Int. No. 1955
By Council Members Powers, Lander, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams) and Council Members Yeger, Ayala, Chin, Rosenthal and Rivera
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the maximum fee allowed when transferring money to a person in the custody of the department of correction
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-161 to read as follows:
§ 9-161 Accounts of people in custody. The department of correction shall ensure that members of the public depositing funds into institutional fund account established pursuant to subdivision 7 of section 500-c of the correction law are not charged a service fee that is more than $5. This fee cap applies to all devices or systems capable of allowing members of the public to deposit funds into a person in custody’s institutional fund account, including wire and online transfers.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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LS 8804
5/12/20