Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 12, 2012 |
committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 08, 2012 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to banks |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to banks |
Senate Bill S77
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
2011-S77 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S77 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs every banking organization or foreign banking corporation transacting business in this state to cash properly endorsed social security checks presented by the payee, upon sufficient identification, notwithstanding the fact that such payee does not maintain an account with such organization or corporation, upon proof that such payee is sixty-two years of age or older; defines "sufficient identification".
2011-S77 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S77 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the banking law, in relation to the negotiation of social security checks PURPOSE: Enables senior citizens to cash social security checks without maintaining an account at the bank honoring such check. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The banking law is amended by adding a new section 6-n requiring banks and foreign banking corporations in this state to cash properly endorsed social security checks upon presentation of sufficient identification, even though the payee is a non-depositor. JUSTIFICATION: Senior citizens have difficulty cashing their social security checks in banks where they do not have an account and in banks where they have insufficient funds to cover the check. Many senior citizens who are unable to maintain sufficient funds in their account to cover their social security check resort to check cashing businesses where they charge a fee or have friends or family cash it for them. New York State social security checks should be negotiable regardless of non-depositor status.
2011-S77 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 77 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERALTA, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Banks AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to the negotiation of social security checks THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new section 6-n to read as follows: S 6-N. NEGOTIATING SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS. EVERY BANKING ORGANIZATION OR FOREIGN BANKING CORPORATION TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE SHALL CASH PROPERLY ENDORSED SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS PRESENTED BY THE PAYEE, UPON SUFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT SUCH PAYEE DOES NOT MAINTAIN AN ACCOUNT WITH SUCH ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION, UPON PROOF THAT SUCH PAYEE IS SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SUFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION" SHALL MEAN A PICTURE IDEN- TIFICATION CARD ISSUED TO SUCH PAYEE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI- CLES, A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR A BANKING ORGANIZATION WHERE SUCH CHECK IS PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03358-01-1
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