Bill Text: NY S08335 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the minimum required amount of the indemnity bond or insurance policy required by certain common carrier ambulettes, paratransit vehicles, and commuter vans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-13 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08335 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08335-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8335

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 13, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  indemnity
          bonds or insurance policies for common carrier ambulettes, paratransit
          vehicles, and commuter vans

          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 chapter 408 of
     3  the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    For damages for and incident to death or injuries to persons and inju-
     5  ry to or destruction of property: For each motorcycle and for each motor
     6  vehicle  engaged  in the business of carrying or transporting passengers
     7  for hire, having a seating capacity of not more than seven passengers, a
     8  bond or insurance policy with a minimum liability of  twenty-five  thou-
     9  sand dollars and a maximum liability of fifty thousand dollars for bodi-
    10  ly injury, and a minimum liability of fifty thousand dollars and a maxi-
    11  mum  liability  of  one hundred thousand dollars for death and a minimum
    12  liability of ten thousand dollars for injury to or destruction of  prop-
    13  erty;  for  each  motor  vehicle  engaged in the business of carrying or
    14  transporting passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of not  less
    15  than eight passengers, a bond or insurance policy with a combined single
    16  limit  of  at least one million five hundred thousand dollars for bodily
    17  injury or death to one or more persons, and  because  of  injury  to  or
    18  destruction  of property in any one accident; provided, further that for
    19  common carrier ambulettes, paratransit vehicles, and commuter vans oper-
    20  ating pursuant to operating authority  issued  by  the  commissioner  of
    21  transportation  that  are  engaged in the business of carrying or trans-
    22  porting passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of not less  than
    23  eight  passengers,  a  bond  or  insurance policy with a combined single
    24  limit of at least three hundred thousand dollars for  bodily  injury  or
    25  death to one or more persons, and because of injury to or destruction of
    26  property  in  any  one accident. For the purposes of this paragraph, the
    27  term "commuter van" shall have the same meaning as such term is  defined

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16282-02-0

        S. 8335                             2

     1  in section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York and
     2  the term "passenger" shall mean any occupant of a vehicle other than the
     3  driver of the vehicle.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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