Bill Text: NY S06245 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the minimum required amount of the indemnity bond or insurance policy required by certain common carrier ambulettes and paratransit vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06245 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06245-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6245--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  indemnity
          bonds or insurance policies for common carrier ambulates and paratran-
          sit vehicles

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The second  undesignated  paragraph  of  subdivision  1  of
     2  section  370  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of
     3  part ZZ of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    For damages for and incident to death or injuries to persons and inju-
     6  ry to or destruction of property: For each motorcycle and for each motor
     7  vehicle  engaged  in the business of carrying or transporting passengers
     8  for hire, having a seating capacity of not more than seven passengers, a
     9  bond or insurance policy with a minimum liability of  twenty-five  thou-
    10  sand dollars and a maximum liability of fifty thousand dollars for bodi-
    11  ly injury, and a minimum liability of fifty thousand dollars and a maxi-
    12  mum  liability  of  one hundred thousand dollars for death and a minimum
    13  liability of ten thousand dollars for injury to or destruction of  prop-
    14  erty;  for  each  motor  vehicle  engaged in the business of carrying or
    15  transporting passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of not  less
    16  than eight passengers, a bond or insurance policy with a combined single
    17  limit  of  at least one million five hundred thousand dollars for bodily
    18  injury or death to one or more persons, and  because  of  injury  to  or
    19  destruction  of property in any one accident; provided, further that for
    20  common carrier ambulettes, paratransit vehicles, and commuter vans  that
    21  are  engaged  in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for
    22  hire, having a seating capacity of not less  than  eight  passengers,  a

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04942-02-1

        S. 6245--A                          2

     1  bond  or  insurance policy with a combined single limit of at least five
     2  hundred thousand dollars for bodily injury  or  death  to  one  or  more
     3  persons,  and because of injury to or destruction of property in any one
     4  accident.  For  the  purposes of this paragraph, the term "commuter van"
     5  shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in section 19-502 of
     6  the administrative code of the city of New York.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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