Bill Text: NY S05639 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires insurers to provide a copy of its repair estimate to the insured and include a disclosure relating to insured's right to have a vehicle repaired in the shop of his/her choice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7738A [S05639 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05639-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5639--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 21, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance  --  recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
          sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to collision  or  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. Section 2610 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subsection (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c)  The  insurer  shall  provide a copy of its repair estimate to the
     4  insured that includes the following disclosure, plainly  printed  in  no
     5  less than 12 point type: "PURSUANT TO SECTION 2610 OF THE INSURANCE LAW,
     6  AN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  CANNOT  REQUIRE  THAT REPAIRS BE MADE TO A MOTOR
     7  VEHICLE IN A PARTICULAR PLACE OR REPAIR SHOP. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE
     8  YOUR VEHICLE REPAIRED IN THE SHOP OF YOUR CHOICE".
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law and shall apply to all policies and contracts
    11  issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such effective
    12  date; provided,  however,  that  effective  immediately,  the  addition,
    13  amendment  and/or  repeal  of  any  rule or regulation necessary for the
    14  implementation of this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and
    15  directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11279-04-6