Requires all state agencies and departments to accept credit cards, debit cards, money orders, and personal and business checks as a method of payment for any fee or other charge collecting by such state agency or department.

Sponsor: DenDekker / Multi-sponsor(s): Brennan, Crouch, Goodell, Gottfried, Schimel, Weisenberg / Co-sponsor(s): Ortiz, Benedetto, Rivera N, Weprin, Barron, Gibson, Maisel, Moya
Law Section: Executive Law / Law: Add S164-e, Exec L

A5432-2011 Actions

Jun 19, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES
Jun 19, 2012: delivered to senate
Jun 19, 2012: passed assembly
Jun 14, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.178
Jun 14, 2012: rules report cal.178
Jun 14, 2012: reported
Jun 13, 2012: reported referred to rules
Jun 5, 2012: reported referred to ways and means
Jan 4, 2012: referred to governmental operations
Apr 6, 2011: print number 5432a
Apr 6, 2011: amend and recommit to governmental operations
Feb 18, 2011: referred to governmental operations

A5432-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          5432
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 February 18, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations
 

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  requiring  all  state
 agencies and departments to accept certain methods of payment
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  164-e
 to read as follows:

 

S  164-E. FORMS OF PAYMENT ACCEPTED BY STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
 ALL STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS ACCEPTING OR COLLECTING FEES,  FINES,
 PENALTIES,  RENTS, RATES, TAXES, CHARGES, REVENUE, FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
 OR OTHER AMOUNTS, FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL PROVIDE FOR  THE  ACCEPTANCE  OF
 CREDIT  CARDS,  DEBIT  CARDS,  MONEY  ORDERS,  AND PERSONAL AND BUSINESS
 CHECKS AS A METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR ANY AMOUNT ACCEPTED  OR  COLLECTED  BY
 SUCH AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT.
 

S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08770-01-1

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