A 969: Requires all banking organizations to have a notary public available during business hours; permits banking organizations to charge a fee for such service.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 969 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, WEPRIN, SAYEGH, CUNNINGHAM, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to requiring all banking organizations to have a notary public available during business hours 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 section 6-q to 2 read as follows: 3 § 6-q. Notary publics; required. Every banking organization shall have 4 a person qualified as a notary public in this state on staff and avail- 5 able on the premises of each facility of such banking organization 6 during regular business hours. Such banking organization shall have the 7 option to charge a nominal fee, not to exceed any fee established in 8 law, for any notary services provided. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02431-01-5