Senate Bill S8335

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the amount of the indemnity bond or insurance required by common carrier ambulettes, paratransit vehicles, and commuter vans

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • 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-S8335 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10734
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §370, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S6245, A2153
2023-2024: S409

2019-S8335 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the minimum required amount of the indemnity bond or insurance policy required by certain common carrier ambulettes, paratransit vehicles, and commuter vans.

2019-S8335 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8335 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8335
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  indemnity
   bonds or insurance policies for common carrier ambulettes, paratransit
   vehicles, and commuter vans
 
   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; PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT FOR
 COMMON CARRIER AMBULETTES, PARATRANSIT VEHICLES, AND COMMUTER VANS OPER-
 ATING PURSUANT TO OPERATING AUTHORITY  ISSUED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 TRANSPORTATION  THAT  ARE  ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF CARRYING OR TRANS-
 PORTING 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 THREE 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. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE
 TERM "COMMUTER VAN" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS  DEFINED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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