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Int 0215-2018

Maximum fee allowed when transferring money to a city inmate.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2018-01-31

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2018-01-31Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This local law clarifies that an existing fee cap on transfers to inmate institutional accounts, established by state regulation (N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 7016.2(b)), also applies to wire-transfers. The law also caps the fee at no more than 1% of the deposit amount, not to exceed $5.

Committee on Criminal JusticeDepartment of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-01-31 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-01-31 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2018-01-31 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

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Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-153 to read as follows: � 9-153 Inmate accounts. The commissioner of correction shall ensure that members of the public depositing funds into a city inmate's institutional fund account established pursuant to subdivision 7 of section 500-c of the correction law are not charged a service fee that is more than 1 percent of the deposit amount. Such service fee shall not exceed $5. This fee cap applies to all devices or systems capable of allowing members of the public to deposit funds into an inmate's institutional fund account, including wire transfers. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. JR/BC LS #6693/Int. 1152-A/2016 LS 1205 1/3/18