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                                  2767--A
     Cal. No. 260
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2021
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 Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, BIAGGI, GAUGHRAN, GOUNARDES, HELMING, JACK-
   SON,  KAPLAN, MAY, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
   report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to
   the  Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  establish  a private student loan refinance task force; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. There is hereby established the private student loan refi-
 nance task force. The purpose of such task force is to study and analyze
 ways lending  institutions  that  offer  non-federal  student  loans  to
 students  of  New York institutions of higher education can be incentiv-
 ized and encouraged to create student loan refinance programs.
   § 2. The private student loan refinance task force shall consist of 11
 members as follows:  the superintendent of financial services or his  or
 her designee, the president of the higher education services corporation
 or  his  or  her  designee, three members appointed by the governor, two
 members appointed by the temporary president of the senate,  one  member
 appointed by the minority leader of the senate, two members appointed by
 the  speaker  of  the assembly, and one member appointed by the minority
 leader of the assembly. The appointed  members  shall  include,  to  the
 extent  practicable,  individuals representative of lending institutions
 and the consumer protection community.  All appointments of  members  of
 the  private  student  loan  refinance task force shall be made no later
 than 90 days after the effective date of this act.
   § 3. The president of the higher education services corporation  shall
 be  designated  as the chairperson of the private student loan refinance
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 task force. The members of the private student loan refinance task force
 shall serve without compensation, except that members shall  be  allowed
 their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their
 duties under this act.
   §  4.  The  private  student  loan  refinance task force shall issue a
 report of its findings and recommendations to the governor,  the  tempo-
 rary  president  of  the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later
 than December 31, 2022.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2023.