Assembly Bill A2657

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires charitable solicitations made by the use of containers left unattended to post the percentage of the collection that actually goes to the charitable purpose

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2657 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§174 & 174-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2678
2011-2012: A3174
2013-2014: A3619
2017-2018: A987

2015-A2657 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires charitable solicitations made by the use of containers left unattended to post on the container the percentage of the collection that actually goes to the charitable purpose.

2015-A2657 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2657

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLE-
  BRIGHT, GALEF, MORELLE, WEINSTEIN -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to charitable collections

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 174 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. ALL CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS MADE BY THE USE OF UNATTENDED CONTAIN-
ERS SHALL HAVE POSTED ON THE CONTAINER THE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS  ACTUALLY
USED FOR THE STATED CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
  S  2.  Section  174-b  of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. ALL CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS MADE BY THE USE OF UNATTENDED CONTAIN-
ERS SHALL HAVE POSTED ON THE CONTAINER THE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS  ACTUALLY
USED FOR THE STATED CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05420-01-5

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