Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S3250
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Banks 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
(R, C) 57th Senate District
2021-S3250 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S3250 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3250 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the banking law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the rate of interest to be paid upon judgments and accrued claims PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This Bill would reduce the interest paid on judgment and the accrual of interest on claims. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation would eliminate the 9* annual rate of interest on judg- ments and the amount accrued on claims by using the weekly average of the maturity treasury yield, as published by the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system, preceding the date of entry of the judgment awarding damages.
2021-S3250 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3250 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Banks AN ACT to amend the banking law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the rate of interest to be paid upon judgments and accrued claims 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 7-a to read as follows: § 7-A. RATE OF INTEREST ON MONEY JUDGMENTS. UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE INTEREST ON MONEY JUDG- MENTS SHALL BE CALCULATED AT A RATE EQUAL TO THE WEEKLY AVERAGE ONE YEAR CONSTANT MATURITY TREASURY YIELD, AS PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, FOR THE CALENDAR WEEK PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE ENTRY OF THE JUDGMENT AWARDING DAMAGES, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY STATUTE. IN NO EVENT, HOWEVER, SHALL THE RATE OF INTEREST ON ANY JUDGMENT OR ACCRUED CLAIM EXCEED NINE PER CENTUM PER ANNUM. § 2. Section 5004 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 258 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: § 5004. Rate of interest. Interest shall be [at the rate of nine per centum per annum] CALCULATED AT A RATE EQUAL TO THE WEEKLY AVERAGE ONE YEAR CONSTANT MATURITY TREASURY YIELD, AS PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, FOR THE CALENDAR WEEK PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE ENTRY OF THE JUDGMENT AWARDING DAMAGES, except where otherwise provided by statute. IN NO EVENT, HOWEVER, SHALL THE RATE OF INTEREST ON ANY JUDGMENT OR ACCRUED CLAIM EXCEED NINE PER CENTUM PER ANNUM. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06103-01-1
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