New York A 10912: Relates to exempting active volunteer firefighters from jury duty

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A10912 Summary:

BILL NOA10912 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §18, St Fin L

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Requires interest rates for debts be set to no more than one percentage point greater than the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers per annum; removes collection fees outside of certain debts owed.

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BILL NOA10912 

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04/08/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10912

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend state finance law, in relation to curb interest on all
 fees in the state

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "fee relief act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 18 of the state finance law, as added by
 4 chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 5 3. Unless provided otherwise by contract, statute or regulation, a
 6 debtor owing a debt to any state agency shall pay such debt on or before
 7 the [thirtieth day] three hundred sixty-fifth day following such
 8 debtor's receipt of any billing invoice or notice sent by the state
 9 agency that such debt is due and owing and that failure to make timely
 10 payment, as stated in the billing invoice or notice, will result in the
 11 assessment of interest or a late payment charge and may result in a
 12 charge to cover the cost of processing, handling, and collecting such
 13 debt.
 14 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 18 of the state finance law, as amended
 15 by section 26-a of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended
 16 to read as follows:
 17 4. Unless provided otherwise by contract, statute or regulation, a
 18 debtor that fails to make payment of a debt within the period set forth
 19 in subdivision three of this section shall pay, in addition to the
 20 amount of debt, interest on the outstanding balance of the debt, accru-
 21 ing on the date on which the receipt of the first billing invoice or
 22 first notice occurs[, computed at the underpayment rate which is in
 23 effect on the date which the receipt of the first billing invoice or
 24 first billing notice occurs]. For the purposes of this section, the
 25 [underpayment] interest rate shall be [that rate] set [by the commis-
 26 sioner of taxation and finance and published in the state register
 27 pursuant] to [subsection (e) of section one thousand ninety-six of the
 28 tax law minus four percentage points. With respect to specific classes

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15418-01-6

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 1 of debt collected by a state agency, the director of the budget or offi-
 2 cial of a state agency so designated by the director of the budget may
 3 approve the assessment of interest at a date later than the thirtieth
 4 day following such debtor's receipt of any billing invoice or notice
 5 sent by the state agency] no more than one percentage point greater than
 6 the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers per
 7 annum.
 8 § 4. Subdivision 5 of section 18 of the state finance law, as amended
 9 by section 1 of part C of chapter 81 of the laws of 2002, is amended to
 10 read as follows:
 11 5. In addition to the charges referred to in subdivision four of this
 12 section, and unless provided otherwise by contract, statute or regu-
 13 lation, a debtor that fails to make payment of a debt subject to this
 14 section [within ninety days of receipt by the debtor of the first bill-
 15 ing invoice or notice may] shall not be assessed an additional
 16 collection fee charge to cover the cost of processing, handling and
 17 collecting such debt[, not to exceed twenty-two percent of the outstand-
 18 ing debt, which]. A collection fee shall be added to and payable in the
 19 same manner as the outstanding debt if such de