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.
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
