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A03559 Summary:

BILL NOA03559 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimpson

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COSPNSRBendett, DeStefano, Gibbs

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §50, add §§51 & 52, Nav L

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Requires public vessels which carry passengers to be covered by insurance or a surety bond covering injury or death to the passengers.

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BILL NOA03559 

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01/28/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3559

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO, GIBBS -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to requiring certain
 policies of insurance for public vessels which carry passengers

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

 1 Section 1. Section 50 of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 672
 2 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 50. Owners to notify inspector and apply for inspection. It shall be
 4 the duty of the owner of a public vessel which [he intends] they intend
 5 to operate on the navigable waters of the state to notify the inspector
 6 of such intention at least one month before it is desired to place the
 7 vessel in operation and to request an inspection of such vessel. Upon
 8 receipt of such notification the inspector shall enter the application
 9 on the records of [his] their office. A temporary permit to operate such
 10 vessel pending inspection may be issued by the inspector, if [he finds]
 11 they find through documentary evidence that such vessel is properly
 12 equipped and manned for the safety of life and property. No public
 13 vessel shall be used or operated without a certificate of inspection or
 14 a temporary permit as [herein] provided in this section. No certificate
 15 of inspection or temporary permit shall be issued unless the owner of a
 16 public vessel produces proof of insurance to the inspector in accordance
 17 with section fifty-one of this part.
 18 § 2. The navigation law is amended by adding two new sections 51 and
 19 52 to read as follows:
 20 § 51. Liability insurance on public vessels. 1. Every public vessel
 21 certified to carry passengers which is operated on the navigable waters
 22 of the state, except vessels which navigate on waters which the United
 23 States exercises active control, shall be covered by a corporate surety
 24 bond or a policy of protection and indemnity insurance, issued by an
 25 insurer authorized to issue policies in this state pursuant to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03747-01-5

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 1 insurance law. Public vessels certified by the office of parks, recre-
 2 ation and historic preservation to carry passengers shall provide cover-
 3 age of at least one million dollars per occurrence for injury to or
 4 death of any person arising out of the negligent operation of said
 5 public vessel.
 6 Every such bond or insurance policy shall contain a provision for a
 7 continuing liability thereunder, notwithstanding any recovery thereon,
 8 and shall be in full force and effect whenever the public vessel is
 9 underway.
 10 2. No policy or contract shall be issued or delivered in this state
 11 pursuant to this section unless it contains in substance the provisions
 12 of section three hundred twenty of the insurance law.
 13 3. Proof of bond or insurance required by this section shall be
 14 produced and displayed by the owner or operator of such public vessel
 15 upon the request of any person having authority to enforce the
 16 provisions of this chapter. The failure to produce such proof upon the
 17 request of any such person shall not be an offense but shall be presump-
 18 tive evidence that the public vessel is being operated without having
 19 such bond or insurance in force and effect.
 20 4. No owner of a public vessel shall operate or permit the same to be
 21 operate