Bill Text: NY S01519 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers; provides that this provision would enable those individuals that are visually impaired to access ATMs without the assistance of another person; requires the audio system to convey substantially the same information as the visual; provides for rules and regulations to be promulgated by the superintendent of banks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO BANKS [S01519 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01519-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1519
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Banks
       AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to making  ATMs  accessible
         to the visually impaired
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new article  2-D  to
    2  read as follows:
    3                                 ARTICLE II-D
    4                    AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE REQUIREMENTS
    5  SECTION 90-A. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
    6          90-B. DEFINITIONS.
    7          90-C. AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE REQUIREMENTS.
    8    S 90-A. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT AS TECHNOLOGY
    9  INCREASES, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE RELY ON AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES (ATMS)
   10  AS A METHOD FOR DOING DAILY BANKING TASKS. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS
   11  THAT  WHILE SOME ATMS CURRENTLY HAVE BRAILLE LABELS INDICATING THE FUNC-
   12  TIONS OF SOME BUTTONS, MOST MACHINES DO NOT HAVE ANY  NON-VISUAL  METHOD
   13  FOR  READING  OR  RELAYING  THE  SEQUENCE OF MESSAGES THAT APPEAR ON THE
   14  SCREEN. THE LEGISLATURE THEREFORE  DECLARES  THAT  IT  IS  NECESSARY  TO
   15  ENSURE  THAT  ALL  INDIVIDUALS HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THESE
   16  MACHINES.
   17    S 90-B. DEFINITIONS. 1.   "AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE"  SHALL  HAVE  THE
   18  SAME MEANING AS IS DEFINED IN SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER.
   19    2.  "BANKING INSTITUTION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS DEFINED IN
   20  SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER.
   21    3. "VISUAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM" SHALL  MEAN  THE  GRAPHIC  DISPLAY  OF
   22  INFORMATION BY AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE.
   23    4.  "AUDIO  TRANSMISSION SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A SYSTEM THAT RECITES WITH
   24  SONIC CLARITY SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME INFORMATION THAT IS CONVEYED  BY  A
   25  VISUAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01330-01-9
       S. 1519                             2
    1    S 90-C. AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE REQUIREMENTS.  EVERY BANKING INSTITU-
    2  TION  SHALL  MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OF
    3  THE AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES WITHIN ITS DOMINION AND CONTROL TO PROVIDE
    4  EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS.
    5    1.  ANY  AUTOMATED  TELLER MACHINE INSTALLED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
    6  DATE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL TRANSMIT ANY MESSAGE THROUGH BOTH (A) A VISU-
    7  AL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND (B) AN AUDIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.
    8    2. ANY AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE  DATE
    9  OF  THIS ARTICLE SHALL, WHENEVER AN UPGRADE OR REPLACEMENT OF SUCH AUTO-
   10  MATED TELLER MACHINE BECOMES NECESSARY, BE UPGRADED OR REPLACED IN  SUCH
   11  A  MANNER  SO  THAT  SUCH  AUTOMATED  TELLER  MACHINE SHALL TRANSMIT ANY
   12  MESSAGE THROUGH BOTH (A) A VISUAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND (B) AN  AUDIO
   13  TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   15  it shall have become a law; provided that the superintendent of banks is
   16  authorized  to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any
   17  other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date  on
   18  or before such date.