Bill Text: NY A08138 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that a not-for-profit organization located in a city with a population of a million or more, ensure that 75% of its board members be residents of the same community in which such organization is located.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A08138 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08138-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8138
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    August 30, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to require seventy-five percent of the board members  of  a  not-
         for-profit  organization  located in a city of a million or more to be
         residents of the same community in which such organization is located
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a not-for-pro-
    2  fit organization located in a city with a population of one  million  or
    3  more,  shall  ensure  that  seventy-five  percent of such organization's
    4  appointed board members are current residents of the community or neigh-
    5  borhood in which such organization is located.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06682-01-3