STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5761 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 28, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to collision and compre- hensive coverage on motor vehicles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 2610 of the insurance law is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 (a) Whenever a motor vehicle collision or comprehensive loss shall 4 have been suffered by an insured, no insurer providing collision or 5 comprehensive coverage therefor shall require that repairs be made to 6 such vehicle in a particular place or shop or by a particular concern, 7 nor require a repair facility to use a specific vendor or process for 8 the procurement of parts or other materials necessary for the repair of 9 a motor vehicle. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03885-01-7