BILL NUMBER:A9172
TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish a moratorium on disbursement of
state monies to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform
Now or to any organization related thereto; and providing for the repeal
of such provision upon the expiration thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To prohibit certain entities from
receiving funding under the 2009-10 New York State budget.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section details the legislative intent.
Section 2 establishes the moratorium on all state monies appropriated by
the laws of 2009 from going to ACORN or any related organizations pend-
ing investigations by the attorney general and the state comptroller and
the reports from those entities to the Governor and the Legislature.
JUSTIFICATION: It is the goal of this legislation to prevent the misuse
of the funds of the state due to corruption, abuse and fraud. Recently
ACORN has been the focus of numerous scandals ranging from voter fraud
to providing advice to individuals on how to break the law. In the wake
of these scandals, the United States Senate has overwhelmingly voted to
block Housing and Urban Development funding from being distributed to
ACORN and the United States Census Bureau has severed ties with the
organization. In addition, it has recently been revealed that a princi-
pal in ACORN misappropriated about $1 million of ACORN funds. In light
of these revelations, the legislature should guard against the potential
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9172
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 30, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, FITZPATRICK, ALFANO, BALL, BARCLAY, BARRA,
BOYLE, BURLING, CALHOUN, CORWIN, CROUCH, DUPREY, ERRIGO, FINCH, HAYES,
JORDAN, P. LOPEZ, McDONOUGH, MILLER, OAKS, O'MARA, QUINN, RAIA,
REILICH, SALADINO, SCOZZAFAVA, TOBACCO, TOWNSEND -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. BACALLES, BUTLER, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, McKEVITT, MOLINARO,
RABBITT, SAYWARD, TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
AN ACT to establish a moratorium on disbursement of state monies to the
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or to any organ-
ization related thereto; and providing for the repeal of such
provision upon the expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and
declares that in light of recent events and allegations surrounding the
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), it is
necessary to suspend all funding sources provided by the state to ACORN
and conduct a full investigation into the operations and actions of the
organization, and all of its affiliates and their employees.
S 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, there
is hereby established a moratorium on all monies appropriated by the
laws of 2009 made available to the Association of Community Organiza-
tions for Reform Now (ACORN), or any state chapter of ACORN as regis-
tered with the secretary of state, any organization that shares direc-
tors, employees or independent contractors with ACORN, any organization
that has a financial stake in ACORN, any organization whose finances,
whether federally funded, donor funded or raised through organizational
goods and services, are shared or controlled by ACORN, or employees of
ACORN.
The purpose of such moratorium shall be to afford the state comp-
troller and the attorney general sufficient time to conduct thorough
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14771-01-9
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