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Senate Bill S1896

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Applies fair credit reporting act to tenant screening companies

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2011-S1896 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง380-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S3303

2011-S1896 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes tenant screening companies, associations or agencies within the fair credit reporting act relating to consumer reports of information bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness.

2011-S1896 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1896

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, DIAZ, KRUEGER, PARKER -- 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  applying  the
  fair credit reporting act to tenant screening companies

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 380-a of  the  general  business
law,  as added by chapter 867 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
follows:
  (e)  The term "consumer reporting agency" means any  person  who,  for
monetary  fees,  dues,  or  on  a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly
engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or  evaluating
consumer  credit  information  or other information on consumers for the
purpose of furnishing consumer reports or investigative consumer reports
to third parties AND SHALL INCLUDE ANY TENANT SCREENING COMPANY, ASSOCI-
ATION OR AGENCY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06225-01-1

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