Bill Text: NY A03899 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the New York state digital payment application agency acceptance task force to examine the possibility of offering such as a payment option for all moneys collected by state agencies from individuals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A03899 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A03899-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3899 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT establishing the New York state digital payment application agen- cy acceptance task force The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. The department of financial services is hereby author- 2 ized to establish the New York state digital payment application agency 3 acceptance task force to provide the governor and the legislature with 4 information on the potential effects of state agencies accepting 5 payments via digital payment applications. 6 2. The task force shall be comprised of: 7 a. two members appointed by the governor; 8 b. two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate; 9 c. two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly; 10 d. one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; 11 e. one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; and 12 f. two members appointed by the superintendent of financial services. 13 3. The task force shall: 14 a. identify what state agencies collect payments from individuals, 15 what such payments are collected for and through what mechanism such 16 payments are currently permitted to be made through; 17 b. examine and evaluate the availability, effectiveness, and trustwor- 18 thiness of digital payment applications including but not limited to, 19 Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, Google Wallet, Squarecash, and Applepay; 20 c. identify any state or federal agency that currently accepts digital 21 payment application payments and evaluate the effectiveness of such; and 22 d. make recommendations on how to effectively implement the practice 23 of digital payment application acceptance by state agencies. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03113-01-1A. 3899 2 1 4. Such task force shall collaborate with state and city of New York 2 agencies including, but not limited to, the department of taxation and 3 finance and the department of finance of the city of New York. 4 5. The department of financial services shall submit a report, on or 5 before January 1, 2023, to the governor and the legislature of its find- 6 ings, conclusions and recommendations, and legislative and regulatory 7 proposals deemed necessary to implement such recommendations. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.