Assembly Bill A1752A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A1752 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8959
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §§213, 3012 & 3215, RR3016 & 3211, add §§214-g, 306-d & 7516, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2678
2015-2016: A3877, A4438
2019-2020: A6909, A10795, S691, S4827
2021-2022: A2382, S153

2017-A1752 - Summary

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a purchaser, borrower or debtor; establishes a notice of lawsuit which must be mailed to the defendant in such a cause of action; establishes certain requirements for the complaint in such an action

2017-A1752 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1752
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, JAFFEE, TITONE, COLTON, GALEF, ABINAN-
   TI, ZEBROWSKI, O'DONNELL, ROSENTHAL, FAHY, PEOPLES-STOKES, M. G. MILL-
   ER,  DINOWITZ,  SEAWRIGHT,  OTIS  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A.
   CAHILL, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, PERRY  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to consum-
   er credit transactions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "consumer credit fairness act".
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 213 of the civil practice law and rules,
 as  amended  by  chapter  709 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. an action upon a contractual obligation or  liability,  express  or
 implied,  except  as  provided  in section two hundred thirteen-a OR TWO
 HUNDRED FOURTEEN-G of this article or article 2 of the  uniform  commer-
 cial code or article 36-B of the general business law;
   §  3.  The  civil  practice  law  and rules is amended by adding a new
 section 214-g to read as follows:
   § 214-G. CERTAIN ACTIONS ARISING OUT OF CONSUMER  CREDIT  TRANSACTIONS
 TO  BE COMMENCED WITHIN THREE YEARS. AN ACTION ARISING OUT OF A CONSUMER
 CREDIT TRANSACTION WHERE A PURCHASER, BORROWER OR DEBTOR IS A  DEFENDANT
 MUST  BE COMMENCED WITHIN THREE YEARS, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED THIRTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE OR ARTICLE 2 OF THE  UNIFORM  COMMER-
 CIAL  CODE  OR ARTICLE 36-B OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW. WHEN THE PERIOD
 WITHIN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED UNDER THIS SECTION HAS  EXPIRED,
 THE RIGHT TO COLLECT CONSUMER CREDIT DEBT IS EXTINGUISHED AS WELL AS THE
 REMEDY.
   FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "THE RIGHT TO COLLECT CONSUMER CREDIT
 DEBT" SHALL MEAN ANY ATTEMPTS BY THE CREDITOR, THIRD PARTY PURCHASER, OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-A1752A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8959
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §§213, 3012 & 3215, RR3016 & 3211, add §§214-g, 306-d & 7516, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2678
2015-2016: A3877, A4438
2019-2020: A6909, A10795, S691, S4827
2021-2022: A2382, S153

2017-A1752A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a purchaser, borrower or debtor; establishes a notice of lawsuit which must be mailed to the defendant in such a cause of action; establishes certain requirements for the complaint in such an action

2017-A1752A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1752--A
                                                         Cal. No. 129
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, JAFFEE, TITONE, COLTON, GALEF, ABINAN-
   TI,   ZEBROWSKI,   O'DONNELL,   L. ROSENTHAL,   FAHY,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
   M. G. MILLER, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, OTIS, WEPRIN, MOSLEY -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A.   CAHILL,  COOK,  CYMBROWITZ,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,
   McDONOUGH, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
   ary  --  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
   retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to consum-
   er credit transactions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "consumer credit fairness act".
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 213 of the civil practice law and rules,
 as amended by chapter 709 of the laws of 1988, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  an  action  upon a contractual obligation or liability, express or
 implied, except as provided in section two  hundred  thirteen-a  OR  TWO
 HUNDRED  FOURTEEN-G  of this article or article 2 of the uniform commer-
 cial code or article 36-B of the general business law;
   § 3. The civil practice law and rules  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 214-g to read as follows:
   §  214-G.  CERTAIN ACTIONS ARISING OUT OF CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
 TO BE COMMENCED WITHIN THREE YEARS. AN ACTION ARISING OUT OF A  CONSUMER
 CREDIT  TRANSACTION WHERE A PURCHASER, BORROWER OR DEBTOR IS A DEFENDANT
 MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN THREE YEARS, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED  THIRTEEN-A  OF THIS ARTICLE OR ARTICLE 2 OF THE UNIFORM COMMER-
 CIAL CODE OR ARTICLE 36-B OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW. WHEN  THE  PERIOD
 WITHIN  WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED UNDER THIS SECTION HAS EXPIRED,
 THE RIGHT TO COLLECT CONSUMER CREDIT DEBT IS EXTINGUISHED AS WELL AS THE
 REMEDY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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