STATE OF NEW YORK
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4422
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Banks
AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to requiring lending insti-
tutions to provide PINs simultaneously with the issuance of smart chip
credit cards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of the banking law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 31 to read as follows:
3 31. Smart chip. The term "smart chip" means credit card technology
4 where credit cards are embedded with microchips to help combat credit
5 card fraud and information theft.
6 § 2. The banking law is amended by adding a new section 9-x to read as
7 follows:
8 § 9-x. Smart chip technology. Any time a lending institution, as
9 defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section nine-t of this
10 article, issues a smart chip credit card, such lending institution shall
11 also provide the customer with a personal identification number to be
12 used in conjunction with that card.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
14 credit cards issued or reissued on and after January 1, 2018.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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