Senate Bill S5294

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting funding of terrorist activities through donations to not-for-profit organizations

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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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2011-S5294 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §718, Exec L; amd §490.15, Pen L; amd §115, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S3501

2011-S5294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting funding of terrorist activities through donations to not-for-profit organizations and requires not-for-profit corporations to file reports when conducting business with certain countries.

2011-S5294 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5294

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law, 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. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 718 to
read as follows:
  S 718. REPORTS OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS. 1. EVERY NOT-FOR-PROFIT
CORPORATION  SHALL QUARTERLY FILE A DETAILED REPORT WITH THE DIVISION OF
HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, IF SUCH  CORPORATION  CONDUCTS
BUSINESS WITH, RECEIVES MONIES FROM, OR TRANSFERS MONIES TO, ANY PERSON,
FIRM,  BUSINESS,  CORPORATION,  GOVERNMENT  OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR
SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, IRAN,  SYRIA,  YEMEN,  LEBANON,  IRAQ,
EGYPT,  SAUDI  ARABIA,  LIBYA,  NIGERIA, SOMALIA, ALGERIA, RUSSIA, PERU,
PHILIPPINES, MALI, INDONESIA, OR MALAYSIA. THE  FORM  OF  SUCH  DETAILED
REPORT,  WHICH  SHALL  CONTAIN THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED, THE
AMOUNTS OF MONIES RECEIVED AND TRANSFERRED, AND THE  PURPOSES  FOR  SUCH
ACTIVITIES,  AS  WELL  AS ALL OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE DIVISION,
SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  BY  THE  DIVISION.  THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
MAY  ACCEPT  A SIMULTANEOUS FILING OF ALL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE FILED
BY SUCH CORPORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW'S BUREAU OF CHARITIES  IN
LIEU OF, OR IN ADDITION TO, THE FILING OF THE DETAILED REPORT.
  2.  ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR OR EMPLOYEE OF A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION,
WHO FAILS TO MAKE A REQUIRED FILING PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS
SECTION  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND
FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  ANY  OFFICER,  DIRECTOR  OR   EMPLOYEE   OF   A
NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION,  WHO  KNOWINGLY  FAILS  TO  MAKE A REQUIRED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11287-01-1
              

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