Senate Bill S7838

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to independent directors and related party transactions; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S7838 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §713 ¶f, amd §102, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S3436

2013-S7838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to independent directors and related party transactions.

2013-S7838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7838

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 13, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Author-
  ities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to inde-
  pendent  directors  and  related  party  transactions;  and  repealing
  certain provisions of such law relating thereto

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (f) of section 713 of the  not-for-profit  corpo-
ration law is REPEALED.
  S  2.  Subparagraphs  21 and 24 of paragraph (a) of section 102 of the
not-for-profit corporation law, as added by chapter 549 of the  laws  of
2013, are amended to read as follows:
  (21)  "Independent director" means a director who: (i) is not, and has
not been within the last three years, an employee of the corporation  or
an affiliate of the corporation, and does not have a relative who is, or
has  been within the last three years, a key employee of the corporation
or an affiliate of the corporation; (ii) has not received, and does  not
have a relative who has received, in any of the last three fiscal years,
more  than  ten  thousand dollars in direct compensation from the corpo-
ration or an affiliate of the corporation (other than reimbursement  for
expenses  reasonably  incurred  as a director or reasonable compensation
for service as a director as permitted by paragraph (a) of  section  202
(General and special powers)); and (iii) is not a current employee of or
does  not  have a substantial financial interest in, and does not have a
relative who is a current officer of  or  has  a  substantial  financial
interest  in, any entity that has made payments to, or received payments
from, the corporation or an affiliate of the corporation for property or
services in an amount which, in any of  the  last  three  fiscal  years,
exceeds  the  lesser  of  twenty-five thousand dollars or two percent of
such entity's consolidated gross revenues. For purposes of this subpara-
graph, "payment" does not include charitable  contributions,  MEMBERSHIP
DUES OR PREMIUM PAYMENTS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15576-01-4
              

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