Senate Bill S771

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits credit card companies from accepting and processing an application that has been altered, torn and reconstructed or damaged

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S771 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §520, Gen Bus L

2009-S771 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits credit card companies from accepting and processing an application that has been altered, torn and reconstructed or damaged.

2009-S771 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S771 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   771

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ALESI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
  credit  card  companies  from  accepting and processing an application
  that has been altered, torn and reconstructed or damaged

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  520  of  the  general business law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
  (10) NO CREDIT CARD COMPANIES SHALL ACCEPT AND PROCESS AN  APPLICATION
THAT HAS BEEN ALTERED, TORN AND RECONSTRUCTED OR DAMAGED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03458-01-9

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