NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2985

Senate Bill S2985

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2018	committed to rules
Feb 27, 2018	advanced to third reading
Feb 13, 2018	2nd report cal.
Feb 12, 2018	1st report cal.449
Jan 03, 2018	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
Jun 21, 2017	committed to rules
Feb 14, 2017	advanced to third reading
Feb 13, 2017	2nd report cal.
Feb 07, 2017	1st report cal.181
Jan 18, 2017	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Votes

- Feb 12, 2018 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote
  S2985
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote: Feb 12, 2018
      
      aye (13)
      
      Alcantara
      
      Avella
      
      Funke
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Persaud
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
  Feb 7, 2017 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote
  S2985
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2017
      
      aye (13)
      
      Alcantara
      
      Avella
      
      Funke
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Persaud
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano

co-Sponsors

2017-S2985 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2336
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Navigation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §78-a, Nav L; add §2336-b, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7855
2013-2014: S2022, A1930
2015-2016: S789, A584
2019-2020: S3688, A5415

2017-S2985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course.

2017-S2985 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2985

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the navigation law and the insurance
law, in relation to insurance rate reductions upon completion of a
boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course

 PURPOSE :

To provide for boating liability insurance reductions for those who
take boater safety courses.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends section 78-a of the Navigation Law by providing the
authority for insurance carriers to grant rate reductions with the
approval of the Department of Financial Services for boat owners who
complete a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course.

Section 2. Amends the Insurance Law by adding a new section 2336-B
providing that rate schedules submitted to the Commissioner for boat
liability insurance shall provide for an appropriate reduction in
premium charges, as described in section 78-a of the navigation law,
for insured owners who successfully complete a boating safety course
or an advanced boating course. This legislation would not apply to
those cases in which mandatory courses are taken in response to
boating infractions.

Defines the following terms for the purpose of this section: (1)
"boat"; (2) "boating safety course" or "advanced boating safety
course" and (3) "boating safety certificate".

Once approved by the Superintendent, an insurer may upon submission of
a completion certificate by an insured, provide an actuarially
appropriate reduction of the premium for such insured's yacht or
boating liability insurance.

The Superintendent may establish, by rule or otherwise, standards or
guidelines to be used upon the review of the proposed boating safety
course or an advanced boating safety course.

Section 3. Effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Owning and operating a pleasure boat can provide many hours of
enjoyment and summertime pleasure. However, there are many perils and
responsibilities which arise when a boat leaves the dock not only from
the elements but also from other water craft. There are rules and
basic procedures which boat operators should know and observe.  This
bill would provide an incentive to learn and follow those safety rules
and procedures by giving owners who complete basic or advanced boating
safety courses a reduction in boating liability insurance.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16 S.789A/A.584A;
2013-14 S.2022/A.1930;
2012 S.7855

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the State.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
effective immediately, any actions necessary to be taken for the
implementation of provisions of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be completed on or before such effective
date.

2017-S2985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 2985                                                  A. 2336
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, RAIA, JEAN-PIERRE, GALEF,
   SALADINO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT  --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the navigation law and the insurance law, in relation to
   insurance  rate  reductions upon completion of a boating safety course
   or an advanced boating safety course
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 78-a of the navigation law, as added by chapter 160
 of  the  laws of 1990 and as further amended by section 104 of part A of
 chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   § 78-a. Insurance rate reduction. Any insurance  carrier  licensed  to
 issue  yacht  or boating liability insurance in this state is authorized
 to grant rate reductions with the approval of the department  of  finan-
 cial  services  to  any  owner  of  a yacht or boat who has successfully
 completed a boating safety course OR AN ADVANCED BOATING  SAFETY  COURSE
 or holds a valid United States Coast Guard operators license.
   §  2.  The  insurance law is amended by adding a new section 2336-b to
 read as follows:
   § 2336-B.  BOAT  LIABILITY  INSURANCE  RATES;  PREMIUM  REDUCTIONS  IN
 CERTAIN CASES. (A) ANY SCHEDULE OF RATES OR RATING PLAN FOR BOAT LIABIL-
 ITY  INSURANCE  SUBMITTED  TO  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN
 APPROPRIATE REDUCTION IN PREMIUM CHARGES, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION SEVEN-
 TY-EIGHT-A OF THE NAVIGATION LAW, FOR ANY INSURED WHO  HAS  SUCCESSFULLY
 COMPLETED  A  BOATING SAFETY COURSE OR AN ADVANCED BOATING SAFETY COURSE
 WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF PART FIVE OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE NAVIGA-
 TION LAW AND HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS,  RECREATION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07151-01-7

 S. 2985                             2                            A. 2336
 
 AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT
 APPLY TO ATTENDANCE AT A  COURSE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS  FORTY-FIVE  OR
 FORTY-NINE OF THE NAVIGATION LAW AS A RESULT OF ANY BOATING INFRACTION.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (1) THE TERM "BOAT" SHALL MEAN ANY RESIDENTIAL OR PLEASURE VESSEL THAT
 IS  NOT  A CREW RACING SHELL AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE NAVIGATION
 LAW.
   (2) THE TERM "BOATING  SAFETY  COURSE"  OR  "ADVANCED  BOATING  SAFETY
 COURSE"  SHALL  MEAN  A  COURSE  OF  INSTRUCTION  OR  ADVANCED COURSE OF
 INSTRUCTION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS,  RECRE-
 ATION  AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTY-NINE OF THE
 NAVIGATION LAW.
   (3) THE TERM "BOATING SAFETY CERTIFICATE" SHALL MEAN A DOCUMENT  WHICH
 CANNOT  BE  ALTERED  AND  WHICH IS PROVIDED TO A PERSON WHO SUCCESSFULLY
 COMPLETES A BOATING SAFETY COURSE  OR  ADVANCED  BOATING  SAFETY  COURSE
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE NAVIGATION LAW.
   (C)  AN  INSURER,  UPON  APPROVAL  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT,  MAY  UPON
 SUBMISSION OF A COMPLETION CERTIFICATE BY AN INSURED, PROVIDE AN ACTUAR-
 IALLY APPROPRIATE REDUCTION OF THE PREMIUM FOR SUCH INSURED'S  YACHT  OR
 BOATING LIABILITY INSURANCE.
   (D)  THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY ESTABLISH, BY RULE OR OTHERWISE, STANDARDS
 OR GUIDELINES TO BE  USED  BY  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  WHEN  REVIEWING  THE
 PROPOSED BOATING SAFETY COURSE OR AN ADVANCED BOATING SAFETY COURSE.
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law;  provided,  however,
 that  effective  immediately,  any actions necessary to be taken for the
 implementation of the provisions of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized  and  directed  to  be  completed on or before such effective
 date.

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Sponsored By

Kenneth P. LaValle

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

co-Sponsors

John A. DeFrancisco

Patrick M. Gallivan

Timothy M. Kennedy

Luis R. Sepúlveda

2017-S2985 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S2985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S2985 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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