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                                 1279--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CASTELLI, BURLING, KATZ, McDONOUGH, OAKS, SALADI-
  NO,  J. MILLER,  McLAUGHLIN,  GALEF, GIGLIO, D. MILLER, GRAF -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M.   of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH,  CROUCH,  REILICH  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the
  Committee  on  Codes  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the penal law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in
  relation  to  prohibiting  funding and support of terrorist activities
  and organizations

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

  Section  1.   Section 490.15 of the penal law, as added by chapter 300
of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
S 490.15 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in  the
           first degree.
  A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terror-
ism in the first degree when:
  1.  he or she commits the crime of soliciting or providing support for
an act of terrorism in the second degree and the total value of material
support or resources exceeds one thousand dollars; OR
  2. HE OR SHE, AS AN OFFICER OR DIRECTOR  OF  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPO-
RATION,  KNOWINGLY  PERMITS  SUCH CORPORATION TO ASSIST, FUND OR SUPPORT
TERRORISM.
  Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in  the  first
degree is a class C felony.
  S  2.  Section  115 of the not-for-profit corporation law, as added by
chapter 669 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
S 115. Power to solicit contributions for charitable purposes.
  (A) SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.  No  corpo-
ration having the power to solicit contributions for charitable purposes
may  solicit  contributions  for  any purpose for which approval of such
solicitation is required under the provisions of  section  four  hundred
              

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05507-03-2

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four of this chapter unless the certificate specifically makes provision
for  such  solicitation and the required written approval is endorsed on
or annexed to such certificate or unless the corporation is among  those
referred  to  in section one hundred seventy-two-a of the executive law.
If such approval is not obtained and the corporation continues to solic-
it or to receive contributions for such purpose or  advertises  that  it
has  obtained such approval, the attorney general, at the request of the
officer or body authorized to grant such  approval,  shall  maintain  an
action  or  proceeding pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph one of
paragraph (a) of section one hundred twelve of this  [chapter]  ARTICLE.
Such an action may also be maintained in relation to a corporation here-
inafter incorporated if the name, purposes, objects or the activities of
such  corporation may, in any manner, lead to the belief that the corpo-
ration possesses or may exercise any of such purposes.
  (B) CONTRIBUTIONS SOLICITED FOR, OR TRANSFERRED TO, ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SUPPORT TERRORISM PROHIBITED. NO CORPORATION FORMED UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER
SHALL  SOLICIT  CONTRIBUTIONS FOR, OR TRANSFER ANY MONIES TO, ANY PERSON
OR ORGANIZATION WHICH ASSISTS, FUNDS OR SUPPORTS TERRORISM OR  TERRORIST
ACTIVITIES.  TERRORISM AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, SHALL INCLUDE ANY  ACT,  OR  THREAT  OF  AN  ACT,  OF  VIOLENCE
DIRECTED  AGAINST  THE UNITED STATES, ANY STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OR
AGAINST ANY PERSON OR PROPERTY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, IF SUCH ACT, OR
THREAT OF AN ACT, OF VIOLENCE IS MOTIVATED  BY  RELIGIOUS,  CULTURAL  OR
POLITICAL  IDEOLOGY.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE ASSISTANCE,
FUNDING OR SUPPORT OF TERRORISM SHALL INCLUDE ANY ACTIVITY  WHICH  COULD
ASSIST  THE  ADVANCEMENT,  PLANNING,  OPERATION,  CONDUCT OR ADVOCACY OF
TERRORISM OR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE ASSISTANCE, FUNDING  OR
SUPPORTING  OF  ANY EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL OR POLITICAL ORGAN-
IZATION, OR PERSON OFFICIALLY AFFILIATED WITH SUCH  ORGANIZATION,  WHICH
ADVOCATES  THE  ADVANCEMENT, PLANNING, OPERATION, CONDUCT OR ADVOCACY OF
TERRORISM OR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND/OR THE STATE
COMPTROLLER, UPON PROBABLE CAUSE, MAY AUDIT AND INVESTIGATE  ANY  CORPO-
RATION  FORMED UNDER THIS CHAPTER, SUSPECTED OF VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION.  UPON THE CONDUCT OF SUCH AUDIT OR  INVESTIGATION,  THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL BE PERMITTED FULL AND UNRE-
STRICTED ACCESS TO ALL RECORDS, PAPERS AND ACCOUNTS OF SUCH CORPORATION,
AND  SHALL ALSO BE EMPOWERED TO DEPOSE UNDER OATH, ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR
OR EMPLOYEE OF SUCH CORPORATION. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL  SHALL  ALSO  HAVE
THE  POWER,  AS  SHALL  THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
CORPORATION MAINTAINS ITS OFFICES, TO PROSECUTE ANY  VIOLATION  OF  THIS
SECTION.   ANY CORPORATION FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION, AND/OR ANY CORPORATION WHICH HAS AN OFFICER OR  DIRECTOR  FOUND
GUILTY  OF  SECTION  490.15  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW UPON APPLICATION TO THE
SUPREME COURT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHALL  BE
DEEMED IMMEDIATELY DISSOLVED, WITH ITS ASSETS IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRED TO
THE  STATE  OF  NEW YORK, AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER UPON DEPOSITING SUCH
ASSETS INTO A SEGREGATED ACCOUNT SHALL THEREUPON DISBURSE SUCH ASSETS TO
OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH DO  NOT  ASSIST,  FUND  OR  SUPPORT
TERRORISM  OR  TERRORIST  ACTIVITIES,  UNLESS  THE  SUPREME  COURT FINDS
COMPELLING EVIDENCE THAT THE CORPORATION'S  EXISTENCE  SHOULD  BE  MAIN-
TAINED AND THE CORPORATION HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT ALL PERSONS INVOLVED IN
THE ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN PERMA-
NENTLY  BARRED FROM EMPLOYMENT, ASSOCIATION, AND/OR ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH
THE CORPORATION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.