Senate Bill S2460

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "banking services availability act of 2016"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Banks Committee

  • 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-S2460 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Banks
Law Section:
Banking Law
Laws Affected:
Add §46, Bank L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S6218

2017-S2460 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "banking services availability act of 2017"; relates to hours of state chartered banks.

2017-S2460 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2460 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2460
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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 hours of state chartered
   banks
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "banking
 services availability act of 2017".
   § 2. The banking law is amended by adding a new section 46 to read  as
 follows:
   §  46. BANKING SERVICES AVAILABILITY. ANY BANK OR CREDIT UNION OPERAT-
 ING IN THIS STATE  UNDER  A  STATE  CHARTER  SHALL  MAKE  ITS  IN-PERSON
 SERVICES  AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS BY 1. HAVING BUSINESS HOURS UNTIL SEVEN
 P.M. ON ONE WEEKNIGHT OF EACH WEEK; AND 2. HAVING AT LEAST FIVE  OPERAT-
 ING BUSINESS HOURS EACH SATURDAY.
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD00735-02-7

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