Senate Bill S764

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes insurance premium reductions for non-commercial private passenger vehicles retrofitted with daytime running lamps

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A317 - On Floor Calendar


  • 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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2009-S764 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A317
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2336, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4175, A4057
2013-2014: A342

2009-S764 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes insurance premium reductions for non-commercial private passenger vehicles equipped with retrofitted daytime running lamps; requires commissioner to promulgate by rule, qualifications and standards for the installation of such lamps.

2009-S764 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S764 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   764

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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 authorizing  insurance
  premium  reductions  for  private  passenger vehicles retrofitted with
  daytime running lamps

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

  Section  1.  Subsection  (g)  of section 2336 of the insurance law, as
added by chapter 362 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  (g) Any schedule or rating plan for non-commercial  private  passenger
automobile  insurance  shall,  WITH RESPECT TO AUTOMOBILES EQUIPPED WITH
FACTORY INSTALLED DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS, AND MAY, WITH RESPECT TO  AUTO-
MOBILES  EQUIPPED  WITH  RETROFITTED DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS, also provide
for an actuarially appropriate reduction in premium charges  for  bodily
injury liability, property damage liability, personal injury protection,
medical  payments  and  collision  coverage [with respect to automobiles
equipped with factory installed daytime  running  lamps  (DRL)].    SUCH
RETROFITTED  LAMPS  SHALL  BE DESIGNED TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS BY INCREASING
VEHICLE VISIBILITY AND MUST BE APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.  FURTHER,
THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL, AFTER  CONSULTING  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
MOTOR  VEHICLES, PROMULGATE BY RULE QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR THE
INSTALLATION OR RETROFITTING OF SUCH LAMPS.
  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 or amended on or after such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00538-01-9


              

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