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Assembly Bill A10798

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring contractors and subcontractors to disclose the existence of property and casualty insurance

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2019-A10798 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8769
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §771, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2202, S4060

2019-A10798 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires contractors and subcontractors to disclose the existence of property and casualty insurance before they begin work on a home.

2019-A10798 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10798
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Barnwell) --
   read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on Consumer Affairs and
   Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   contractors  and  subcontractors to disclose the existence of property
   and casualty insurance

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 771 of the general business law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
   (I)  BEFORE  A CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR BEGINS WORK ON A HOME, SUCH
 WRITING SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE HOMEOWNER  THE  EXISTENCE  OF  A  PROPERTY
 AND/OR  CASUALTY INSURANCE POLICY THAT COVERS THE SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRAC-
 TOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYMENT SHOULD AN  INSURANCE  CLAIM  BE  FILED
 RESULTING  FROM  LOSSES  ARISING  FROM  THE  WORK AT SUCH PROPERTY. SUCH
 DISCLOSURE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF  THE  INSURANCE
 COMPANY  PROVIDING  SUCH PROPERTY AND/OR CASUALTY INSURANCE, INCLUDING A
 PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16899-01-0

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