Assembly Bill A3140

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts provisions to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle insurance fraud

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2013-A3140 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§401, 405 & 2133, Ins L; amd §§170.10, 170.15, 176.05 & 176.15, add §175.50, Pen L; add §201-a, amd §401 & 502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10698
2015-2016: A3396
2017-2018: A7481

2013-A3140 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their principal place of residence or where their motor vehicle is principally garaged and operated; authorizes such superintendent to accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance actions; requires insurance companies and self-insurers to report incidents of insurance fraud to the department of financial services; includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card

2013-A3140 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3140

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, the penal law, and the vehicle and
  traffic law, in relation to insurance fraud

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

  Section 1. Section 401 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
subsection (d) to read as follows:
  (D)  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL  HAVE BROAD AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THIS
CHAPTER TO INVESTIGATE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES WITH REGARD TO MOTOR  VEHI-
CLE  DRIVERS  THAT  OPERATE  AUTOMOBILES WITH NO INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND
MOTOR VEHICLE  INSUREDS  WHO  MISREPRESENT  THE  PRINCIPAL  PLACE  WHERE
INSURED  MOTOR  VEHICLES ARE GARAGED AND OPERATED. OPERATING MOTOR VEHI-
CLES WITHOUT PROPER INSURANCE IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE VEHICLE
AND TRAFFIC LAW IS A SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO THE  PUBLIC  BECAUSE  DRIVERS
ARE  UNABLE  TO  COMPENSATE INDIVIDUALS FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE THEY INFLICT UPON OTHERS.   FURTHERMORE,  MOTOR  VEHICLE
INSUREDS  WHO  MISREPRESENT  THE PRINCIPAL PLACE WHERE SUCH VEHICLES ARE
GARAGED AND OPERATED IMPROPERLY  SHIFT  THEIR  HIGH  LIABILITY  EXPOSURE
COSTS TO OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE INSUREDS THAT DO NOT FACE SUCH HIGH LIABIL-
ITY RISK AND INSURANCE PREMIUM COSTS.
  S 2. Subsection (a) of section 405 of the insurance law, as amended by
section  7  of  part  A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) Any person licensed or registered pursuant to  the  provisions  of
this  chapter,  and  any  person engaged in the business of insurance or
life settlement in this state who is exempted from compliance  with  the
licensing  requirements  of  this chapter, including the state insurance
fund of this state, who has reason to believe that an  insurance  trans-
action or life settlement act may be fraudulent, or has knowledge that a
fraudulent  insurance  transaction  or fraudulent life settlement act is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04456-01-3
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.