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A10798 Summary:

BILL NO	A10798
SAME AS	SAME AS S08769
SPONSOR	Rules (Barnwell)
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd 771, Gen Bus L
Requires contractors and subcontractors to disclose the existence of property and casualty insurance before they begin work on a home.

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A10798 Actions:

BILL NO	A10798
07/10/2020	referred to consumer affairs and protection
07/13/2020	reported referred to rules
07/20/2020	reported
07/20/2020	rules report cal.218
07/20/2020	ordered to third reading rules cal.218

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A10798 Committee Votes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION   Chair:DenDekker      
DATE:07/13/2020AYE/NAY:15/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
DenDekker
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Abbate
Aye
McDonough
Excused
Quart
Aye
Miller
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Simon
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Niou
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Williams
Aye
Fall
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:07/20/2020AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Excused
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Glick
Excused
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye

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A10798 Floor Votes:

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A10798 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10798
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      July 10, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Barnwell) --
          read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on Consumer Affairs and
          Protection
 
        AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
          contractors  and  subcontractors to disclose the existence of property
          and casualty insurance

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 771 of the general business law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
     3    (i)  Before  a contractor or subcontractor begins work on a home, such
     4  writing shall disclose to the homeowner  the  existence  of  a  property
     5  and/or  casualty insurance policy that covers the scope of such contrac-
     6  tor or subcontractor's employment should an  insurance  claim  be  filed
     7  resulting  from  losses  arising  from  the  work at such property. Such
     8  disclosure shall also include the contact information of  the  insurance
     9  company  providing  such property and/or casualty insurance, including a
    10  phone number and address.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16899-01-0

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