Bill Text: NY A09607 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to increasing the aggregate cap on liabilities for life insurers under the life insurance guaranty corporation for the purposes of determining assessments on insurers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-21 - substituted by s6507a [A09607 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A09607-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9607 I N A S S E M B L Y March 20, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the tax law, in relation to the life insurance company guaranty corporation of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (e) of section 7709 of the insur- 2 ance law, as added by chapter 802 of the laws of 1985, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (1) The total assessment against all member insurers for all impair- 5 ments and insolvencies, less the amount of refunds (not including inter- 6 est) to member insurers pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, 7 shall not exceed five hundred million dollars, EXCEPT THAT WITH RESPECT 8 TO A MEMBER INSURER THAT IS A DOMESTIC INSURER AND IS SUBJECT TO AN 9 ORDER OF REHABILITATION UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER AS OF 10 MARCH FIRST TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, SUCH ASSESSMENT LIMIT SHALL BE FIVE 11 HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH FIVE 12 HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR LIMIT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REDUCTION 13 IN AN AMOUNT, IF ANY, DETERMINED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, ON A DATE NOT 14 EARLIER THAN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF LIQUIDATION 15 WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DOMESTIC INSURER, TO BE NOT NEEDED FOR THE CORPO- 16 RATION TO BE ABLE TO PAY ITS OBLIGATIONS AND REASONABLE EXPENSES IN 17 CONNECTION WITH THE LIQUIDATION OF SUCH DOMESTIC INSURER, BUT IN NO 18 EVENT SHALL SUCH REDUCTION EXCEED FIFTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. 19 S 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (f) of section 1511 of the tax law, as 20 amended by chapter 803 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 (1) The maximum authorized credit for each taxpayer shall be deter- 23 mined as provided in [subsection (a) of] section seven thousand seven 24 hundred twelve of the insurance law. 25 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14723-04-2