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.

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A5432A-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

A5432A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   5432--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 18, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M. of A. DenDEKKER, ORTIZ, BENEDETTO, N. RIVERA, WEPRIN,
    BARRON, GIBSON, MAISEL, MOYA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BREN-
    NAN,  CROUCH, GOODELL, GOTTFRIED, SCHIMEL, WEISENBERG -- read once and
    referred to the Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  --  committee
    discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
    to said committee

  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, PRE-PAID 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.
                                                             LBD08770-02-1