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Assembly Bill A1653

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that no issuer of a credit card shall send unsolicited, blank checks to a card member residing in New York state

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2015-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง520, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2687
2011-2012: A2181
2013-2014: A2760, A8423
2017-2018: A2245
2019-2020: A4313
2021-2022: A5125
2023-2024: A2694

2015-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no issuer of a credit card shall send unsolicited, blank checks to a credit card member residing in New York state.

2015-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1653

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MONTESANO, CROUCH, GOODELL, HAWLEY -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the unsolicited
  sending of blank checks by issuers of credit cards

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

  Section  1.  Section  520  of  the  general business law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
  (10) NO ISSUER OF A CREDIT CARD SHALL SEND UNSOLICITED,  BLANK  CHECKS
TO A CARD MEMBER RESIDING IN NEW YORK STATE.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05111-01-5

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