Bill Text: NY A03797 | 2017-2018 | 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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to insurance [A03797 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03797-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3797
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- 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    § 2. Section 2342 of the insurance law, as amended  by  section  6  of
    11  part B of chapter 78 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
    12    § 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,  and  [subsection] subsections (b) and (i) of section two thousand
    19  three hundred thirty-six of this article shall cease to be of any  force
    20  or  effect  during the period August third, two thousand one through the
    21  day before the effective date of the property/casualty insurance  avail-
    22  ability act, and after June thirtieth, two thousand seventeen.
    23    §  3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that subsection
    24  (i) of section 2336 of the insurance law, as added  by  section  one  of
    25  this  act,  shall  be  subject  to, and shall expire in accordance with,
    26  section 2342 of the insurance law, as from time to time amended.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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