Requires each agency to conduct exit surveys for employees resigning from state civil service; directs the state civil service commission to create an annual report on such surveys; exempts individual responses to exit surveys from the freedom of information law.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5912A
SPONSOR: Bores TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to requiring exit
surveys for resigning employees
PURPOSE:
Provides for electronic (email or text message) notice of intention to
sell defaulted pledges and notice of surplus, reserving the borrower the
right to receive a written notice by mail in the alternative.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 49 subdivision 1 of the general business law to
allow electronic notice of intention to sell collateral, by email or
text message, when a pledgor has defaulted on a loan.
Section 2 amends section 50 subdivision 2 of the general business law to
require notice of surplus money following the sale transmitted to pled-
gor in the same medium as the notice of sale.
Section 3 states the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Technological developments in daily life have led consumers and busi-
nesses to replace transactions and communications conducted tradi-
tionally on paper with electronic mediums (text message or email). New
York law requires paper documents for collateral loan communications
between lender and borrower, limiting modern preference between parties
and hindering critical communication. This legislation also still allows
customers who prefer to receive a potential notice of sale (and notice
of surplus) to elect to receive both present and future notices by
traditional mail at no cost or obligation. This bill is intended to have
statewide application notwithstanding any general or special statutes,
local laws and ordinances to the contrary.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: A9784/58131 Consumer Protections
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
