STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5639--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 21, 2015 ___________ 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