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Int 0302-2010

Prohibiting fees for the use of a credit card in city transactions.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2010-07-29

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2010-07-29Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Governmental OperationsMunicipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.

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This bill: 1251 days in committee

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2010-07-29 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2010-07-29 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2010-07-29 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of Section 11-105 of Title 11 of Chapter 1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any agency or department of the city which, pursuant to an agreement entered into under this section, accepts credit cards as a means of payment of fines, civil penalties, taxes, fees, rent, rates, charges or other amounts owed by a person to the city shall not [be authorized to] charge or [and] collect from any person offering a credit card as a means of payment of a fine any [a reasonable and uniform] fee as a condition of accepting such credit card in payment of a fine, civil penalty, tax, fee, rent, rate, charge or other amount. [Such fee shall not exceed the cost incurred by the agency or department in connection with such credit card transaction, which cost shall include any fee payable by the city to the financing agency.] §2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after enactment. LS 477 Int. No. 977/2009 MG 6/3/10