NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8769

Senate Bill S8769

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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2019-S8769 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10798
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §771, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S4060, A2202

2019-S8769 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S8769 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8769

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
contractors and subcontractors to disclose the existence of property and
casualty insurance

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill helps protect homeowners from damage that may be the result of
work done by a contractor and/or subcontractor by requiring contractors
and subcontractors to disclose in writing the existence of property
and/or casualty insurance along with the contact information of the
insurance company before doing any work on the property.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 771 of the general business law by adding a new
paragraph (i) that requires a contractor or subcontractor to disclose in

writing the existence of property and/or casualty insurance along with
the insurance companies contact information before commencing any work.

Section 2 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

When people suffer damage to their property due to the work of a
contractor/sub-contractor, they deserve, at minimum, to have a clear
idea of how they can file a claim for their property to be made whole.
However, often times contractors/sub-contractors do not provide their
property and/or casualty insurance information or misrepresent the level
of insurance they have to the homeowners before doing the work. A home-
owner should have the insurance information of their contractor before
the work is started to file an insurance claim if damage gets done to
their property.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
180 days.

2019-S8769 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8769
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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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