Assembly Bill A10734

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10734
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 8, 2020
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jean-Pierre)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to indemnity
   bonds or insurance policies for common carrier ambulettes, paratransit
   vehicles, and commuter vans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  second  undesignated  paragraph  of subdivision 1 of
 section 370 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 408 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   For damages for and incident to death or injuries to persons and inju-
 ry to or destruction of property: For each motorcycle and for each motor
 vehicle engaged in the business of carrying or  transporting  passengers
 for hire, having a seating capacity of not more than seven passengers, a
 bond  or  insurance policy with a minimum liability of twenty-five thou-
 sand dollars and a maximum liability of fifty thousand dollars for bodi-
 ly injury, and a minimum liability of fifty thousand dollars and a maxi-
 mum liability of one hundred thousand dollars for death  and  a  minimum
 liability  of ten thousand dollars for injury to or destruction of prop-
 erty; for each motor vehicle engaged in  the  business  of  carrying  or
 transporting  passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of not less
 than eight passengers, a bond or insurance policy with a combined single
 limit of at least one million five hundred thousand dollars  for  bodily
 injury  or  death  to  one  or more persons, and because of injury to or
 destruction of property in any one accident; PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT  FOR
 COMMON CARRIER AMBULETTES, PARATRANSIT VEHICLES, AND COMMUTER VANS OPER-
 ATING  PURSUANT  TO  OPERATING  AUTHORITY  ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 TRANSPORTATION THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF  CARRYING  OR  TRANS-
 PORTING  PASSENGERS FOR HIRE, HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF NOT LESS THAN
 EIGHT PASSENGERS, A BOND OR INSURANCE  POLICY  WITH  A  COMBINED  SINGLE
 LIMIT  OF  AT  LEAST THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR BODILY INJURY OR
 DEATH TO ONE OR MORE PERSONS, AND BECAUSE OF INJURY TO OR DESTRUCTION OF
 PROPERTY IN ANY ONE ACCIDENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE
 TERM  "COMMUTER VAN" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 A. 10734                            2
 
 IN SECTION 19-502 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND
 THE TERM "PASSENGER" SHALL MEAN ANY OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE
 DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.