Assembly Bill A6063

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures

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  • 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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2021-A6063 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Banking Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Bank L; amd §171, Tax L; add §137-a, Exec L; amd §§3-2.1 & 7-1.17, EPT L; amd §4201, Pub Health L; add §304-a, RP L; amd §5-1514, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1896

2021-A6063 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures including meetings and notarizations utilizing electronic and/or audio-visual technologies.

2021-A6063 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6063
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the banking law, the tax law,  the  executive  law,  the
   estates,  powers and trusts law, the public health law, the real prop-
   erty law and the general obligations law, in relation to providing for
   the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  11 of the banking law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  ANY  INSTRU-
 MENT WHICH IS SIGNED AND DELIVERED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO ANY
 PROVISION  OF  THIS  CHAPTER, AND IS REQUIRED TO BE VERIFIED OR ACKNOWL-
 EDGED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER,  MAY  BE  VERIFIED  OR
 ACKNOWLEDGED  BY  INCLUDING  THE STANDARD VERIFICATION OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
 LANGUAGE IN SUCH INSTRUMENT AND  TRANSMITTING  A  LEGIBLE  COPY  OF  THE
 SIGNED  INSTRUMENT  BY FAX OR ELECTRONIC MEANS. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL
 PROMULGATE ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. Section 171 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision
 twenty-ninth to read as follows:
   TWENTY-NINTH. HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT  ELECTRONIC  SIGNATURES  IN
 LIEU OF HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURES ON DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE DETERMINATION
 OR  COLLECTION  OF  TAX LIABILITY. THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROMULGATE RULES
 AND REGULATIONS REGARDING WHICH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE ACCEPTED  WITH  ELEC-
 TRONIC SIGNATURES AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.
   §  3.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 137-a to
 read as follows:
   § 137-A. NOTARY SERVICES PROVIDED UTILIZING COMMUNICATION  TECHNOLOGY.
 1.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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