Bill Text: NY S08886 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Exempts a person from being considered in an accident when such person was involved in the accident only as a pedestrian.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-07 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08886 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08886-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8886

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 7, 2020
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to  property/casualty
          insurance contracts

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Clause  (iv)  of  subparagraph  (B)  of  paragraph  3  of
     2  subsection (m) of section 3425 of the insurance law, as amended by chap-
     3  ter 805 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (iv)  the named insured or other operator of the motor vehicle insured
     5  under the policy, or the insurer thereof, was reimbursed by or on behalf
     6  of a person responsible for the accident or has a judgment against  such
     7  person; or
     8    (v)  the  named  insured was involved in the accident while such named
     9  insured was a pedestrian as defined in section one hundred thirty of the
    10  vehicle and traffic law.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11174-01-9
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