Assembly Bill A6090

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to transportation network companies

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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-A6090 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5106, add §§3441, 3455, Ins L; amd §§121-e, 148-a, 401 & 498, add Title X-A Art 46-A §§2200 - 2210, V & T L; amd §181, Gen Muni L; amd §151, Transp L

2015-A6090 - Summary

Relates to transportation network companies that use a digital network to connect transportation network drivers to transportation network riders for the purpose of providing transportation; provides for insurance for such companies and implements registration, regulation and operational requirements.

2015-A6090 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6090

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, the vehicle and traffic law, the
  general municipal law and  the  transportation  law,  in  relation  to
  transportation network companies

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

  Section 1. Section 5106 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
new subsection (e) to read as follows:
  (E)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION,
IF (I) MORE THAN ONE INSURER HAS ISSUED AN OWNER'S POLICY  OF  LIABILITY
INSURANCE  ON THE SAME MOTOR VEHICLE, (II) ONE SUCH POLICY WAS ISSUED IN
SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
FIC LAW, AND (III) ONE SUCH POLICY WAS ISSUED  IN  SATISFACTION  OF  THE
REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, THEN THE INSURER ISSUING THE POLI-
CY IN SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE OF THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  SHALL  BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF FIRST PARTY BENEFITS WHEN A DISPUTE EXISTS AS
TO  WHICH  SUCH  POLICY IS APPLICABLE. WHEN THERE IS SUCH A DISPUTE, THE
INSURER ISSUING THE POLICY IN SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDI-
VISION TWO OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE OF THE VEHICLE  AND
TRAFFIC  LAW  SHALL  HAVE  THE RIGHT TO RECOVER THE AMOUNT PAID FROM THE
OTHER INSURER TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LOSS AROSE FROM THE USE AND  OPERA-
TION OF THE INSURED MOTOR VEHICLE OTHER THAN AS A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
VEHICLE. ANY SUCH DISPUTE SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARBI-
TRATION  PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FIVE THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE  AND  REGULATIONS  AS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
  S 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3455 to read
as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09726-01-5
              

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2015-A6090A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5106, add §§3441, 3455, Ins L; amd §§121-e, 148-a, 401 & 498, add Title X-A Art 46-A §§2200 - 2210, V & T L; amd §181, Gen Muni L; amd §151, Transp L

2015-A6090A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to transportation network companies that use a digital network to connect transportation network drivers to transportation network riders for the purpose of providing transportation; provides for insurance for such companies and implements registration, regulation and operational requirements.

2015-A6090A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6090--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL, RYAN, MORELLE, FAHY, McDONALD, STIRPE --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  the
  general  municipal  law  and  the  transportation  law, in relation to
  transportation network companies

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

  Section  1.  The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3441
to read as follows:
  S 3441. TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES.    (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER, THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO TRANSPORTA-
TION NETWORK COMPANIES.
  (B)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL
APPLY:
  (1) "PERSONAL VEHICLE" MEANS A MOTOR VEHICLE USED BY A  TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK COMPANY DRIVER AND IS:
  (A)  OWNED,  LEASED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED FOR USE BY THE TRANSPORTA-
TION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVER; AND
  (B) NOT A TAXICAB, LIVERY OR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE.
  (2) "DIGITAL NETWORK" MEANS ANY ONLINE-ENABLED APPLICATION,  SOFTWARE,
WEBSITE OR SYSTEM OFFERED OR UTILIZED BY A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPA-
NY  THAT ENABLES THE PREARRANGEMENT OF RIDES WITH TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANY DRIVERS.
  (3) "TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY" MEANS A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP,
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT IS  OPERATING  IN  THIS  STATE
THAT  USES  A  DIGITAL NETWORK TO CONNECT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
RIDERS TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVERS WHO PROVIDE PREARRANGED
RIDES. A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO  CONTROL,
DIRECT OR MANAGE THE PERSONAL VEHICLES OR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09726-05-5
              

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