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NY S03665
Bill
Status
6/15/2017
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Klein
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AI Summary
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Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate insurance fraud involving uninsured drivers and those who misrepresent where their motor vehicles are garaged and operated.
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Requires insurance companies and self-insurers to report suspected fraudulent insurance transactions to the superintendent within 30 days of determining fraud appears likely.
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Creates new crimes including offering false applications for motor vehicle insurance or registration (Class E felony), and operating a motor vehicle in New York insured in another state when principally garaged or residing in New York (Class E felony).
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Expands predicate crimes for unauthorized use of vehicle in the second degree to include auto stripping, grand larceny of motor vehicles, criminal possession of stolen property involving vehicles, and illegal possession of vehicle identification numbers within preceding 10 years.
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Requires motor vehicle registration applicants to provide street addresses of principal residence and attest to accuracy of information; makes street addresses available to law enforcement personnel.
Legislative Description
Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their principal place of residence or where their motor vehicle is principally garaged and operated; authorizes such superintendent to accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance actions; requires insurance companies and self-insurers to report incidents of insurance fraud to the department of financial services; includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card; includes within the class C felony of forgery in the first degree, the forgery of 10 or more written instruments; includes within the class E felony of insurance fraud in the fourth degree, the operation of a motor vehicle in this state when the vehicle is insured in another state, but it is actually garaged in this state or the owner principally resides in this state; requires applicants for motor vehicle registrations and driver's licenses to provide the department of motor vehicles with the address of their principal place of residence; relates to the crime of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; adds other motor vehicle related crimes as predicate crimes which may increase punishment for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the second degree when one is convicted of such crimes within the preceding ten years.
Last Action
referred to insurance
6/20/2018