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- Signed chap.403
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.313
- Substituted for A9787
- Referred to banks
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.313
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- Print number 219a
- Amend and recommit to banks
- Referred to banks
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to banks
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.203
- Referred to banks
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Relates to preauthorized electronic fund transfers
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Annette Robinson
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S219A
Title of bill
An act to amend the banking law, in relation to preauthorized electronic fund transfers
Purpose
To protect consumers from having their bank accounts debited after they have canceled such authorization.
Summary of provisions
Amends section 9-s of the banking law by adding subdivisions 2 and 3, which prohibits the transfer of funds from a consumer account after the consumer has canceled authorization to debit their account, for any account entered into after January 1, 2013.
Justification
Increasingly consumers are signing up to have bills paid by having their financial accounts debited. However, a problem has arisen that after this direct debiting has been canceled consumers are seeing a final payment deducted from their account. Consumers are unaware of this transaction and sometimes do not have enough funds to cover the debit. Sometimes the debit is for a termination fee that the consumer is unaware of and would like to challenge. This legislation does not prevent companies from collecting payment, it just states, that when an authorization for direct debiting is canceled, that it is final and future payment will have to be transferred in more conventional ways.
Legislative history
S.2378 of 2005/2006; Referred to Banks S.104 of 2007/2008; Referred to Banks S.1055C/A.10401 of 2009/2010; Referred to Banks
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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