Bill Text: NY A01173 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to motor vehicle damage estimates being obtained at drive-in claim centers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-23 - enacting clause stricken [A01173 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A01173-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1173
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEMINERIO  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to motor  vehicle  damage
         estimates being obtained at drive-in claim centers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The section heading of section 2610 of the insurance law is
    2  amended and a new subsection (c) is added to read as follows:
    3    Collision [or], comprehensive AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE  coverage  on  motor
    4  vehicles; claims; repairs; ESTIMATES.
    5    (C)  NO  INSURER,  AGENT, BROKER OR ANY EMPLOYEE THEREOF SHALL REQUIRE
    6  THAT AN ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE BE OBTAINED  AT  A  DRIVE-IN
    7  CLAIMS CENTER OPERATED BY AN INSURER.
    8    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    9  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01843-01-9