New York S 4809: Relates to captive insurance for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, and small school buses, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, and accessible vehicles

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S04809 Summary:

BILL NOS04809B

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SAME ASSAME AS A05113-B

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD,
 SANDERS, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §7013, Ins L

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Establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, small school buses, and charter buses that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting nine to twenty-four passengers for hire; pre-arranged for-hire vehicles and accessible vehicles; defines terms.

Go to top S04809 Actions:

BILL NOS04809B

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

03/12/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

03/12/2025PRINT NUMBER 4809A

05/27/2025AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 4809

06/05/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

06/05/2025PRINT NUMBER 4809B

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

03/09/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4809--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, BAILEY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ,
 HARCKHAM, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, SANDERS, STAVI-
 SKY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to captive insurance for
 commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, and
 small school buses

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

 1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 7013
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 7013. Captive insurance program for commuter vans, pre-arranged
 4 for-hire vehicles, and accessible vehicles. (a) Notwithstanding any
 5 provision of paragraph four of subsection (b) of section seven thousand
 6 three of this article to the contrary, commuter vans, pre-arranged for-
 7 hire vehicles, and accessible vehicles that are engaged in the business
 8 of carrying or transporting passengers for hire may create a group
 9 captive insurance company or companies. The superintendent shall imple-
 10 ment:
 11 (1) standards for enrollment of eligible commuter vans, pre-arranged
 12 for-hire vehicles, and accessible vehicles including mechanisms for
 13 determining eligibility; and
 14 (2) standards for monitoring the performance of such captive insurance
 15 company or companies in providing affordable insurance coverage to
 16 commuter vans, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, and accessible vehicles
 17 participating in the program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
 18 (b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 19 the following meanings:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06067-04-5

 S. 4809--B 2

 1 (1) "commuter van" shall mean a commuter van service having a seating
 2 capacity of nine passengers but not more than twenty-four passengers or
 3 such greater capacity as the superintendent may establish by rule and
 4 carrying passengers for hire. The term "commuter van" shall include, but
 5 not be limited to, shuttles and transportation vans.
 6 (2) "pre-arranged for-hire vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle that is
 7 used in the business of transporting passengers for compensation on a
 8 pre-arranged basis, and operated in such business under a license or
 9 permit issued by a licensing jurisdiction. Such term shall include, but
 10 not be limited to, small school buses pursuant to section one hundred
 11 forty-two or sixteen hundred forty-two-a of the vehicle and traffic law.
 12 The term "pre-arranged for-hire vehicle" shall apply to vehicles as
 13 defined in this paragraph regardless of any other provision of local law
 14 or rule defining or describing such vehicles by any other terms such as
 15 school bus, charter bus, taxi, black car, or luxury limousin