Amendment ID: S2455-12

Amendment 12

Streamlined online processing of freezes

Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. O'Connor and Tarr move to amend the amendment in section 20, by striking out, the third paragraph, in lines 127 to 129, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:- “Consumer reporting agencies subject to this section shall establish a centralized source including, but not limited to, a website, that directs consumers to that website or to a toll-free telephone number and mailing address where consumers may place, thaw or remove a security freeze; provided, however, that when a consumer places, thaws or removes a freeze through this central location it shall be applicable to any other consumer reporting agency which compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis; provider further, that consumer reporting agencies shall not charge a fee to complete a transaction in this centralized location”;

and by inserting after section 26 the following section:-

“SECTION 26A. The fourteenth paragraph of section 62A of chapter 93 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 20, shall take effect 1 year after passage.”.