Bill Text: NY A10368 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a charitable organization from using any charitable donations that the charitable organization receives to make any sort of payment that arises as a term of a confidentiality agreement or closed settlement agreement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-21 - referred to governmental operations [A10368 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10368-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10368

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 21, 2024
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        Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
          Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting charitable
          organizations registered in the state of New York from using any char-
          itable  donations  for confidentiality agreements or closed settlement
          agreements

          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 172-g
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 172-g. Prohibits any charitable organization from  using  charitable
     4  donations  for  confidentiality  agreements  or closed settlement agree-
     5  ments. 1. Any charitable organization registered in  the  state  of  New
     6  York  shall  be  prohibited  from using any charitable donation that the
     7  charitable organization receives to make any sort of payment that arises
     8  as a term of a confidentiality agreement or closed settlement agreement.
     9    2. For the purposes of this section,  "confidentiality  agreement"  or
    10  "closed  settlement agreement" shall mean any private agreement or court
    11  ordered  agreement  resolving  a  cause  of  action  which  limits   the
    12  possession, disclosure or dissemination of information about any part of
    13  the agreement.
    14    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to agree-
    15  ments and proposed agreements entered into on or  after  such  effective
    16  date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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