New York Assembly Bill A06342 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6342 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUCAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance on each duly appointed police officer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new 2 section 52-a to read as follows: 3 § 52-a. Liability insurance for police officers. Each city, county, 4 town, village, authority or agency shall obtain and continuously main- 5 tain a policy of liability insurance on each duly appointed police offi- 6 cer of such municipality, authority or agency in an amount not less than 7 two hundred thousand dollars for covering civil rights violation claims 8 that arise from the performance of such officer's powers and duties. 9 Such insurance shall be used to pay any legal fees and/or judgments 10 associated with such claims. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08252-01-5