Assembly Bill A10853

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance on each duly appointed police officer

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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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2019-A10853 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8601
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §52-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2106, S5966
2023-2024: A9993, S7147

2019-A10853 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance on each duly appointed police officer in an amount not less than $200,000.

2019-A10853 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10853
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fernandez)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance
   on each duly appointed police officer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 52-a to read as follows:
   §  52-A.  LIABILITY  INSURANCE FOR POLICE OFFICERS. EACH CITY, COUNTY,
 TOWN, VILLAGE, AUTHORITY OR AGENCY SHALL OBTAIN AND  CONTINUOUSLY  MAIN-
 TAIN A POLICY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE ON EACH DULY APPOINTED POLICE OFFI-
 CER OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY, AUTHORITY OR AGENCY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN
 TWO  HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR COVERING CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION CLAIMS
 THAT ARISE FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH  OFFICER'S  POWERS  AND  DUTIES.
 SUCH  INSURANCE  SHALL  BE  USED  TO PAY ANY LEGAL FEES AND/OR JUDGMENTS
 ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CLAIMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16755-01-0

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