Senate Bill S5830

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5830
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 disclosure  of  annual
   employment reports for certain non-charitable, non-profit entities
 
   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  172-g
 to read as follows:
   § 172-G. DISCLOSURE OF ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT REPORT FOR CERTAIN NON-CHARI-
 TABLE,  NON-PROFIT ENTITIES. 1. ANY CORPORATION OR ENTITY THAT IS QUALI-
 FIED AS AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY BY THE UNITED  STATES  TREASURY
 UNDER  I.R.C.  501  (C) (3) AND UNITED STATES TREASURY UNDER I.R.C.  501
 (C) (4) AND THAT RECEIVES MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  ITS  TOTAL
 ANNUAL REVENUE FROM STATE FUNDS SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT REPORT
 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL THAT INCLUDES THE NAME AND NUMBER
 OF EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY SUCH CORPORATION OR ENTITY, THE NUMBER OF HOURS
 SUCH  EMPLOYEES  WORKED,  AND  THE ANNUAL SALARY PAID TO SUCH EMPLOYEES.
 ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY IN A  MANNER
 THAT ALLOWS SUCH DATA TO BE SEARCHABLE AND TRANSFERABLE TO A SPREADSHEET
 OR DATABASE WITHOUT FURTHER MANIPULATION. THE REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED
 ON  A  FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL, AND SHALL
 BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC  INSPECTION  AND  COPYING  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 EIGHTY-SEVEN  OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW. THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND
 CONTROL SHALL MAINTAIN A SEARCHABLE DATABASE  OF  ALL  ELECTRONIC  FORMS
 SUBMITTED UNDER THIS SECTION AND SUCH SEARCHABLE DATABASE SHALL BE POST-
 ED  ON  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE AND SUCH SEARCHABLE DATABASE SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE  NAME  OF  THE  CORPORATION  OR
 ENTITY AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT SUCH CORPORATION OR ENTITY RECEIVED FROM THE
 STATE, THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY SUCH CORPORATION OR
 ENTITY, THE NUMBER OF HOURS SUCH EMPLOYEES WORKED, AND THE ANNUAL SALARY
 PAID  TO SUCH EMPLOYEES. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFICE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04042-01-5
              

 S. 5830                             2
 
 AUDIT AND CONTROL TO ENSURE SUCH CORPORATION OR ENTITY SUBMITS THE ANNU-
 AL REPORT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION FOR EACH  YEAR  SUCH  CORPORATION  OR
 ENTITY  RECEIVES  STATE  FUNDS  IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF SUCH
 CORPORATION'S OR ENTITY'S TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUE.
   2.  CORPORATIONS OR ENTITIES THAT FAIL TO SUBMIT THE ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT
 REPORT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  NOTIFIED
 IMMEDIATELY  BY  THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL THAT SUCH REPORT IS
 DUE. IF SUCH REPORT IS NOT FURNISHED WITHIN NINETY DAYS AFTER  NOTIFICA-
 TION  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  THAT  SUCH REPORT IS DUE, SUCH CORPORATION OR
 ENTITY MAY BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 PER MONTH UNTIL SUCH REPORT IS FILED. IF THE REPORT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION IS NOT SUBMITTED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS
 AFTER NOTIFICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE CORPORATION OR ENTITY SHALL BE
 INELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.