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A7590Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS3331

Insure Farm Trailers Automatically

Official title

“Relates to agricultural trailers being covered under the towing vehicles liability insurance”

Sponsor Aileen GuntherAD-100Affects Transportation
Status
In Assembly Committee
Transportation
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Transportation

What's happening

This bill requires that motor vehicle liability insurance policies also cover agricultural trailers being towed by the insured vehicle.

Why it matters

  1. Reduces insurance uncertainty. for farmers and agricultural businesses by ensuring that their towed agricultural trailers are automatically covered under the towing vehicle’s liability policy, closing a potential gap that could leave them financially exposed in case of an accident.

  2. Streamlines compliance. for agricultural operations by eliminating the need for separate liability policies for trailers, potentially lowering administrative burdens and costs for those who regularly move equipment and goods.

  3. May influence insurance premiums or policy terms. by expanding the scope of required coverage, possibly leading to minor adjustments in how insurers assess risk or price policies for customers who tow agricultural trailers.

  4. Improves clarity and protection. for both insurers and insureds, as the law explicitly defines coverage obligations, potentially reducing disputes and confusion following accidents involving agricultural trailers.

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Insure Farm Trailers Automatically

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Aileen Gunther

Assembly Member · Assembly District 100

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History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Referred to transportation

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S3331Senate

Insure Farm Trailers Automatically

In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Patty Ritchie

Impact 4 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

7590

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

May 3, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to agricultural trailers being covered under the towing vehicles liability insurance

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

Section 1. Subdivision (i) of section 345 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:

(4) The policy shall cover any agricultural trailer, as defined in schedule E of subdivision seven of section four hundred one of this chapter, being moved by a motor vehicle covered under such policy.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement this act on or before its effective date.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD07038-01-7

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