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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2020
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  indem-
   nity bonds and insurance policies for ambulettes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The second  undesignated  paragraph  of  subdivision  1  of
 section 370 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 408 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   For damages for and incident to death or injuries to persons and inju-
 ry to or destruction of property: For each motorcycle and for each motor
 vehicle  engaged  in the business of carrying or transporting passengers
 for hire, having a seating capacity of not more than seven passengers, a
 bond or insurance policy with a minimum liability of  twenty-five  thou-
 sand dollars and a maximum liability of fifty thousand dollars for bodi-
 ly injury, and a minimum liability of fifty thousand dollars and a maxi-
 mum  liability  of  one hundred thousand dollars for death and a minimum
 liability of ten thousand dollars for injury to or destruction of  prop-
 erty;  for  each  motor  vehicle  engaged in the business of carrying or
 transporting passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of not  less
 than eight passengers, a bond or insurance policy with a combined single
 limit  of  at least one million five hundred thousand dollars for bodily
 injury or death to one or more persons, and  because  of  injury  to  or
 destruction  of  property  in any one accident; EXCEPT THAT FOR AN AMBU-
 LETTE, AS DEFINED IN 17 NYCRR PART 720.8, WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF NOT
 LESS THAN EIGHT NOR MORE THAN TWELVE PASSENGERS,  A  BOND  OR  INSURANCE
 POLICY  WITH  A  MINIMUM LIABILITY OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A
 MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, PER PASSENGER, FOR  BODILY
 INJURY,  AND A MINIMUM LIABILITY OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A MAXIMUM
 LIABILITY OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  PER  PASSENGER,  FOR
 DEATH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15818-02-0