Bill Text: NY S07536 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires private passenger motor vehicle insurance premium reductions for automobiles equipped with hydrophobic glass treatment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-31 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S07536 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07536-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7536
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 31, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen. JOHNSON -- 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 providing for  premium
         reductions  for  comprehensive  motor  vehicle insurance coverage with
         respect to private passenger vehicles equipped with hydrophobic  glass
         treatment
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2336 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subsection (i) to read as follows:
    3    (I)  ANY  SCHEDULE OR RATING PLAN FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PRIVATE PASSENGER
    4  AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  AN  APPROPRIATE  REDUCTION  IN
    5  PREMIUM  CHARGES  FOR COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE WITH RESPECT TO ANY INSURED
    6  VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH HYDROPHOBIC GLASS TREATMENT. THE TERM "HYDROPHOBIC
    7  GLASS TREATMENT" SHALL MEAN ANY TRANSPARENT CHEMICAL COATING THAT  BINDS
    8  WITH,  AND CHANGES THE SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF, LAMINATED OR TEMPERED GLAZ-
    9  ING TO MINIMIZE THE LEVEL OF CONTACT BETWEEN  THE  GLAZING  SURFACE  AND
   10  WATER THAT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THAT SURFACE.
   11    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   12  ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
   13  policies  issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such
   14  date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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