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Senate Bill S4626

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires motor vehicle repair shops to provide written notice to customers that an insurance company cannot require a person to use a specific repair shop

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2009-S4626 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A719
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §398-d, V & T L; amd §2610, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1192

2009-S4626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires motor vehicle repair shops to provide written notice to customers that an insurance company cannot require a person to use a specific repair shop.

2009-S4626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4626

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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
  motor vehicle repair shops to provide written notice to customers; and
  to  amend  the  insurance  law,  in  relation to requiring insurers to
  disclose financial interests in motor vehicle repair shops

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 4 of section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION,  EVERY  MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP SHALL PROVIDE TO EACH CUSTOMER A
WRITTEN COPY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED TO BE DISPLAYED BY THIS SECTION.
  S 2. Section 2610 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subsection (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  IN  PROCESSING  ANY  SUCH  CLAIM, AN INSURER THAT HAS A FINANCIAL
INTEREST IN A MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE
HUNDRED  NINETY-EIGHT-B  OF  THE  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, SHALL, AT THE
TIME OF LOSS, ORALLY AND IN  WRITING,  DISCLOSE  SUCH  INTEREST  TO  THE
INSURED,  AFFIRM  THAT  THE  INSURED  IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO USE SUCH
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP AND STATE THAT THE INSURED HAS  THE  RIGHT  TO
USE ANY MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP SELECTED BY THE INSURED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03715-01-9

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