STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10197
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 16, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to use of local cost data
          when adjusting claims
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  2108 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
     2  new subsection (t) to read as follows:
     3    (t) An insurer and  independent  adjuster,  including  an  independent
     4  adjuster  receiving a permit under subsection (n) of this section, shall
     5  adjust a claim made under an insurance policy that provides coverage for
     6  loss of or damage to real or personal property using cost data appropri-
     7  ate for the region of this state where the loss or damage occurred. This
     8  subsection shall not apply to automobile insurance policies.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13229-01-5