Assembly Bill A4453

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring all banks and credit unions to have a notary public available during business hours

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A4453 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2880
Current Committee:
Assembly Banks
Law Section:
Banking Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6-n, Bank L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10700
2017-2018: A410, S7240
2021-2022: S3419
2023-2024: S5014

2019-A4453 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all banks and credit unions to have a notary public available during business hours; permits banks to charge a fee for such service.

2019-A4453 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4453
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Banks
 
 AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to requiring all banks  and
   credit unions to have a notary public available during business hours
 
   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:
   §  6-N.  NOTARY PUBLICS; REQUIRED. EVERY BANKING INSTITUTION AND EVERY
 CREDIT UNION SHALL HAVE A PERSON QUALIFIED AS A NOTARY  PUBLIC  IN  THIS
 STATE  ON  STAFF  AND AVAILABLE ON THE PREMISES OF EACH FACILITY OF SUCH
 BANK OR CREDIT UNION DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. SUCH BANKING  ORGAN-
 IZATION  AND CREDIT UNION SHALL HAVE THE OPTION TO CHARGE A NOMINAL FEE,
 NOT TO EXCEED ANY FEE  ESTABLISHED  IN  LAW,  FOR  ANY  NOTARY  SERVICES
 PROVIDED.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00097-01-9

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