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                                   1650
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2019
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 Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  VANEL,  DICKENS,  ORTIZ,  RIVERA,  BLAKE,
   JEAN-PIERRE, D'URSO, LAWRENCE, RAIA, LAVINE, PICHARDO, MOSLEY, BARRON,
   BICHOTTE, GIGLIO, GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  COOK,
   DAVILA,  LUPARDO, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 AN ACT establishing the New York state digital payment application agen-
   cy acceptance task force
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1. The department of financial services is hereby author-
 ized to establish the New York state digital payment application  agency
 acceptance  task  force to provide the governor and the legislature with
 information  on  the  potential  effects  of  state  agencies  accepting
 payments via digital payment applications.
   2. The task force shall be comprised of:
   a. two members appointed by the governor;
   b. two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   c. two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   d. one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
   e. one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; and
   f. two members appointed by the superintendent of financial services.
   3. The task force shall:
   a.  identify  what  state  agencies collect payments from individuals,
 what such payments are collected for and  through  what  mechanism  such
 payments are currently permitted to be made through;
   b. examine and evaluate the availability, effectiveness, and trustwor-
 thiness  of  digital  payment applications including but not limited to,
 Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, Google Wallet, Squarecash, and Applepay;
   c. identify any state or federal agency that currently accepts digital
 payment application payments and evaluate the effectiveness of such; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   d. make recommendations on how to effectively implement  the  practice
 of digital payment application acceptance by state agencies.
   4.  Such  task force shall collaborate with state and city of New York
 agencies including, but not limited to, the department of  taxation  and
 finance and the department of finance of the city of New York.
   5.  The  department of financial services shall submit a report, on or
 before January 1, 2021, to the governor and the legislature of its find-
 ings, conclusions and recommendations, and  legislative  and  regulatory
 proposals deemed necessary to implement such recommendations.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.