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Assembly Bill A4766

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers

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2009-A4766 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Banks

2009-A4766 - Summary

Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers; provides that this provision would enable those individuals that are visually impaired to access ATMs without the assistance of another person; requires the audio system to convey substantially the same information as the visual; provides for rules and regulations to be promulgated by the superintendent of banks.

2009-A4766 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4766

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. WEISENBERG, DelMONTE, DINOWITZ, CLARK, POWELL,
  GREENE, CAHILL, ESPAILLAT, EDDINGTON, CUSICK, BOYLAND,  TITUS,  TITONE
  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. ALFANO, BARRA, BRENNAN, COLTON,
  COOK, CYMBROWITZ, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, HOOPER, JACOBS, KOON, MAYERSOHN,
  McDONOUGH, MILLMAN, PAULIN, PERRY, SCARBOROUGH, SWEENEY, TOWNS -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Banks

AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to making  ATMs  accessible
  to the visually impaired

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

  Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new article  2-D  to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE II-D
                  AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 90-A. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
        90-B. DEFINITIONS.
        90-C. AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE REQUIREMENTS.
  S 90-A. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT AS TECHNOLOGY
INCREASES, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE RELY ON AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES (ATMS)
AS A METHOD FOR DOING DAILY BANKING TASKS. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS
THAT  WHILE MANY ATMS CURRENTLY HAVE BRAILLE LABELS INDICATING THE FUNC-
TIONS OF SOME BUTTONS, MOST MACHINES DO NOT HAVE ANY  NON-VISUAL  METHOD
FOR  READING  OR  RELAYING  THE  SEQUENCE OF MESSAGES THAT APPEAR ON THE
SCREEN. THE LEGISLATURE THEREFORE DECLARES THAT IT IS NOT ONLY  PRUDENT,
BUT  NECESSARY, TO ENSURE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
TO ACCESS THESE MACHINES.
  S 90-B. DEFINITIONS. 1.   "AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE"  SHALL  HAVE  THE
SAME MEANING AS IS DEFINED IN SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2.  "BANKING INSTITUTION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS DEFINED IN
SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06819-01-9

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2009-A4766A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Banks

2009-A4766A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers; provides that this provision would enable those individuals that are visually impaired to access ATMs without the assistance of another person; requires the audio system to convey substantially the same information as the visual; provides for rules and regulations to be promulgated by the superintendent of banks.

2009-A4766A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A4766A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4766--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. WEISENBERG, DelMONTE, DINOWITZ, CLARK, POWELL,
  CAHILL, ESPAILLAT, CUSICK, BOYLAND, TITUS, TITONE  --  Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M.  of  A.  ALFANO,  BARRA, BRENNAN, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ,
  FARRELL, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, HOOPER, JACOBS,  KOON,  MAYERSOHN,  McDO-
  NOUGH,  MILLMAN,  PAULIN,  PERRY,  SCARBOROUGH, SWEENEY, TOWNS -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Banks -- reported  and  referred
  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to making  ATMs  accessible
  to the visually impaired

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

  Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new article  2-D  to
read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 2-D
                  AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 90-A. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
        90-B. DEFINITIONS.
        90-C. AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE REQUIREMENTS.
        90-D. EXCEPTIONS.
  S 90-A. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT AS TECHNOLOGY
INCREASES, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE RELY ON AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES (ATMS)
AS A METHOD FOR DOING DAILY BANKING TASKS. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS
THAT  WHILE MANY ATMS CURRENTLY HAVE BRAILLE LABELS INDICATING THE FUNC-
TIONS OF SOME BUTTONS, MOST MACHINES DO NOT HAVE ANY  NON-VISUAL  METHOD
FOR  READING  OR  RELAYING  THE  SEQUENCE OF MESSAGES THAT APPEAR ON THE
SCREEN. THE LEGISLATURE THEREFORE DECLARES THAT IT IS NOT ONLY  PRUDENT,
BUT  NECESSARY, TO ENSURE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
TO ACCESS THESE MACHINES.
  S 90-B. DEFINITIONS. 1.   "AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE"  SHALL  HAVE  THE
SAME MEANING AS IS DEFINED IN SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD06819-02-9

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