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NY A08260

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/2/2017

Primary Sponsor

Kenneth Zebrowski

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Origin

Assembly

2017-2018 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a seven-member task force on online lending institutions, with three members appointed by the governor, two by the temporary president of the senate, and two by the speaker of the assembly.

  • Task force membership should include representatives from the online lending community, small business community, financial services industry, and consumer protection community.

  • Requires task force to submit a comprehensive report by April 15, 2018 analyzing online lending prevalence in New York, complaint data, industry practices, interest rates, consumer credit utilization, small business credit gaps, and existing regulatory frameworks.

  • Report must evaluate impacts of proposed regulations on credit availability, assess consumer protections against predatory lending, and explore multistate regulatory harmonization and industry disclosure best practices.

  • Task force automatically expires and is deemed repealed on April 15, 2018; members receive no compensation but are reimbursed for actual necessary expenses.

Legislative Description

Establishes the task force on online lending institutions to identify the main participants in the online lending industry, how they serve consumers and small businesses, the impact thereof, and to report its findings and recommendations.

Last Action

substituted by s6593a

6/20/2017

Committee Referrals

Rules6/19/2017
Ways and Means6/5/2017
Banks6/2/2017

Full Bill Text

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