Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 14, 2018 |
held for consideration in higher education |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to higher education |
Feb 06, 2017 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A5055
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALTER
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
2017-A5055 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A5055 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5055 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing that the college choice savings program be administered by no less than two financial organizations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of section 695-d of the educa- tion law, subdivisions 2 and 5 as added by chapter 546 of the laws of 1997 and subdivisions 3 and 4 as amended by chapter 535 of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as follows: 2. The comptroller may solicit proposals from financial organizations to act as depositories and managers of the program. Financial organiza- tions submitting proposals shall describe the investment instrument which will be held in accounts. The comptroller shall select AT LEAST TWO FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS as program depositories and managers [the financial organization], from among the bidding financial organizations that demonstrates [the most] AN advantageous combination, both to poten- tial program participants and this state, of the following factors: a. Financial stability and integrity of the financial organization; b. The safety of the investment instrument being offered; c. The ability of the investment instrument to track increasing costs of higher education; d. The ability of the financial organization to satisfy recordkeeping and reporting requirements; e. The financial organization's plan for promoting the program and the investment it is willing to make to promote the program; f. The fees, if any, proposed to be charged to persons for opening accounts; g. The minimum initial deposit and minimum contributions that the financial organization will require; h. The ability of banking organizations to accept electronic with- drawals, including payroll deduction plans; [and]
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