Assembly Bill A753

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain not-for-profit corporations have a board of directors which reflects the ethnic demographics of the communities that they serve

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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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2023-A753 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7183
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §701, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10929, S8873
2021-2022: A3620, S5971
2025-2026: A4695, S6030

2023-A753 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires not-for-profit corporations have a board of directors which reflects the ethnic demographics of the communities that they serve to be able to receive state funds.

2023-A753 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    753
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HUNTER, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- 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
   requiring  certain  not-for-profit corporations have a board of direc-
   tors which reflects the ethnic demographics of  the  communities  that
   they serve
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section  701  of  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) NO CORPORATION SHALL ACCEPT STATE FUNDS UNLESS THE BOARD OF DIREC-
 TORS  OF SUCH CORPORATION CONSISTS OF DIRECTORS WHICH REFLECT THE ETHNIC
 DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT SUCH CORPORATION SERVES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02614-01-3

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