assembly Bill A10948

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Removes certain requirements for independent insurance adjuster licenses

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Aug 17, 2020 referred to insurance

A10948 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2108, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A3942

A10948 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the character witness requirement for independent insurance adjuster licenses.

A10948 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10948
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cusick) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to  removing  certain
   requirements for independent insurance adjuster licenses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (d) of section 2108 of the insur-
 ance law, as renumbered by section 1 of subpart F of part II of  chapter
 55 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (3)  [Such]  EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE TO ACT
 AS AN INDEPENDENT ADJUSTER, SUCH application shall be  approved,  as  to
 each  person  or  individual  so signing the same, by not less than five
 reputable citizens of the community in which such applicant  resides  or
 transacts  business,  each  of  whom  shall  certify  that he OR SHE has
 personally known the person or individual for a period of at least  five
 years  prior  to the filing of such application, that he OR SHE has read
 such application and believes each of the statements made therein to  be
 true,  that  such person is honest, of good character and competent, and
 not related or connected  to  the  person  so  certifying  by  blood  or
 marriage.  The  certificate  of  approval  shall  be  subscribed by such
 reputable citizens and affirmed by them as true under the  penalties  of
 perjury.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16745-01-0