Assembly Bill A644

                             
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                                    644
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. McMAHON, BUTTENSCHON, JACKSON -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing a  reduction
   in  insurance  premium  charges  for insured volunteer firefighters or
   emergency  personnel  for  a  three  year  period  after  successfully
   completing  the  emergency  vehicle operator's course as part of their
   training
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subsection  (a)  of section 2336 of the insurance law, as
 amended by section 3 of chapter 4 of the laws of  2021,  is  amended  by
 adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
   (3)  ANY  SCHEDULE OF RATES OR RATING PLAN FOR MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY
 AND COLLISION INSURANCE SUBMITTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY PROVIDE  FOR
 AN  ACTUARIALLY  APPROPRIATE  REDUCTION  IN  PREMIUM CHARGES FOR INSURED
 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL FOR A  THREE  YEAR  PERIOD
 AFTER  SUCCESSFULLY  COMPLETING  THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATOR'S COURSE
 (EVOC) AS PART OF THEIR  TRAINING,  PROVIDED  THAT  THERE  SHALL  BE  NO
 REDUCTION IN PREMIUMS FOR A SELF-INSTRUCTION DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE OR
 A  COURSE  WHICH DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR ACTUAL CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR A
 MINIMUM NUMBER OF HOURS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLES.
   §  2.  Subsection (a) of section 2336 of the insurance law, as amended
 by section 4 of chapter 4 of the laws of 2021, is amended  by  adding  a
 new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
   (3)  ANY  SCHEDULE OF RATES OR RATING PLAN FOR MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY
 AND COLLISION INSURANCE SUBMITTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY PROVIDE  FOR
 AN  ACTUARIALLY  APPROPRIATE  REDUCTION  IN  PREMIUM CHARGES FOR INSURED
 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL FOR A  THREE  YEAR  PERIOD
 AFTER  SUCCESSFULLY  COMPLETING  THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATOR'S COURSE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 (EVOC) AS PART OF THEIR  TRAINING,  PROVIDED  THAT  THERE  SHALL  BE  NO
 REDUCTION IN PREMIUMS FOR A SELF-INSTRUCTION DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE OR
 A  COURSE  WHICH DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR ACTUAL CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR A
 MINIMUM  NUMBER  OF HOURS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI-
 CLES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
 amendments to subsection (a) of section 2336 of the insurance  law  made
 by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever-
 sion of such subsection pursuant to section 5 of chapter 751 of the laws
 of  2005,  as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two
 of this act shall take effect.