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                                   8301
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT  to  establish  the  office  of nonprofit development within the
   empire state development corporation

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. Definitions. As used in this act:
   a.  "director"  means the director of the office of nonprofit develop-
 ment;
   b. "nonprofit organization" means an organization described in section
 501 (C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and
   c. "office" means the office of nonprofit development created by  this
 act.
   2.  Office  of nonprofit development. The office of nonprofit develop-
 ment is hereby created within the empire state  development  corporation
 to  have  and  exercise the functions, powers and duties provided by the
 provisions of this act and any other provision of law.
   3. Director. The head of the office  shall  be  the  director  of  the
 office.    The  director  shall  be  appointed by the governor and shall
 receive a salary to be fixed by the governor within the  amounts  appro-
 priated  therefor.  The  director  shall  report  to the commissioner of
 empire state development.
   a. The director may, from time to time, create, abolish, transfer  and
 consolidate  units within the office not expressly established by law as
 the director may determine necessary for the efficient operation of  the
 office,  subject  to  the  approval  of the commissioner of empire state
 development.
   b. The director may appoint assistants, and other officers and employ-
 ees, committees and consultants as  the  director  may  deem  necessary,
 prescribe  their  powers  and  duties, fix their compensation within the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 amounts appropriated therefor, subject to the approval  of  the  commis-
 sioner of empire state development and the director of the budget.
   c. The director may request and receive from any department, division,
 board,  bureau,  commission or other agency of the state any information
 and non-financial resources that will  enable  the  office  to  properly
 carry out its functions, powers and duties. Requests for assistance from
 such  entities  shall  be subject to the approval of the commissioner of
 empire state development.
   4. Functions, powers and duties. The office shall have  the  following
 functions, powers and duties:
   a. to assist nonprofit organizations with business development, capac-
 ity building and technical support;
   b.  to provide financial education to nonprofit organizations, includ-
 ing education relating to accounting and  reporting  requirements,  cash
 flow management, loan and borrowing procedures, and applicable grant and
 award programs;
   c.  to  advise  nonprofit  organizations  about fund-raising measures,
 techniques and reporting requirements;
   d. to  provide  nonprofit  organizations  with  access  to  mentorship
 programs,  leadership  training  programs  and job development programs,
 including advice as to the hiring and training of nonprofit staff; and
   e. to periodically coordinate with the New York State  Nonprofit  Unit
 regarding the interpretation and clarification of state regulations.
   5.  Report.  On or before September thirtieth of each year, the office
 shall submit a report to the commissioner of  empire  state  development
 setting forth the following:
   a.  the  number  of  nonprofit  organizations  accessing  the office's
 services;
   b. aggregate information regarding the nature and  populations  served
 by nonprofit organizations accessing the office's services;
   c.  aggregate  information regarding the types of services provided to
 nonprofit organizations accessing the office's services;
   d. aggregate information regarding grant and/or award funding obtained
 by nonprofit organizations with the assistance of the office; and
   e. recommendations of the office as to how to better  serve  nonprofit
 organizations.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.