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Assembly Bill A3890

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes insurance premium reductions for non-commercial private passenger vehicles retrofitted with daytime running lamps

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2009-A3890 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2336, Ins L

2009-A3890 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes insurance premium reductions for non-commercial private passenger vehicles retrofitted with daytime running lamps; requires commissioner to promulgate by rule, qualifications and standards for the installation of such lamps.

2009-A3890 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3890

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF, BENEDETTO, BENJAMIN, CARROZZA, J. RIVERA,
  BOYLAND, TOWNSEND, PERRY, DINOWITZ, PEOPLES, FIELDS, COLTON, CHRISTEN-
  SEN, ALFANO, GIGLIO,  TOBACCO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  AMEDORE,  BARRA, CROUCH, MAISEL, SALADINO -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to authorizing  insurance
  premium  reductions  for  private  passenger vehicles retrofitted with
  daytime running lamps

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

  Section  1.  Subsection  (g)  of section 2336 of the insurance law, as
added by chapter 362 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  (g) Any schedule or rating plan for non-commercial  private  passenger
automobile insurance shall [also] provide for an actuarially appropriate
reduction  in  premium  charges  for  bodily  injury liability, property
damage liability,  personal  injury  protection,  medical  payments  and
collision  coverage  with  respect  to automobiles equipped with factory
installed OR RETROFITTED WITH daytime running lamps[(DRL)].  SUCH  LAMPS
SHALL  BE  DESIGNED TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS BY INCREASING VEHICLE VISIBILITY
AND SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.   FURTHER, THE  SUPERINTEN-
DENT  SHALL,  AFTER  CONSULTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES,
PROMULGATE BY RULE QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR THE INSTALLATION  OR
RETROFITTING OF SUCH LAMPS.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
policies issued, renewed or amended on or after such date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00538-02-9

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