Relates to the minimum required amount of the indemnity bond or insurance policy required by certain common carrier ambulettes and paratransit vehicles.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2153--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, RICHARDSON, DICKENS, HYNDMAN, STERN,
RAMOS, GRIFFIN, THIELE, SILLITTI, DARLING -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to indemnity
bonds or insurance policies for common carrier ambulates and paratran-
sit vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of subdivision 1 of
2 section 370 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of
3 part ZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 For damages for and incident to death or injuries to persons and inju-
6 ry to or destruction of property: For each motorcycle and for each motor
7 vehicle engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers
8 for hire, having a seating capacity of not more than seven passengers, a
9 bond or insurance policy with a minimum liability of twenty-five thou-
10 sand dollars and a maximum liability of fifty thousand dollars for bodi-
11 ly injury, and a minimum liability of fifty thousand dollars and a maxi-
12 mum liability of one hundred thousand dollars for death and a minimum
13 liability of ten thousand dollars for injury to or destruction of prop-
14 erty; for each motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying or
15 transporting passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of not less
16 than eight passengers, a bond or insurance policy with a combined single
17 limit of at least one million five hundred thousand dollars for bodily
18 injury or death to one or more persons, and because of injury to or
19 destruction of property in any one accident; provided, further that for
20 common carrier ambulettes, paratransit vehicles, and commuter vans that
21 are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for
22 hire, having a seating capacity of not less than eight passengers, a
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 bond or insurance policy with a combined single limit of at least five
2 hundred thousand dollars for bodily injury or death to one or more
3 persons, and because of injury to or destruction of property in any one
4 accident. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "commuter van"
5 shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in section 19-502 of
6 the administrative code of the city of New York.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
