§5015 — Title 12 Banks and Banking | U.S. Code

Summary

The Board must study five topics about how checks are handled. The study covers how often paper checks are not returned to the paying bank; whether banks let customers use money from local and nonlocal checks before the maximum hold time ends; how quickly depositary banks learn a check was not paid; changes in check-related losses; and whether the time and dollar limits in sections 4002 and 4003, as they were on October 28, 2003, are still appropriate. By the end of the 30-month period that starts on the chapter’s effective date, the Board must send Congress a report with the study results and recommendations for changes in the law.

Title 12, §5015

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(a)In order to evaluate the implementation and the impact of this chapter, the Board shall conduct a study of—

(1)the percentage of total checks cleared in which the paper check is not returned to the paying bank;

(2)the extent to which banks make funds available to consumers for local and nonlocal checks prior to the expiration of maximum hold periods;

(3)the length of time within which depositary banks learn of the nonpayment of local and nonlocal checks;

(4)the increase or decrease in check-related losses over the study period; and

(5)the appropriateness of the time periods and amount limits applicable under section 4002 and 4003 of this title, as in effect on October 28, 2003.

(b)Before the end of the 30-month period beginning on the effective date of this chapter, the Board shall submit a report to the Congress containing the results of the study conducted under this section, together with recommendations for legislative action.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 108–100, Oct. 28, 2003, 117 Stat. 1177, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5001 of this title and Tables. The

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of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), is at the end of the 12-month period beginning on Oct. 28, 2003, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, see section 20 of Pub. L. 108–100, set out as an

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note under section 5001 of this title.

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Section effective at the end of the 12-month period beginning on Oct. 28, 2003, see section 20 of Pub. L. 108–100, set out as a note under section 5001 of this title.

§5015 Study and report on funds availability

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Title 12, §5015

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