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A00584 Summary:

A00584 Actions:

A00584 Committee Votes:

Committee:INSURANCE   Chair:Cahill      
DATE:06/01/2016AYE/NAY:24/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Cahill
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Cook
Aye
Butler
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Finch
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Curran
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Walter
Aye
Moya
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Skoufis
Aye
Steck
Aye
Crespo
Aye
Goldfeder
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Hunter
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:06/08/2016AYE/NAY:19/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Lentol
Aye
Graf
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Brennan
Excused
Montesano
Aye
Wright
Aye
Ra
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Tenney
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Titus
Excused
O'Donnell
Absent
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/14/2016AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Tedisco
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Finch
Excused
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Wright
Excused
Dinowitz
Excused
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Markey
Aye

A00584 Floor Votes:

A00584 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         584--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. THIELE, RAIA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in
          accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the navigation law and the insurance law, in relation to
          insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating  safety  course
          or an advanced boating safety course
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 78-a of the navigation law, as added by chapter 160
     2  of the laws of 1990 and as further amended by section 104 of part  A  of
     3  chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 78-a. Insurance  rate  reduction.  Any insurance carrier licensed to
     5  issue yacht or boating liability insurance in this state  is  authorized
     6  to  grant  rate reductions with the approval of the department of finan-
     7  cial services to any owner of a  yacht  or  boat  who  has  successfully
     8  completed  a  boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course
     9  or holds a valid United States Coast Guard operators license.
    10    § 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new  section  2336-b  to
    11  read as follows:
    12    §  2336-b.  Boat  liability  insurance  rates;  premium  reductions in
    13  certain cases. (a) Any schedule of rates or rating plan for boat liabil-
    14  ity insurance submitted to  the  superintendent  shall  provide  for  an
    15  appropriate reduction in premium charges, as described in section seven-
    16  ty-eight-a  of  the navigation law, for any insured who has successfully
    17  completed a boating safety course or an advanced boating  safety  course
    18  which meets the requirements of part five of article four of the naviga-
    19  tion  law and has been approved by the commissioner of parks, recreation
    20  and historic preservation. The provisions  of  this  section  shall  not
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00821-03-6
        A. 584--A                           2
 
     1  apply  to  attendance  at  a  course  pursuant to sections forty-five or
     2  forty-nine of the navigation law as a result of any boating infraction.
     3    (b) For the purposes of this section:
     4    (1) the term "boat" shall mean any residential or pleasure vessel that
     5  is  not  a crew racing shell as defined in section two of the navigation
     6  law.
     7    (2) the term "boating  safety  course"  or  "advanced  boating  safety
     8  course"  shall  mean  a  course  of  instruction  or  advanced course of
     9  instruction that has been approved by the commissioner of parks,  recre-
    10  ation  and historic preservation pursuant to section seventy-nine of the
    11  navigation law.
    12    (3) the term "boating safety certificate" shall mean a document  which
    13  cannot  be  altered  and  which is provided to a person who successfully
    14  completes a boating safety course  or  advanced  boating  safety  course
    15  pursuant to section seventy-eight of the navigation law.
    16    (c)  An  insurer,  upon  approval  of  the  superintendent,  may  upon
    17  submission of a completion certificate by an insured, provide an actuar-
    18  ially appropriate reduction of the premium for such insured's  yacht  or
    19  boating liability insurance.
    20    (d)  The superintendent may establish, by rule or otherwise, standards
    21  or guidelines to be  used  by  the  superintendent  when  reviewing  the
    22  proposed boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course.
    23    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    24  ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law;  provided,  however,
    25  that  effective  immediately,  any actions necessary to be taken for the
    26  implementation of the provisions of this act on its effective  date  are
    27  authorized  and  directed  to  be  completed on or before such effective
    28  date.