Assembly Bill A7040

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the placement of certain insureds in the motor vehicle insurance assigned risk plan based upon any accident occurring while responding to an accident

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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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2011-A7040 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3144
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2335-a, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2733
2013-2014: A2255, S906
2015-2016: A2579, S1619
2017-2018: A5100, S2063
2019-2020: A3954

2011-A7040 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the placement of an insured in the motor vehicle insurance assigned risk plan based upon any accident arising from such insured's operation of a motor vehicle while responding to an emergency as a firefighter, police officer or member of a first aid squad.

2011-A7040 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7040

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 11, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Insurance

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance  law, in relation to placement to the
  assigned risk plan

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  2335-a of the insurance law, as added by chapter
152 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  S 2335-a. Prohibition [of] AGAINST rate increases AND PLACEMENT IN  AN
ASSIGNED RISK PLAN for persons involved in emergency use of vehicles. No
insurer authorized to transact or transacting business in this state, or
controlling  or  controlled  by  or  under  common control by or with an
insurer authorized to transact or transacting business  in  this  state,
which  sells a policy providing motor vehicle liability insurance cover-
age in this state shall increase the policy premium in  connection  with
the  insurance  permitted or required by this chapter OR SHALL PLACE ANY
INSURED TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE ASSIGNED  RISK  PLAN  ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  FIFTY-THREE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER solely because the
insured or any other  person  who  customarily  operates  an  automobile
covered  by the policy has had an accident while operating a motor vehi-
cle in response to an emergency, where the insured was either responding
to a call to duty as a paid or volunteer member of any  police  or  fire
department  or  first aid squad; or was performing any other function on
behalf of the state, any political subdivision thereof, a public author-
ity, public benefit corporation, or any  other  governmental  agency  or
instrumentality in a public emergency.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07669-01-1

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