Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 30, 2022 |
signed chap.238 |
Jun 22, 2022 |
delivered to governor |
May 31, 2022 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1606 substituted for s9359 |
Feb 16, 2022 |
referred to consumer protection delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 05, 2022 |
ordered to third reading cal.245 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 02, 2021 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 01, 2021 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.249 rules report cal.249 reported |
May 25, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
May 11, 2021 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A7487
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
FALL
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Nily Rozic
2021-A7487 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S9359
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §604-a, Gen Bus L
2021-A7487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7487 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FALL, ROZIC -- (at request of the Office of Victim Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consum- er Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to debt collection procedures related to identity theft THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 604-a of the general busi- ness law, as added by chapter 456 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: 1. Upon receipt from a debtor of the following, a principal creditor shall cease collection activities until completion of the review provided in subdivision five of this section: (a) a copy of a valid police report filed by the debtor alleging that the debtor is the victim of an identity theft crime, including, but not limited to, a violation of section 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.81, 190.82 or 190.83 of the penal law, for the specific debt being collected by the principal creditor; [and] OR (b) A COPY OF A COMPLETED AND SIGNED FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION IDENTITY THEFT VICTIM'S REPORT FILED BY THE DEBTOR ALLEGING THAT THE DEBTOR IS THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT; AND (C) the debtor's written statement that the debtor claims to be the victim of identity theft with respect to the specific debt being collected by the principal creditor. 2. The written statement described in paragraph [(b)] (C) of subdivi- sion one of this section shall consist of either of the following: (a) a signed federal trade commission ID theft victim's affidavit; or (b) a written statement that certifies that the representations are true, correct, and contain no material omissions of fact to the best knowledge and belief of the person submitting the certification. A person submitting such certification who declares as true any material EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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