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Assembly Bill A4590

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides that any charges assessed by a credit card company for late payment shall not exceed five percent of the unpaid balance of any bill or twenty dollars

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2023-A4590 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5222
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §518-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A487
2011-2012: A1009
2013-2014: A1369, S5419
2015-2016: A1572, S2377
2017-2018: A156, S2293
2019-2020: A397, S4266
2021-2022: A600, S4428
2025-2026: A7075, S4022

2023-A4590 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any charges assessed by a credit card company for late payment shall not exceed five percent of the unpaid balance of any bill, including any interest thereon, or twenty dollars, whichever amount is less.

2023-A4590 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4590
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Banks
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  credit  card
   late charges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 518-b to read as follows:
   § 518-B. CREDIT CARD LATE CHARGES. ANY CHARGES ASSESSED  BY  A  CREDIT
 CARD  COMPANY  FOR  LATE  PAYMENT  SHALL  NOT EXCEED FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 UNPAID BALANCE OF ANY BILL, INCLUDING ANY INTEREST  THEREON,  OR  TWENTY
 DOLLARS, WHICHEVER AMOUNT IS LESS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07221-01-3

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