Bill Text: NY A03410 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that any schedule of rates or rating plan for non-commercial private passenger automobile insurance coverage submitted to the superintendent of financial services shall provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges for any insured participating in an official police department program or other program designed to prevent or reduce motor vehicle theft.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to insurance [A03410 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03410-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3410
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to motor  vehicle  insur-
         ance rate reductions for participation in certain anti-theft programs
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2336 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subsection (i) to read as follows:
    3    (I)  ANY  SCHEDULE OR RATING PLAN FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PRIVATE PASSENGER
    4  AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  AN  APPROPRIATE  REDUCTION  IN
    5  PREMIUM  CHARGES  FOR COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE WITH RESPECT TO ANY INSURED
    6  VEHICLE ENROLLED BY  THE  OWNER  IN  THE  "COMBAT  AUTO  THEFT  (C.A.T.)
    7  PROGRAM" OR ANY OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED
    8  PURSUANT  TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
    9  LAW, IN ANY MUNICIPALITY PARTICIPATING IN SUCH PROGRAM.
   10    S 2. Section 2342 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter  102  of
   11  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   12    S 2342. Expiration of certain provisions. The provisions of subsection
   13  (c)  of  section  two thousand three hundred seven, section two thousand
   14  three hundred eight,  subsection  (a)  of  section  two  thousand  three
   15  hundred  ten,  sections two thousand three hundred sixteen, two thousand
   16  three hundred twenty, two thousand three hundred twenty-three, two thou-
   17  sand three hundred twenty-six, and two thousand  three  hundred  thirty-
   18  five, [subsection] SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (I) of section two thousand three
   19  hundred  thirty-six  and section two thousand three hundred forty-one of
   20  this article shall cease to be of any force or effect during the  period
   21  August third, two thousand one through the day before the effective date
   22  of  the  property/casualty  insurance  availability  act, and after June
   23  thirtieth, two thousand fourteen.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00558-01-3