Bill Text: NY A04505 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the owner of a tow truck to provide certain information to its insurer

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to transportation [A04505 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04505-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4505
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 4, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. MAYERSOHN, ESPAILLAT, HOOPER, PHEFFER, PERRY --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BARRA,  BRENNAN,  CLARK,  COOK,
         DINOWITZ,  GALEF, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
         the owner of a tow truck to provide certain information to its insurer
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 397-c to read as follows:
    3    S  397-C. INSURER NOTIFICATION REQUIRED; TOW TRUCK OWNERS. EVERY OWNER
    4  OF ONE OR MORE TOWING VEHICLES LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS WITHIN THIS STATE
    5  SHALL PROVIDE TO THE COMPANY ISSUING INSURANCE  ON  SUCH  VEHICLES,  THE
    6  NAME  AND  DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER OF EVERY DRIVER AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE
    7  SUCH VEHICLE. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND DELIVERED TO  THE
    8  INSURER WITHIN FOURTEEN BUSINESS DAYS OF THE HIRING OF SUCH DRIVER.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04393-01-9
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