S07706 Summary:
BILL NO | S07706 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A10062 |
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SPONSOR | LIBOUS |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd SS2131 & 3449, Ins L | |
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Expands the application of provisions regulating insurance on wireless communications equipment. |
S07706 Actions:
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06/02/2014 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1501 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | referred to insurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | substituted for a10062 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | ordered to third reading rules cal.511 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/17/2014 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/29/2014 | VETOED MEMO.586 |
S07706 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Curran
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
ER
Heastie
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hennessey
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Rivera
ER
Tenney
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titone
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Millman
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosa
Yes
Walter
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
ER
Weisenberg
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
AB
Kellner
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lalor
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
ER
Camara
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Clark
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Colton
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupinacci
No
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Corwin
AB
Gottfried
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S07706 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7706 IN SENATE June 2, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- 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 insurance on wireless communications equipment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subsection (d) of section 2131 of the insur- 2 ance law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2010, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (2) with respect to wireless communications equipment vendors, insur- 5 ance issued to cover the loss, theft, mechanical failure, or malfunction 6 of, or damage to, wireless communications equipment offered as either an 7 individual policy issued to the consumer or as a group policy under 8 which certificates or other evidence of coverage are issued to individ- 9 ual consumers who enroll in the program, or any arrangement that seeks 10 to provide substantially similar benefits through other means including 11 arrangements that confer benefits upon consumers that purchase, includ- 12 ing installment sale purchases, or lease wireless communications equip- 13 ment or wireless services, regardless of whether the benefits are 14 provided directly or indirectly to the consumer, where the benefits 15 include the repair or replacement of the covered device, the provision 16 of a loaner or rental device, or the payment of indemnification in the 17 event of a loss of a covered device, and where the benefits are express- 18 ly or impliedly conditioned on the happening of some fortuitous event 19 such as the loss, theft or physical damage of the covered device, or is 20 structured as a remedy in the event of such perils without expressly 21 stating those perils as a condition of coverage, provided however, that 22 said insurance shall not extend to wireless services or service 23 contracts governed by article seventy-nine of this chapter; or 24 § 2. Subparagraphs (F) and (G) of paragraph 2 of subsection (e) of 25 section 2131 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws 26 of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph (H) is added to read as 27 follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15460-01-4S. 7706 2 1 (F) disclose that the employee of the rental vehicle company, wireless 2 communications equipment vendor or self-storage company is not qualified 3 or authorized to evaluate the adequacy of the purchaser's existing 4 coverages, unless otherwise licensed; [and] 5 (G) state that the customer may cancel the insurance at any time and 6 any unearned premium will be refunded in accordance with applicable 7 law[.]; and 8 (H) with regard to wireless communications equipment insurance, 9 include a disclosure that is deemed sufficient to comply with any 10 requirement to disclose price and producer compensation with respect to 11 this type of insurance and that shall read substantially as follows: 12 "You will be billed a charge of (amount of premium) for a term of 13 (number of months) months. For customers who elect insurance coverage, 14 the monthly insurance premium may include fees payable to (name of 15 administrator) and/or (name of vendor)." 16 § 3. Subsection (1) of section 2131 of the insurance law, as added by 17 chapter 582 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 18 (l) For purposes of this section "wireless communications equipment" 19 shall mean wireless handsets, pagers, personal digital assistants, wire- 20 less telephones [or], wireless telephone batteries, portable computers 21 and tablets, and other similar portable wireless devices and accessories 22 related to such devices that are used to access wireless communications 23 services and includes wireless services. 24 § 4. Subsection (a) of section 3449 of the insurance law, as added by 25 chapter 426 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 26 (a) In this section, the term "policy of wireless communications 27 equipment insurance" means an insurance policy covering the kind of 28 insurance described in paragraph two of subsection [(1)] (d) of section 29 two thousand one hundred thirty-one of this chapter. 30 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.