Bill Text: NY A03394 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the disclosure of charitable fund disbursements after donations; requires any charitable organization, professional fund raiser, or professional solicitor to disclose ex-post facto the allocation of disbursements in written communication sent following the donation; provides such disclosure to include the dollar amount allocated toward charitable purposes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A03394 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03394-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3394
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, MILLER, RAIA, McDONOUGH, BARRETT, CAHILL,
         GALEF,  SEPULVEDA  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, LUPINACCI,
         MOSLEY, RIVERA, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  disclosure  of
         charitable fund disbursements after donations
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 178 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 178. DISCLOSURE OF CHARITABLE FUND  DISBURSEMENTS  AFTER  DONATIONS.
    4  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY CHARITABLE
    5  ORGANIZATION, OR  PROFESSIONAL  FUNDRAISER,  OR  PROFESSIONAL  SOLICITOR
    6  ACTING  ON BEHALF OF A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, SHALL DISCLOSE TO DONORS
    7  THE ALLOCATION OF DISBURSEMENTS OF THEIR DONATION ON ANY WRITTEN FORM OF
    8  COMMUNICATION SENT FOLLOWING A DONATION. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL  INCLUDE
    9  THE  SUM  OF  MONEY THAT WENT DIRECTLY TOWARD HELPING WITH THE CHARITY'S
   10  CHARITABLE WORK AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THAT DONATION  THAT  WAS  ALLO-
   11  CATED  TOWARD  OTHER PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADMINISTRA-
   12  TIVE EXPENSES.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03799-01-5