Bill Text: NY A05503 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits the use of public funds to support planned parenthood organizations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - enacting clause stricken [A05503 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05503-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5503
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 24, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the county law and the state finance law, in relation to
         prohibiting  expenditure of public funds to support Planned Parenthood
         organizations
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 16 of section 224 of the county law, as added
    2  by chapter 811 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
    3    16. The board of supervisors of any county may NOT  appropriate  [such
    4  sums  of  money  as it deems proper toward the maintenance of] ANY FUNDS
    5  FOR THE SUPPORT OR OPERATION OF a planned parenthood association  organ-
    6  ized  and  operating [to give family planning services to persons resid-
    7  ing] in the county.
    8    S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 53-e  to
    9  read as follows:
   10    S 53-E. STATE FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD ORGANIZATIONS PROHIBITED.
   11  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO APPROPRIATIONS OR ALLO-
   12  CATIONS OF STATE FUNDS MAY BE MADE TO ANY PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION
   13  OR TO ANY SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION.
   14    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06554-01-5
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