| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to banks |
Senate Bill S6238
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Banks Committee
Actions
2015-S6238 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S6238 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6238
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the banking law, in relation to ATM
security
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
This act will increase ATM safety by allowing ATM users to alert
police if they are being forced to withdraw money against their will.
Police are alerted when an individual enters his/her ATM pin number
backwards. Money is still dispersed and the criminal has no idea that
the police have been alerted. This is a safer alternative to police
alarms in ATM's which put robbery victims at risk.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1. Section 75-c of the banking law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4.
JUSTIFICATION :
ATM's are often preying grounds for robbers and can be an extremely
unsafe manner in which to access your money, yet many individuals use
ATM's on a daily basis. This new ATM software could save hundreds of
lives by discretely alerting police as well as lead to the quick
apprehension of criminals in crimes of theft and/or kidnapping.
2015-S6238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6238
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Banks
AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to ATM security
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 75-c of the banking law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. SOFTWARE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE USER TO ENTER HIS OR HER PERSONAL
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN A SPECIFIC MANNER THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL THAT THE USER IS MAKING A WITHDRAWAL
AGAINST HIS OR HER OWN VOLITION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ALLOWING THE
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE TO DISPERSE MONEY TO THE CUSTOMER AS IF THERE
WERE NO PROBLEM.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01064-01-5
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