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                                   5677
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. ZINERMAN, WOERNER, BUTTENSCHON, ZACCARO -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to creating a  trans-
   parency database for contracted not-for-profit organizations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended to add a new section  179-
 ff to read as follows:
   § 179-FF. NOT-FOR-PROFIT TRANSPARENCY DATABASE. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 PROMOTING  TRANSPARENCY,  ACCOUNTABILITY,  AND ACCESSIBILITY, A DATABASE
 SHALL BE CREATED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER THAT SHALL INCLUDE A  LIST  OF
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION
 ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE-Q OF THIS ARTICLE, THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
 BEING  APPROVED  FOR  CONTRACTS,  THAT  HAVE  RECEIVED  CERTIFICATES  OF
 APPROVAL,  ARE  APPROVED FOR CONTRACTS, HAVE RECEIVED RENEWAL CONTRACTS,
 OR HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF FULLY-EXECUTED CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK.
   2. (A) THE DATABASE SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND AT  A  MINI-
 MUM,  BE SEARCHABLE BY YEAR, CATEGORY OF ISSUE AREA, LOCATION, INCLUDING
 SENATE AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY, AND  BY  ORGANIZATION  NAME.
 THE  COMPTROLLER  MAY,  AT  THEIR  DISCRETION, ADD ADDITIONAL SEARCHABLE
 CRITERIA BUT SHALL AT NO TIME REMOVE  THE  CRITERIA  DESCRIBED  IN  THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   (B) THE DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE, FOR EACH ENTRY, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
 EACH CONTRACT'S PURPOSE.
   3.  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER SHALL AT ALL TIMES KEEP THE DATABASE UP TO
 DATE, IN WORKING CONDITION, AND  SHALL  MAKE  SUFFICIENT  ALLOCATION  AS
 APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPER MAINTENANCE OF THE DATABASE.
   4.  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER WILL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY RELEVANT
 STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS, AS APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING THE OFFICE  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL, TO COLLECT AND KEEP UP TO DATE ALL DATA RELEVANT
 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH DATABASE.
   5. THE DATABASE SHALL BE MADE OPERATIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
 NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.