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Senate Bill S3956

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows insurance carriers to offer a discount to drivers who have been trained to operate an authorized emergency vehicle

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2021-S3956 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2336, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8747
2023-2024: S5723

2021-S3956 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows insurance carriers to offer a discount to drivers who have been trained to operate an authorized emergency vehicle.

2021-S3956 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3956
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in  relation  to  allowing  insurance
   carriers to offer a discount to drivers who have been trained to oper-
   ate an authorized emergency vehicle

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2336 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subsection (i) to read as follows:
   (I) A SCHEDULE OF RATES OR RATING PLAN FOR MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY AND
 COLLISION  INSURANCE  SUBMITTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY PROVIDE FOR AN
 APPROPRIATE REDUCTION IN PREMIUM CHARGES FOR ANY INSURED, FOR  A  PERIOD
 OF  TIME  WHICH  SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHO HAS BEEN
 TRAINED TO OPERATE  AN  AUTHORIZED  EMERGENCY  VEHICLE,  AS  DEFINED  BY
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. ON OR BEFORE THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS SUBSECTION, THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES
 SHALL CREATE A FORM, WHICH SHALL BE POSTED ON THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES'  WEBSITE, WHEREBY EMPLOYERS OF DRIVERS OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY
 VEHICLES CAN AFFIRM THAT A DRIVER HAS IN FACT BEEN TRAINED TO OPERATE AN
 AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08085-01-1

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