S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
July 15, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McDonald) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to authorizing the super-
intendent of financial services to authorize the return of subscribing
member operating reserve balances to members of a municipal insurance
reciprocal
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (a) of section 6109 of the insur-
ance law, as amended by chapter 433 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
read as follows:
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the superintendent may, upon appli-
cation from the attorney-in-fact:
(A) approve other methods for accumulating such subscriber's operating
reserve; or
(B) permit the suspension of the accumulation of the operating reserve
for a fiscal year provided that those earnings are returned to the
subscriber in accordance with subparagraph (B) of paragraph two of
subsection (c) of this section; OR
(C) IN THE CASE OF A MUNICIPAL RECIPROCAL INSURER, AUTHORIZE THE
RETURN OF ANY OUTSTANDING SUBSCRIBER OPERATING RESERVE BALANCE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16889-01-0