NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4320

Senate Bill S4320

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within such city

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Feb 03, 2021	referred to transportation

2021-S4320 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A379
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §607, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A10708
2017-2018: A1061
2019-2020: A535
2023-2024: S5375

2021-S4320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within such city.

2021-S4320 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4320

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of
transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within
such city

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of the bill is to require all insurance companies to provide
the New York city department of transportation with insurance statistic
and other information relating to all motor vehicle accidents occurring
on streets and highways within the city of New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new
section 607 that will require any insurance company which receives an

accident report pursuant to this chapter, in a city having a population
of one million or more, to provide the department of transportation with
statistics and other relevant information related to motor vehicle acci-
dents occurring with such city.

Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately;
provided, however, that the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date is authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York city department of transportation ("DOT") currently bases
its assessment of traffic control needs upon the standards as set forth
by the federal government. As part of this analysis the DOT relies upon
statistics received from the New York Police Department ("NYPD") regard-
ing the number traffic accidents at any given intersection. Given that
there continue to be numerous intersections in obvious need of traffic
controls, which have been found by DOT to not require any control, it is
overly apparent that the use of these NYPD statistics alone is insuffi-
cient. Therefore, it would seem reasonable to require motor vehicle
insurance companies to report statistics of accidents occurring upon
city streets and highways to DOT. In this way DOT will have access to
additional, verifiable, information regarding the number of accidents
occurring at any given intersection within the city.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: A.535 - Referred to Transportation

2017-2018: A.1061 - Referred to Transportation

2015-2016: A.10708 - Referred to Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

2021-S4320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4320
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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  requiring
   all  insurance  companies  to  provide the New York city department of
   transportation with  information  regarding  motor  vehicle  accidents
   within such city
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 607 to read as follows:
   §  607. REPORTS REQUIRED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES. ANY INSURANCE COMPANY
 WHICH RECEIVES AN ACCIDENT REPORT PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER,  IN  A  CITY
 HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT
 OF TRANSPORTATION OF SUCH CITY WITH STATISTICS AND OTHER RELEVANT INFOR-
 MATION RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OCCURRING WITHIN SUCH CITY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01606-01-1

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