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Assembly Bill A9352A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits fee charges for payment of an account regardless of the method of payment

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2011-A9352 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6728
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-zzz, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A370, S2432
2015-2016: A2782
2017-2018: A5229

2011-A9352 - Summary

Prohibits fee charges for payment of an account regardless of the method of payment.

2011-A9352 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9352

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 22, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, JACOBS, WEISENBERG,
  COLTON, GIBSON, ROBERTS, LINARES, CASTRO, MOYA,  MONTESANO,  ZEBROWSKI
  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CERETTO, ORTIZ,
  P. RIVERA, TITONE -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting fee
  charges for payment of an account regardless of the method of payment

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 399-zzz of  the  general  business
law,  as added by chapter 556 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Subject to federal law  and  regulation,  no  person,  partnership,
corporation, association or other business entity shall charge a consum-
er  an additional rate or fee or a differential in the rate or fee asso-
ciated with payment on an account [when the consumer chooses to  pay  by
United  States  mail or receive a paper billing statement], WHETHER SUCH
PAYMENT IS MADE BY MAIL, ELECTRONIC TRANSFER,  TELEPHONE  AUTHORIZATION,
OR  OTHER  MEANS, UNLESS SUCH PAYMENT INVOLVES AN EXPEDITED SERVICE BY A
SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION,  ASSOCI-
ATION OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY.  This subdivision shall not be construed
to  prohibit  a  person,  partnership, corporation, association or other
business entity from offering consumers a credit or other  incentive  to
elect a specific payment or billing option.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14044-01-2

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2011-A9352A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6728
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-zzz, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A370, S2432
2015-2016: A2782
2017-2018: A5229

2011-A9352A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits fee charges for payment of an account regardless of the method of payment.

2011-A9352A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 9352--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 22, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, JACOBS, WEISENBERG,
  COLTON, GIBSON, ROBERTS, LINARES, CASTRO, MOYA, MONTESANO,  ZEBROWSKI,
  GALEF,  ESPINAL, COOK, RAMOS, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BOYLAND,  BRAUNSTEIN,  BRENNAN,  CERETTO,  ORTIZ,  P. RIVERA,  TITONE,
  WRIGHT  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs
  and Protection -- 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 general business law, in relation to prohibiting fee
  charges for payment of an account regardless of the method of payment

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 399-zzz of the general business
law, as added by chapter 556 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read  as
follows:
  1.  (A) Subject to federal law and regulation, no person, partnership,
corporation, association or other business entity shall charge a consum-
er an additional rate or fee or a differential in the rate or fee  asso-
ciated with payment on an account:
  (I)  when  the  consumer  chooses  to  [pay  by United States mail or]
receive a paper billing statement; OR
  (II) WHETHER SUCH PAYMENT IS MADE BY MAIL, ELECTRONIC TRANSFER,  TELE-
PHONE  AUTHORIZATION,  OR  OTHER  MEANS, UNLESS SUCH PAYMENT INVOLVES AN
EXPEDITED SERVICE BY A SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE OF  THE  PERSON,  PARTNER-
SHIP, CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY.
  (B)  This  subdivision  shall  not  be construed to prohibit a person,
partnership, corporation, association  or  other  business  entity  from
offering  consumers  a  credit  or  other  incentive to elect a specific
payment or billing option.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14044-02-2

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