Assembly Bill A584A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course

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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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2015-A584 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S789
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §78-a, Nav L; add §2336-b, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7855
2013-2014: A1930, S2022
2017-2018: A2336, S2985
2019-2020: A5415, S3688

2015-A584 - Summary

Requires liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course.

2015-A584 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 789                                                    A. 584

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation

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

AN ACT to amend the navigation law and the insurance law, in relation to
  insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating  safety  course
  or an advanced boating safety course

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

  Section 1. Section 78-a of the navigation law, as added by chapter 160
of the laws of 1990 and as further amended by section 104 of part  A  of
chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  S 78-a. Insurance  rate  reduction.  Any insurance carrier licensed to
issue yacht or boating liability insurance in this state  is  authorized
to  grant  rate reductions with the approval of the department of finan-
cial services to any owner of a  yacht  or  boat  who  has  successfully
completed  a  boating safety course OR AN ADVANCED BOATING SAFETY COURSE
or holds a valid United States Coast Guard operators  license.    IN  NO
EVENT  SHALL THE RATE REDUCTION BE LESS THAN TEN PERCENT FOR ANY INSURED
WHO HAS COMPLETED A BOATING SAFETY COURSE AND FIFTEEN  PERCENT  FOR  ANY
INSURED WHO HAS COMPLETED AN ADVANCED BOATING SAFETY COURSE.
  S  2.  The  insurance law is amended by adding a new section 2336-b to
read as follows:
  S 2336-B.  BOAT  LIABILITY  INSURANCE  RATES;  PREMIUM  REDUCTIONS  IN
CERTAIN CASES. (A) ANY SCHEDULE OF RATES OR RATING PLAN FOR BOAT LIABIL-
ITY  INSURANCE  SUBMITTED  TO  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN
APPROPRIATE REDUCTION IN PREMIUM CHARGES, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION SEVEN-
TY-EIGHT-A OF THE NAVIGATION LAW, FOR ANY INSURED WHO  HAS  SUCCESSFULLY

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

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2015-A584A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S789
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §78-a, Nav L; add §2336-b, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7855
2013-2014: A1930, S2022
2017-2018: A2336, S2985
2019-2020: A5415, S3688

2015-A584A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course.

2015-A584A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 584--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. THIELE, RAIA -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in
  accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the navigation law and the insurance law, in relation to
  insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating  safety  course
  or an advanced boating safety course

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

  Section 1. Section 78-a of the navigation law, as added by chapter 160
of the laws of 1990 and as further amended by section 104 of part  A  of
chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  S 78-a. Insurance  rate  reduction.  Any insurance carrier licensed to
issue yacht or boating liability insurance in this state  is  authorized
to  grant  rate reductions with the approval of the department of finan-
cial services to any owner of a  yacht  or  boat  who  has  successfully
completed  a  boating safety course OR AN ADVANCED BOATING SAFETY COURSE
or holds a valid United States Coast Guard operators license.
  S 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new  section  2336-b  to
read as follows:
  S  2336-B.  BOAT  LIABILITY  INSURANCE  RATES;  PREMIUM  REDUCTIONS IN
CERTAIN CASES. (A) ANY SCHEDULE OF RATES OR RATING PLAN FOR BOAT LIABIL-
ITY INSURANCE SUBMITTED TO  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  AN
APPROPRIATE REDUCTION IN PREMIUM CHARGES, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION SEVEN-
TY-EIGHT-A  OF  THE NAVIGATION LAW, FOR ANY INSURED WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED A BOATING SAFETY COURSE OR AN ADVANCED BOATING  SAFETY  COURSE
WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF PART FIVE OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE NAVIGA-
TION  LAW AND HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS, RECREATION
AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT

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

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