New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07075 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/20/2025

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7075 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, GIBBS, KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to credit card late charges The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 518-b to read as follows: 3 § 518-b. Credit card late charges. Any charges assessed by a credit 4 card company for late payment shall not exceed five percent of the 5 unpaid balance of any bill, including any interest thereon, or twenty 6 dollars, whichever amount is less. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 8 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07592-01-5