Bill Text: NY A05698 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits insurers, providing collision or comprehensive coverage of motor vehicles, from requiring repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for acquisition of vehicle repair parts and materials.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to insurance [A05698 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05698-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5698
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, MAGNARELLI, MONTESANO, COOK, COLTON,
          ZEBROWSKI,  CROUCH,  WEPRIN,  GUNTHER, ABINANTI, JEAN-PIERRE -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
          RAIA,  RIVERA, STEC, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to collision and  compre-
          hensive coverage on motor vehicles
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 2610  of  the  insurance  law  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    (a)  Whenever  a  motor  vehicle collision or comprehensive loss shall
     4  have been suffered by an insured,  no  insurer  providing  collision  or
     5  comprehensive  coverage  therefor  shall require that repairs be made to
     6  such vehicle in a particular place or shop or by a  particular  concern,
     7  nor  require  a  repair facility to use a specific vendor or process for
     8  the procurement of parts or other materials necessary for the repair  of
     9  a motor vehicle.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09752-01-9