| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jun 19, 2018 | referred to insurance delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Jun 18, 2018 | ordered to third reading cal.1846 committee discharged and committed to rules |
| Jan 03, 2018 | referred to insurance |
| May 22, 2017 | referred to insurance |
senate Bill S6455
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
John A. DeFrancisco
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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Pamela Helming
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
S6455 (ACTIVE) - Details
S6455 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6455 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to motorcycle insurance policies PURPOSE : To ensure that the owners of motorcycles are aware that automobile no fault insurance law does not apply to motorcycles and that New York State underinsured motorist coverage is available. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 - Provides that insurance companies provide policy language advising motorcyclists that no fault insurance provisions for automobiles do not apply to motorcycles and that, as an alternative, state underinsured motorist coverage is available; and requires that motorcyclists who refuse state underinsured motorist coverage sign a statement confirming they were informed of the availability of that coverage. Section 2 - Sets the effective date. JUSTIFICATION :
S6455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6455
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 22, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to motorcycle insurance
policies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5103 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
new subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
(F-1) EVERY OWNER'S POLICY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE ISSUED ON A MOTORCY-
CLE IN SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE SIX OR EIGHT OF THE
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OR SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED SEVEN OF SUCH LAW
SHALL INFORM THE INSURED THAT NO-FAULT INSURANCE PROVISIONS FOR AUTOMO-
BILES OR MOTOR VEHICLES DO NOT APPLY TO MOTORCYCLES AND THAT STATE UNDE-
RINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE IS AVAILABLE, AND THAT THE LACK OF NO-FAULT
INSURANCE UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE OFFSET BY THE PURCHASE OF
STATE UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE, SINCE DAMAGES MAY EXCEED TWENTY-
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE REQUIRED BY LAW.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided that any rules and regulations
necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
are authorized and directed to be promulgated and shall become effective
on such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02178-01-7
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