Bill Text: NY S00928 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits insurance companies from refusing to issue or renew an automobile insurance policy when the motor vehicle to be insured is used for firefighting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-13 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1007 [S00928 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00928-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          928
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  MARCELLINO,  LARKIN, MAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee on Insurance
       AN  ACT  to amend the insurance law, in relation to insuring motor vehi-
         cles used for volunteer firefighting
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  3425 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
    2  new subsection (s) to read as follows:
    3    (S) WITH RESPECT TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE, NO INSURER SHALL  REFUSE  TO
    4  ISSUE  OR  RENEW  A  COVERED INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED PRIVATE PASSENGER POLICY
    5  SOLELY ON THE GROUND THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE TO  BE  INSURED  UNDER  SUCH
    6  POLICY SHALL BE USED FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTING.
    7    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    8  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04195-01-1