Int 0294-2014
Limiting the fees charged by the City for making online payments.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2014-04-29
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2014-04-29Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would limit the maximum convenience fee that an agency may charge for an online payment to the lesser of $50 or 2% of such payment.
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal 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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9 passed · 41 died
This bill: 1342 days in committee
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Sponsors (12)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2014-04-29 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2014-04-29 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-02-27 · Committee on Governmental Operations
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-02-27 · Committee on Governmental Operations
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
Committee on Governmental Operations · 2017-02-27 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
City Council · 2014-04-29 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (4)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 48 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 1076 to read as follows:
�1076 Limits on Fees Charged for Online Payments. The maximum fee that an agency or other City governmental entity may charge for the payment of a tax, penalty, fee or other payment to the City of New York online, rather than payment by other means, shall be fifty dollars, or two percent of the amount of such payment, whichever is less.
�2. This local law shall take effect sixty days after its enactment into law.
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LS 974/2014
4/14/14
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