Assembly Bill A6861

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits insurers, providing collision or comprehensive coverage of motor vehicles, from requiring repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for vehicle repair parts and materials

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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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2017-A6861 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5761
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2610, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7234, S5786
2015-2016: A6684, S1207
2019-2020: A5698
2021-2022: A6902

2017-A6861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits insurers, providing collision or comprehensive coverage of motor vehicles, from requiring repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for acquisition of vehicle repair parts and materials.

2017-A6861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6861
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, MAGNARELLI, MONTESANO, COOK, COLTON,
   ZEBROWSKI,  GRAF,  CROUCH,  WEPRIN,  MAGEE, HOOPER, BRINDISI, GUNTHER,
   ABINANTI, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ARROYO,  CURRAN,
   DiPIETRO,  McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, RIVERA, SEPULVE-
   DA, STEC, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Insur-
   ance
 
 AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to collision and compre-
   hensive coverage on motor vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subsection  (a)  of  section 2610 of the insurance law is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Whenever a motor vehicle collision  or  comprehensive  loss  shall
 have  been  suffered  by  an  insured, no insurer providing collision or
 comprehensive coverage therefor shall require that repairs  be  made  to
 such  vehicle  in a particular place or shop or by a particular concern,
 NOR REQUIRE A REPAIR FACILITY TO USE A SPECIFIC VENDOR  OR  PROCESS  FOR
 THE  PROCUREMENT OF PARTS OR OTHER MATERIALS NECESSARY FOR THE REPAIR OF
 A MOTOR VEHICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03885-01-7

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