Assembly Bill A979

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Exempts certain commercial financing transactions from certain disclosure requirements

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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-A979 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S898
Law Section:
Financial Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807 & 812, Fin Serv L; amd §2, Chap of 2020 (as proposed in S.5470-B & A.10118-A)

2021-A979 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain commercial financing transactions from certain disclosure requirements.

2021-A979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    979
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Banks
 
 AN ACT to amend the financial services law,  in  relation  to  exempting
   certain  commercial  financing  transactions  from  certain disclosure
   requirements; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending  the
   financial  services  law  relating to requiring certain providers that
   extend specific terms  of  commercial  financing  to  a  recipient  to
   disclose  certain  information  about  the  offer to the recipient, as
   proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.5470-B  and  A.10118-A,  in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807 and 812 of the finan-
 cial services law, as added by a chapter of the laws  of  2020  amending
 the  financial services law relating to requiring certain providers that
 extend specific terms of commercial financing to a recipient to disclose
 certain information about the offer to the  recipient,  as  proposed  in
 legislative bills numbers S.5470-B and A.10118-A, are amended to read as
 follows:
   §  802.  Exemptions.  This  article  shall not apply to, and shall not
 place any additional  requirements  or  obligations  upon,  any  of  the
 following:
   (a) a financial institution;
   (b) a person acting in its capacity as a technology services provider,
 such  as licensing software and providing support services, to an entity
 exempt under this section for use as part of the exempt entity's commer-
 cial financing  program,  provided  such  person  has  no  interest,  or
 arrangement  or  agreement  to  purchase  any interest in the commercial
 financing extended by the exempt entity in connection with such program;
   (c) a lender regulated under the federal Farm Credit  Act  (12  U.S.C.
 Sec. 2001 et seq.);

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

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