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Assembly Bill A6943

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires fingerprints and criminal history checks for directors of corporations formed for working with or for benefit of youths

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2019-A6943 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3744
2011-2012: A553
2013-2014: A3483
2015-2016: A2920
2017-2018: A4492

2019-A6943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires fingerprints (two sets, to be annexed to the certificate of incorporation) and criminal history checks (state and nationwide) of the directors of certain corporations subject to the not-for-profit corporation law that are formed for working with or for benefit of youths.

2019-A6943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6943
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to fing-
   erprints  and  criminal  history  background  checks  of  directors of
   certain corporations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  402  of  the  not-for-profit  corporation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D) IF THE CERTIFICATE IS  FOR  THE  INCORPORATION  OF  A  CORPORATION
 HAVING  A PURPOSE OF WORKING WITH OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUTHS, IT SHALL
 HAVE ANNEXED THERETO TWO SETS OF FINGERPRINTS FOR EACH DIRECTOR OF  SUCH
 CORPORATION,  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF DETERMINING THE CRIMINAL HISTORY OF
 EACH DIRECTOR, IN SUCH FORM AND MANNER AS  SHALL  BE  SPECIFIED  BY  THE
 DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE SERVICES, BUT IN ANY EVENT, NO LESS THAN
 TWO DIGIT IMPRINTS. EVERY SET OF FINGERPRINTS ANNEXED TO  A  CERTIFICATE
 OF  INCORPORATION PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PROMPTLY SUBMITTED
 TO THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. THE FIRST SET  OF  FINGER-
 PRINTS RECEIVED BY THE DIVISION SHALL BE USED TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL
 AND  TO  CONDUCT A CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS SEARCH OF THE DIVISION'S NEW
 YORK STATE FILES TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  HAS  BEEN
 CONVICTED  OF  A  CRIMINAL  OFFENSE  IN  THIS  STATE. THE DIVISION SHALL
 FORWARD THE SECOND SET OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S FINGERPRINTS TO THE  FEDERAL
 BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF A NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL HISTORY
 RECORD  CHECK TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF
 A CRIMINAL OFFENSE IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL  JURISDICTION.  THE  DIVISION
 SHALL  PROMPTLY TRANSMIT THE REPORTS OF THESE NEW YORK STATE AND NATION-
 WIDE CRIMINAL RECORDS SEARCHES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. EACH DIRECTOR
 OF SAID CORPORATION SHALL SIGN A RELEASE AUTHORIZING THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 STATE  TO  SUBMIT  SUCH  DIRECTOR'S  FINGERPRINTS TO THE DIVISION AND TO
 RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF SUCH CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SEARCHES SUPPLIED BY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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