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Mar 16, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S3303
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2009-S3303 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง380-a, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S1896
2009-S3303 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3303 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general business law, in relation to applying the fair credit reporting act to tenant screening companies PURPOSE : The purpose of this bill is to prevent tenants from wrongfully being blacklisted by tenant screening companies. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill would amend subdivision (e) of section 380-a of the General Business Law. JUSTIFICATION : Under current New York State Law, tenant screening companies are not required to abide by the fair credit reporting statutes and this can lead to the unfair treatment of prospective tenants who may be unknowingly screened. Screening companies receive fees for their services from landlords wishing to avoid undesirable tenants. Problems arise because many tenants are unaware that they are being screened and are often placed in a position where they cannot refute dubious information that may be supplied by a not so thorough screening company. One particular tenant was blacklisted by a Rhode Island based tenant screening company because the company discovered
2009-S3303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3303 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 16, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to applying the fair credit reporting act to tenant screening companies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 380-a of the general business law, as added by chapter 867 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: (e) The term "consumer reporting agency" means any person who, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports or investigative consumer reports to third parties AND SHALL INCLUDE ANY TENANT SCREENING COMPANY, ASSOCI- ATION OR AGENCY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09284-01-9
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