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Assembly Bill A4505

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires tow truck owners to provide certain information to insurers

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2009-A4505 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง397-c, V & T L

2009-A4505 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every owner of one or more towing vehicles licensed to do business within New York state to provide to the company issuing insurance on such vehicles, the name and driver's license number of every driver authorized to operate such vehicle; provides that such information shall be delivered in writing to the insurer within fourteen business days of the hearing of any such new authorized driver.

2009-A4505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4505

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MAYERSOHN, ESPAILLAT, HOOPER, PHEFFER, PERRY --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BARRA,  BRENNAN,  CLARK,  COOK,
  DINOWITZ,  GALEF, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  the owner of a tow truck to provide certain information to its insurer

  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 397-c to read as follows:
  S  397-C. INSURER NOTIFICATION REQUIRED; TOW TRUCK OWNERS. EVERY OWNER
OF ONE OR MORE TOWING VEHICLES LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS WITHIN THIS STATE
SHALL PROVIDE TO THE COMPANY ISSUING INSURANCE  ON  SUCH  VEHICLES,  THE
NAME  AND  DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER OF EVERY DRIVER AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE
SUCH VEHICLE. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND DELIVERED TO  THE
INSURER WITHIN FOURTEEN BUSINESS DAYS OF THE HIRING OF SUCH DRIVER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04393-01-9

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