Senate Bill S6715

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the peer-to-peer car sharing program act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S6715 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2349
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§3458 - 3461, Ins L; add Art 40 §§900 - 920, Gen Bus L; add Art 29-D §§1299-J - 1299-S, amd §§171-a, 1101, 1160, 1166-a & 1166-b, Tax L; amd §§600, 601 & 1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7422

2021-S6715 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the peer-to-peer car sharing program act, which provides guidelines for establishing peer-to-peer car sharing programs and outlines how they shall be insured, which cars shall be used, how drivers shall work under such programs, and how liability should be determined under such programs in the case of an accident or damaged property.

2021-S6715 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6715 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6715
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the general business law, the tax law
   and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the  peer-to-
   peer car sharing program act

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "peer-to-peer car sharing program act".
   §  2.  The  insurance law is amended by adding four new sections 3458,
 3459, 3460 and 3461 to read as follows:
   § 3458. GROUP INSURANCE FOR PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING  PROGRAMS.    (A)
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  AND  SECTIONS THREE THOUSAND FOUR
 HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE, THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY AND THREE THOUSAND
 FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS  SHALL
 APPLY:
   (1)  "PEER-TO-PEER  CAR  SHARING"  SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET
 FORTH IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
   (2) "PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM" OR  "PROGRAM"  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
   (3)  "PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM AGREEMENT" OR "AGREEMENT" SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSI-
 NESS LAW.
   (4) "SHARED VEHICLE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN ARTI-
 CLE FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
   (5) "SHARED VEHICLE DRIVER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  SET  FORTH
 IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
   (6) "SHARED VEHICLE OWNER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN
 ARTICLE FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
   (7)  "PEER-TO-PEER  CAR  SHARING  DELIVERY PERIOD" SHALL HAVE THE SAME
 MEANING AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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