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Compliments of 

William Josephson 

Assistant Attorney General-in-Charge Charities Bureau

 

 

Senate Bill 4836-A  
Introduced  by  Sen.  LEIBELL -- (at request of the Attorney General) --
April 23, 2003
 

AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law and the religious corporations law, in relation to protections against  financial  fraud and  abuse,  and  to  repeal  certain provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law relating thereto.

Provides additional protections against financial fraud and other abuses by the officers of not-for-profit corporations; prohibits self-dealing between an officer or director and such corporation in certain cases. (Amd SS519, 520, 521, 712 & 724, rpld & add S715, N-PC L; amd S2-b, Rel Corp L)  

http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s04836&sh=t

 

 

 

Assembly Bill 8568 
Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- 

(at request of M. of A. Brodsky, Bradley, Clark, M. Cohen, Cook, Gottfried,Grodenchik, Lavelle, McEneny, O`Donnell, Weisenberg)
(at request of the Department of Law)

May 19, 2003                       

 

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  not-for-profit  corporation law, in relation to members, directors and  officers and dissolution of not-for-profit corporations and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

 

Regulates possible conflict of interest situations between officers or directors and the not-for-profit corporations they represent; enables membership corporations unable to obtain the necessary quorums under their certificates and by-laws to petition the supreme court for an order enabling them to nonetheless conduct business; simplifies the non-judicial dissolution process under articles 10 and 11 of the N-PC L and clarifies certain requirements relating thereto.  Rpld S1005, amd N-PC L, generally.  

http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08568&sh=t

 

 

 

Senate Bill 302-D  
Introduced by Sens. LaValle, Bonacic, Leibell, Morahan, Rath, Seward, Spano 
January 8, 2003

 

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of public accountancy. Amd Ed L, generally

Expands the scope of practice for certified public accountants (CPA) and public accountants as sole practitioners, within CPA firms and within business corporations; ensures CPAs are professionally accountable for functions that they currently perform, such as tax and financial advisory services, but that may be beyond the audit and attest definition of the practice. 

http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S00302&sh=t

 

 


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