§ 171-a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this article shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is required by the context. 1. “Charitable organizations.” Any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, or eleemosynary person or one purporting to be such or law enforcement support organization as defined in subdivision eleven of this […]
§ 172. Registration of charitable organizations. 1. Every charitable organization, and any charitable organization registered or required to be registered pursuant to article eight of the estates, powers and trusts law, except as otherwise provided in section one hundred seventy-two-a of this article, which intends to solicit contributions from persons in this state or from […]
§ 172-a. Certain persons exempted. 1. This article shall not apply to corporations organized under the religious corporations law, and other religious agencies and organizations, and charities, agencies, and organizations operated, supervised, or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization. 2. The following persons shall not be required to register with the attorney […]
§ 172-b. Reports by registered charitable organizations; registration to be cancelled for failure to file. 1. Every charitable organization registered or required to be registered pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two of this article which shall receive in any fiscal year gross revenue and support in excess of one million dollars shall file with the […]
§ 172-c. Non-resident charitable organizations; designation of secretary of state as agent for service of process; service of process. 1. Any charitable organization having its principal place of business without the state or organized under and by virtue of the laws of another or foreign state and which solicits contributions from people in this state, […]
§ 172-d. Prohibited activity. Except as exempted pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred seventy-two-a of this article, in addition to other violations of this article no person shall: 1. Make any material statement which is untrue in an application for registration, registration statement, a claim of exemption, financial report or any other forms […]
§ 172-e. Disclosure of certain donations by charitable non-profit entities. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (a) “Covered entity” shall mean any corporation or entity that is qualified as an exempt organization or entity by the United States Department of the Treasury under I.R.C. 501(c)(3) that is required to report to the department […]
§ 172-f. Disclosure of certain activities by non-charitable non-profit entities. 1. Definitions. (a) “Covered Entity” means any corporation or entity that is qualified as an exempt organization or entity by the United States Department of the Treasury under I.R.C. 501(c)(4). (b) “Covered communication” means a communication by a covered entity, not otherwise reported by such […]
§ 173. Professional fund-raisers, commercial co-venturers and fund raising counsel. 1. Registration and bond required. No person shall act as a professional fund raiser or fund raising counsel on behalf of a charitable organization required to be registered pursuant to this article before registering with the attorney general or after the expiration or cancellation of […]
§ 173-a. Contracts of professional fund raisers, fund raising counsel and commercial co-venturers; closing statements; final accountings. 1. No person shall act as a professional fund raiser, fund raising counsel or commercial co-venturer before he has a written contract with the charitable organization or other person benefitting from his services. A professional fund raiser or […]
§ 173-b. Professional solicitor. 1. Registration required. No person shall act as a professional solicitor in the employ of a professional fund raiser required to register pursuant to section one hundred seventy-three of this article before he or she has registered with the attorney general or after the expiration or cancellation of such registration or […]
§ 173-c. Non-resident professional fund raisers, fund raising counsel, professional solicitors and commercial co-venturers; designation of secretary of state as agent for service of process; service of process. 1. Any professional fund raiser, fund raising counsel, professional solicitor or commercial co-venturer resident or whose principal place of business is without the state or organized under […]
§ 174. Solicitation by unregistered charitable organizations, professional fund-raisers or commercial co-venturers a fraud upon the people of the state. 1. No charitable organization shall employ any professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer unless and until such fund raiser or commercial co-venturer is registered pursuant to this article. Any such contract of employment shall be […]
§ 174-a. Contracts with charitable organizations. 1. Whenever a charitable organization contracts with a professional fund raiser or fund raising counsel or commercial co-venturer, the charitable organization shall have the right to cancel the contract without cost, penalty, or liability for a period of fifteen days following the date on which said contract is filed […]
§ 174-b. Solicitation. 1. Any solicitation, by any means, including but not limited to oral solicitation, by or on behalf of a registered charitable organization which is required to file financial reports pursuant to this article and has filed all such reports, shall include therein a statement that upon request, a person may obtain from […]
§ 174-c. Sales advertised to benefit a charitable organization. All advertising, of every kind and nature, that a sale of goods, services, entertainment or any other thing of value will benefit a charitable organization shall set forth the anticipated portion of the sales price, anticipated percentage of the gross proceeds, anticipated dollar amount per purchase, […]
§ 174-d. Unauthorized use of names when soliciting or collecting contributions. 1. No person shall, for the purpose of soliciting contributions from persons in this state, use the name of any other person, except that of an officer, director or trustee of the charitable organization by or for which contributions are solicited, without the written […]
§ 175. Enforcement by attorney general. 1. An action for violation of this article may be prosecuted by the attorney general, or his deputy, in the name of the people of the state, and in any such action, the attorney general or his deputy, shall exercise all the powers and perform all duties which the […]
§ 175-a. Application of article. This article shall not be construed to limit or restrict the exercise of the powers or the performance of the duties of the attorney general or district attorney which they otherwise are authorized to exercise or perform under any other provision of law.
§ 175-b. Municipal option. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prevent any municipality from adopting or enacting any local law, ordinance or regulation imposing more restrictive requirements for the solicitation of contributions for law enforcement support organizations, provided, however, that nothing permitted by this section shall be construed to modify or be […]
