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Assembly Bill A2339

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires banks to accept the Matricula consular and the Tarjeta consular identification cards as valid identification for banking transactions

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2013-A2339 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Banks
Law Section:
Banking Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง4-d, Bank L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5018
2011-2012: A2247

2013-A2339 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires banks to accept the Matricula consular identification card issued by the Mexican Consulate General and the Tarjeta Cosular identification card issued by the Ecuadorian Consulate General as valid identification for all banking transactions.

2013-A2339 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2339

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Banks

AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to requiring banking organ-
  izations to accept the Matricula consular identification  card  issued
  by  the Consulate General of the United Mexican States and the Tarjeta
  consular identification card issued by the Consulate  General  of  the
  Republic  of Ecuador as a valid form of identification for all banking
  transactions

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

  Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that there
are  now  over  300,000  Mexican-Americans and many Ecuadorian-Americans
living in this state. By allowing banks to accept the Matricula consular
and Tarjeta consular identification cards, the  Mexican  and  Ecuadorian
communities  will  be able to open bank accounts and to carry out finan-
cial transactions. This act allows the growing  Mexican  and  Ecuadorian
communities  to  have  access  to  all  banking operations and financial
services offered, including checking, investment and  savings  accounts,
loans  and  bank transfers. The growing financial strength and increased
purchasing power of the Mexican and Ecuadorian communities has been seen
as a great business opportunity by strategic planners in  several  large
United  States  banks. They have voluntarily decided to allow the use of
the stated identification for banking purposes. However,  in  New  York,
this  change  has  not  come  about.    As a result, these residents are
encountering difficult situations in their  attempts  to  create  normal
relationships  with financial institutions. This reality translates into
difficulties with managing their personal  and  household  finances  and
their  access to credit, loans and mortgages, to name a few of the prob-
lems.
  S 2. The banking law is amended by adding a new section 4-d to read as
follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05621-01-3

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