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                                   9525
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2022
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to  prohibiting  insurers
   from refusing to renew a policy on certain automobiles used for volun-
   teer social service transportation; and to amend the vehicle and traf-
   fic  law, in relation to distinguishing automobiles used for volunteer
   social service  transportation  from  transportation  company  network
   vehicles and livery vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (s) of section 3425 of  the  insurance  law,  as
 added by chapter 408 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (s) With respect to automobile insurance[,]:
   (1)  no insurer shall refuse to issue or renew a covered individually-
 owned private passenger policy solely on the [ground] GROUNDS  that  the
 motor  vehicle  to be insured under such policy shall be used for volun-
 teer firefighting OR FOR PERFORMING VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR  A  NONPROFIT
 CHARITABLE  ORGANIZATION  OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY CONSISTING OF PROVIDING
 SOCIAL SERVICE TRANSPORTATION; AND
   (2) NO INSURER MAY  IMPOSE  A  SURCHARGE  OR  INCREASE  PREMIUMS  WITH
 RESPECT  TO A COVERED INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED PRIVATE PASSENGER POLICY SOLELY
 ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE INSURED  UNDER  SUCH  POLICY
 SHALL BE USED FOR PERFORMING VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR A NONPROFIT CHARITA-
 BLE  ORGANIZATION  OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY CONSISTING OF PROVIDING SOCIAL
 SERVICE TRANSPORTATION.
   § 2. Paragraphs (vii) and (viii) of subdivision 1 of section  1691  of
 the  vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part AAA of chap-
 ter 59 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   (vii) any motor vehicle having a seating capacity of more  than  seven
 passengers; [and]
   (viii)  any  motor vehicle subject to section three hundred seventy of
 this chapter; AND
   (IX) ANY INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE  USED  FOR
 PERFORMING VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR A NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 GOVERNMENTAL  AGENCY  CONSISTING OF PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICE TRANSPORTA-
 TION.
   § 3. Section 121-e of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
 15 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   § 121-e. Livery.  Every  motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or a bus,
 used in the business of transporting passengers for compensation. Howev-
 er, it shall not include:
   1. vehicles which are rented or leased without a driver; OR
   2. ANY INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED PRIVATE PASSENGER  MOTOR  VEHICLE  USED  FOR
 PERFORMING VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR A NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION OR
 GOVERNMENTAL  AGENCY  CONSISTING OF PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICE TRANSPORTA-
 TION.
   § 4.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
 have  become  a law; provided that the provisions of section one of this
 act shall apply to insurance policies issued or delivered on  and  after
 such effective date.