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 ________________________________________________________________________ 4505 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2009 ___________ 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