NY A00891 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-12 - enacting clause stricken
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts.

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Title

Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts.

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-05-12Assemblyenacting clause stricken
2011-01-05Assemblyreferred to consumer affairs and protection

Same As/Similar To

S00073 (Same As) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

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