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Senate Bill S8784

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to activities prohibited to not-for-profit corporations

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2019-S8784 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5900
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §204-a, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11010
2021-2022: S2035

2019-S8784 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a not-for-profit corporation from operating a drug injection site.

2019-S8784 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8784 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8784
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  in  relation  to
   activities prohibited to not-for-profit corporations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 204-a to read as follows:
 § 204-A. RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES.
   (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DRUG INJECTION SITE" SHALL MEAN
 ANY  PROGRAM  OR ENTITY THAT PROVIDES A HYGIENIC SPACE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
 TO CONSUME A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF  ARTICLE  THIRTY-THREE
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER
 GENERAL LAW, A CORPORATION OF ANY KIND TO  WHICH  THIS  CHAPTER  APPLIES
 SHALL NOT OPERATE A DRUG INJECTION SITE WITHIN THE STATE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09944-01-9

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