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- Signed chap.3
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.2
- Substituted for A868
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.21
- Referred to rules
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Makes technical corrections to law relating to credit record freezes
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Jeffrey Dinowitz
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BILL NUMBER:S1516
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to credit record freezes
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to make technical, clarifying amendments to Chapter 441 of the Laws of 2014, which originally established and outlined the process of placing a credit freeze on a minor person's credit report or file.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill makes a technical correction to the definition and applicability of the term "security freeze for a protected" consumer. Section two makes a similar technical correction by replacing "consumer" with "person" for the aforementioned term. In addition, section two of the bill clarifies the tense of the word "pay" in accordance with the rest of the sentence. Section three is the effective date.
Justification
Chapter 441 of the Laws of 2014 extended important consumer protections already available to adults to minor children (i.e., persons under the age of 16). Under this new law, parents and/or guardians of minors can place a security freeze on such minor child's credit file or record in order to prevent identity theft. Numerous other states allow these protections for minor children, and New York joined them with the enactment of Chapter 441 of the Laws of 2014.
This bill makes technical, clarifying amendments to Chapter 441 of the Laws of 2014 in order to allow for a better comprehension and understanding of the new law. Specifically, certain terms are made to be consistent with other references to the same term within the law and a verb tense is clarified.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the same date as chapter 441 of the laws of 2014, takes effect.
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