Senate Bill S628

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting of contributions or grants from a government agency by registered charitable 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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2017-S628 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §172-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8191
2019-2020: S626

2017-S628 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the attorney general may require reporting of contributions or grants from a government agency by registered charitable organizations; includes contributions by foreign government entities.

2017-S628 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S628 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    628
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to reporting of  contrib-
   utions  or  grants  from  a government agency by registered charitable
   organizations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 172-b of the executive law, as
 amended by section 3 of chapter 549 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  Every  charitable organization registered or required to be regis-
 tered pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two of this article  which
 shall  receive in any fiscal year gross revenue and support in excess of
 five hundred thousand dollars shall file with the  attorney  general  an
 annual  written  financial  report,  on forms prescribed by the attorney
 general, on or before the fifteenth day  of  the  fifth  calendar  month
 after  the  close of such fiscal year. The annual financial report shall
 be accompanied by an annual financial statement which includes an  inde-
 pendent certified public accountant's audit report containing an opinion
 that  the  financial  statements  are  presented  fairly in all material
 respects and in conformity with generally  accepted  accounting  princi-
 ples,  including  compliance  with  all  pronouncements of the financial
 accounting standards board  and  the  American  Institute  of  Certified
 Public  Accountants  that  establish  accounting  principles relevant to
 not-for-profit organizations. Such  financial  report  shall  include  a
 statement  of any changes in the information required to be contained in
 the registration form filed on behalf of such organization.  The  finan-
 cial report shall be signed by the president or other authorized officer
 and the chief fiscal officer of the organization who shall certify under
 penalties  for  perjury that the statements therein are true and correct
 to the best of their knowledge, and shall be accompanied by  an  opinion
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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