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Jan 11, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S2063
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) 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
2017-S2063 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S2063 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2063 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to placement to the assigned risk plan PURPOSE : Protect volunteer firefighters from personal liability while acting in their capacity as a volunteer firefighter. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : A new section 2335-A is added to amend the insurance law. JUSTIFICATION : This legislation rectifies a disincentive that is being felt by our volunteer firefighters in New York State. Currently, if a volunteer firefighter is operating a motor vehicle during his fire fighting duties and is in an accident while responding to an emergency, he is personally held liable with his own personal auto insurance company. Therefore he is placed in the assigned risk pool and is responsible for increased insurance rates. This law protects the volunteer firefighter from responsibility while acting in the capacity as a volunteer firefighter and responding to
2017-S2063 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2063 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 placement to the assigned risk plan THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2335-a of the insurance law, as added by chapter 152 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: § 2335-a. Prohibition [of] AGAINST rate increases AND PLACEMENT IN AN ASSIGNED RISK PLAN for persons involved in emergency use of vehicles. No insurer authorized to transact or transacting business in this state, or controlling or controlled by or under common control by or with an insurer authorized to transact or transacting business in this state, which sells a policy providing motor vehicle liability insurance cover- age in this state shall increase the policy premium in connection with the insurance permitted or required by this chapter OR SHALL PLACE ANY INSURED TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ASSIGNED RISK PLAN ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER solely because the insured or any other person who customarily operates an automobile covered by the policy has had an accident while operating a motor vehi- cle in response to an emergency, where the insured was either responding to a call to duty as a paid or volunteer member of any police or fire department or first aid squad; or was performing any other function on behalf of the state, any political subdivision thereof, a public author- ity, public benefit corporation, or any other governmental agency or instrumentality in a public emergency. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07838-01-7
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