Assembly Bill A4199

                             
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                                   4199
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  indem-
   nity bonds and insurance policies for ambulettes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The second  undesignated  paragraph  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  370  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of
 part ZZ of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   For damages for and incident to death or injuries to persons and inju-
 ry to or destruction of property: For each motorcycle and for each motor
 vehicle  engaged  in the business of carrying or transporting passengers
 for hire, having a seating capacity of not more than seven passengers, a
 bond or insurance policy with a minimum liability of  twenty-five  thou-
 sand dollars and a maximum liability of fifty thousand dollars for bodi-
 ly injury, and a minimum liability of fifty thousand dollars and a maxi-
 mum  liability  of  one hundred thousand dollars for death and a minimum
 liability of ten thousand dollars for injury to or destruction of  prop-
 erty;  for  each  motor  vehicle  engaged in the business of carrying or
 transporting passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of not  less
 than eight passengers, a bond or insurance policy with a combined single
 limit  of  at least one million five hundred thousand dollars for bodily
 injury or death to one or more persons, and  because  of  injury  to  or
 destruction  of property in any one accident; provided, further that for
 commuter vans that are engaged in the business of carrying or transport-
 ing passengers for hire, having a seating  capacity  of  not  less  than
 eight  passengers,  a  bond  or  insurance policy with a combined single
 limit of at least five hundred thousand dollars  for  bodily  injury  or
 death to one or more persons, and because of injury to or destruction of
 property  in  any  one accident. For the purposes of this paragraph, the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 term "commuter van" shall have the same meaning as such term is  defined
 in  section  19-502  of the administrative code of the city of New York;
 EXCEPT THAT FOR AN AMBULETTE, AS DEFINED IN 17 NYCRR PART 720.8, WITH  A
 SEATING CAPACITY OF NOT LESS THAN EIGHT NOR MORE THAN TWELVE PASSENGERS,
 A BOND OR INSURANCE POLICY WITH A MINIMUM LIABILITY OF TWENTY-FIVE THOU-
 SAND  DOLLARS  AND  A  MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, PER
 PASSENGER, FOR BODILY INJURY, AND A MINIMUM LIABILITY OF FIFTY  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  AND  A MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
 PER PASSENGER, FOR DEATH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.