Senate Bill S691

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S691 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §§213, 3012 & 3215, RR3016 & 3211, add §§214-g, 306-d & 7516, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8959
2021-2022: S153

2019-S691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a purchaser, borrower or debtor; establishes a notice of lawsuit which must be mailed to the defendant in such a cause of action; establishes certain requirements for the complaint in such an action

2019-S691 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    691
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to consum-
   er credit transactions

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "consumer credit fairness act".
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 213 of the civil practice law and rules,
 as amended by chapter 709 of the laws of 1988, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  an  action  upon a contractual obligation or liability, express or
 implied, except as provided in section two  hundred  thirteen-a  OR  TWO
 HUNDRED  FOURTEEN-G  of this article or article 2 of the uniform commer-
 cial code or article 36-B of the general business law;
   § 3. The civil practice law and rules  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 214-g to read as follows:
   §  214-G.  CERTAIN ACTIONS ARISING OUT OF CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
 TO BE COMMENCED WITHIN THREE YEARS. AN ACTION ARISING OUT OF A  CONSUMER
 CREDIT  TRANSACTION WHERE A PURCHASER, BORROWER OR DEBTOR IS A DEFENDANT
 MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN THREE YEARS, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED  THIRTEEN-A  OF THIS ARTICLE OR ARTICLE 2 OF THE UNIFORM COMMER-
 CIAL CODE OR ARTICLE 36-B OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW. WHEN  THE  PERIOD
 WITHIN  WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED UNDER THIS SECTION HAS EXPIRED,
 THE RIGHT TO COLLECT CONSUMER CREDIT DEBT IS EXTINGUISHED AS WELL AS THE
 REMEDY.
   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THE RIGHT TO  COLLECT  CONSUMER  CREDIT
 DEBT" SHALL MEAN ANY ATTEMPTS BY THE CREDITOR, THIRD PARTY PURCHASER, OR
 OTHER  AUTHORIZED  THIRD  PARTY  TO COLLECT SUCH DEBT INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, CALLS, MAIL OR OTHER ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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