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A05415 Summary:

A05415 Actions:

A05415 Committee Votes:

Committee:INSURANCE   Chair:Cahill      
DATE:06/05/2019AYE/NAY:24/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Cahill
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Cook
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Finch
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Raia
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Steck
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Walker
Aye
Niou
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Stern
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Romeo
Aye
Jacobson
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:06/11/2019AYE/NAY:22/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Lentol
Aye
Ra
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/13/2019AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Raia
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cook
Excused
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye

A05415 Floor Votes:

A05415 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5415--A
                                                                Cal. No. 205
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 12, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. THIELE, JEAN-PIERRE, GALEF, GRIFFIN -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Insurance -- advanced  to  a  third  reading,  passed  by
          Assembly  and  delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote
          reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on
          the order of third reading
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD03183-04-0
        A. 5415--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, shall 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 to accomplish the provisions of this section.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    23  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
    24  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    25  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    26  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.