NY S00677 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-06 - AMENDED BY RESTORING TO PREVIOUS PRINT 677A
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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; provides for arbitration of such actions; 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

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; provides for arbitration of such actions; 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
2012-02-06SenateAMENDED BY RESTORING TO PREVIOUS PRINT 677A
2012-01-24SenatePRINT NUMBER 677B
2012-01-24SenateAMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
2012-01-04SenateREFERRED TO JUDICIARY
2011-12-16SenatePRINT NUMBER 677A
2011-12-16SenateAMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
2011-03-08SenateCOMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO JUDICIARY
2011-01-05SenateREFERRED TO CODES

Same As/Similar To

A00633 (Same As) 2012-05-24 - advanced to third reading cal.617

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