programs

   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 3429-b
 to read as follows:
   § 3429-B. QUESTIONS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. (A) NO INSURER SHALL  REQUIRE
 ANY  PROPERTY  OWNER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, EITHER WRITTEN OR VERBALLY, IN
 REGARDS TO WHETHER UNITS ARE OCCUPIED BY TENANTS  THAT  RECEIVE  SECTION
 EIGHT  HOUSING  STATUS,  PURSUANT  TO SECTION EIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES
 HOUSING ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, OR  ANY  OTHER  SUBSIDIZED
 HOUSING PROGRAMS.
   (B)  NO INSURER SHALL REFUSE TO ISSUE OR RENEW OR SHALL CANCEL A PROP-
 ERTY OWNER'S INSURANCE POLICY IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DECLINES  TO  ANSWER
 ANY QUESTION DESCRIBED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03114-01-7

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