Int 1199-2018
Removing fees associated with credit card bail payments and in relation to allowing online bail payment to be made by direct deposit and electronic check.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2018-10-31Local Law 2019/089
Enacted as Local Law 2019/089.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2018-10-31Passed: 2019-05-10Enacted: 2019-05-10
Summary
This bill would remove the 2.49% fee charged on credit card payments of cash bail made using the online bail payment system, and would also remove the 8% fee charged on credit card payments of cash bail made in person.
Committee on Criminal Justice — Department of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
How it compares
24% of similar bills passed
12 passed · 38 died
This bill: 159 days in committee
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Sponsors (24)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-10-31 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-10-31 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-12-03 · Committee on Criminal Justice
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-12-03 · Committee on Criminal Justice
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-12-03 · Committee on Justice System
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-12-03 · Committee on Justice System
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-04-09 · Committee on Criminal Justice
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-04-09 · Committee on Criminal Justice
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-04-09 · Committee on Criminal Justice
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-04-09 · Committee on Criminal Justice
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-04-09 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-04-09 · City Council
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-05-09 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-05-10 · Administration
Votes (55)
Aye (46)
Corey D. JohnsonAdrienne E. AdamsDiana I. AyalaInez D. BarronJustin L. BrannanMargaret S. ChinAndrew CohenCosta G. ConstantinidesLaurie A. CumboChaim M. DeutschRuben Diaz, Sr.Daniel Dromm Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Vanessa L. GibsonMark Gjonaj Barry S. GrodenchikRobert F. HoldenBen KallosAndy L. KingPeter A. KooKaren KoslowitzRory I. LancmanBrad S. LanderStephen T. LevinMark LevineAlan N. MaiselCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerFrancisco P. MoyaBill PerkinsKeith Powers Antonio ReynosoDonovan J. RichardsCarlina Rivera Ydanis A. RodriguezDeborah L. RoseHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Mark TreygerEric A. UlrichPaul A. ValloneJames G. Van BramerKalman Yeger Keith Powers Robert F. HoldenCarlina Rivera
Nay (1)
Steven Matteo
Absent (8)
Alicka Ampry-Samuel Joseph C. BorelliFernando Cabrera Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.Mathieu EugeneRitchie J. TorresAlicka Ampry-Samuel Rory I. Lancman
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2019-04-09 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Criminal Justice · 2019-04-09 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Criminal Justice · 2018-12-03 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Criminal Justice · 2018-11-29 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2018-10-31 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
- Summary of Int. No. 1199-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1199
- Int. No. 1199
- October 31, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-31-2018
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 31, 2018
- Committee Report 12/3/18
- Hearing Testimony 12/3/18
- Hearing Transcript 12/3/18
- Proposed Int. No. 1199-A - 4/4/19
- Committee Report 4/9/19
- Hearing Transcript 4/9/19
- April 9, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-9-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 9, 2019
- Int. No. 1199-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 89
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 9-148 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision e to read as follows:
e. 1. No fee may be assessed on an online payment of bail, unless the chief administrator of the courts requires a party making a payment of bail to pay a reasonable administrative fee.
2. No fee may be assessed on an in person payment of bail, unless the chief administrator of the courts requires a party making a payment of bail to pay a reasonable administrative fee.
� 2. This local law takes effect 6 months after it becomes law, except that paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 9-148 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section one of this local law, takes effect 15 months after it becomes law.
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LS # 6778, 6840, 7912
3/4/2019
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