Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Jan 15, 2009 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A2282
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JEFFRIES
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Robert Reilly
Kenneth Zebrowski
Annette Robinson
Dennis H. Gabryszak
multi-Sponsors
William Boyland
Kevin Cahill
Karim Camara
Earlene Hooper
2009-A2282 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rel §380-u to be §380-v, add 380-u, amd §380-a, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A1873
2009-A2282 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2282 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 15, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to credit score disclosure THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 380-u of the general business law, as relettered by chapter 63 of the laws of 2006, is relettered section 380-v and a new section 380-u is added to read as follows: S 380-U. CREDIT SCORE DISCLOSURE. (A)(1) ANY VENDOR OFFERING CONSUMER CREDIT OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE SHALL DISCLOSE CREDIT SCORE QUALI- FICATION LEVELS TO ALL APPLICANTS FOR CREDIT. (2) A VENDOR SHALL DISCLOSE WITHIN TEN DAYS, TO ANY PERSON DENIED CREDIT INCLUDING DENIAL FROM A PREFERRED OFFER, THE ACTUAL NUMERICAL CREDIT SCORE AND THE ANALYSIS USED TO CALCULATE SUCH SCORE ON WHICH THE DENIAL WAS BASED. THE OPTION OF INTERNET ACCESS FOR SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL BE PROVIDED VIA A SECURE ACCESS CODE GIVEN TO THE PERSON DENIED CREDIT. (3) IF A VENDOR RELIES UPON A CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY TO CALCULATE CREDIT SCORES, SUCH AGENCY SHALL BE DEEMED AN AGENT OF THE VENDOR AND SHALL DISCLOSE THE CREDIT SCORE AND THE ANALYSIS USED BY SUCH AGENCY TO CALCULATE SUCH SCORE TO ANY APPLICANT FOR CREDIT. (4) ANY CONSUMER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ONE CREDIT REPORT EVERY FOUR MONTHS FROM ANY SINGLE VENDOR, OR ONE REPORT PER MONTH WHERE SUCH CONSUMER WAS SOLICITED FOR A CREDIT OFFER BY A VENDOR. (B) (1) DISCLOSURE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION, INCLUDING NUMERICAL AMOUNTS, SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW AN AVERAGE CONSUMER TO VERIFY THE CALCULATION OF THEIR CREDIT SCORE. (2) DISCLOSURE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION AS TO HOW SUCH PERSON CAN IMPROVE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05174-01-9
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