Fresh off his fishing trip, Roy Mura of CoverageCounsel reports on Governor Paterson’s recent veto of the “No-Fault Intoxication Exclusion” bill:
Who would have thunk that despite a vote tally of 61-0 in the State Senate and an aggressive letter-writing campaign by the Medical Society of the State of New York, Governor Paterson would have vetoed the no-fault intoxication exclusion cutback bill that passed the New York State Legislature on June 19th (see the No-Fault Intoxication Exclusion Cut Back By NYS Legislature post).But last Thursday, September 25, 2008, that’s what Paterson did — he VETOED that bill and 38 others. Apparently the Governor thought that the bill was too expansive and would require no-fault insurers to provide PIP coverage for far more than just emergency care (which, read literally, it would have). The text of the Governor’s Veto Message No. 170, however, portends, if not guarantees, the re-passage and signing of a revised bill in the future, much in the same way that former Governor Spitzer signaled the eventual passage and signing of a revised direct DJ/late notice bill with his memorandum veto of the original version:
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