Senate Bill S4551

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires private passenger motor vehicle insurance premium reductions for automobiles equipped with hydrophobic glass treatment

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S4551 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2336, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7536
2015-2016: S614
2017-2018: S641

2013-S4551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires private passenger motor vehicle insurance premium reductions for automobiles equipped with hydrophobic glass treatment.

2013-S4551 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4551

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 10, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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 providing for  premium
  reductions  for  comprehensive  motor  vehicle insurance coverage with
  respect to private passenger vehicles equipped with hydrophobic  glass
  treatment

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 2336 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
new subsection (i) to read as follows:
  (I)  ANY  SCHEDULE OR RATING PLAN FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PRIVATE PASSENGER
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  AN  APPROPRIATE  REDUCTION  IN
PREMIUM  CHARGES  FOR COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE WITH RESPECT TO ANY INSURED
VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH HYDROPHOBIC GLASS TREATMENT. THE TERM "HYDROPHOBIC
GLASS TREATMENT" SHALL MEAN ANY TRANSPARENT CHEMICAL COATING THAT  BINDS
WITH,  AND CHANGES THE SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF, LAMINATED OR TEMPERED GLAZ-
ING TO MINIMIZE THE LEVEL OF CONTACT BETWEEN  THE  GLAZING  SURFACE  AND
WATER THAT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THAT SURFACE.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
policies  issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such
date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09777-01-3


              

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