New York Laws
Part 1 - General Organization
207-A - Disclosure of Gifts Made to Institutions of Higher Education by Foreign Governments, Persons and Entities.

§ 207-a. Disclosure of gifts made to institutions of higher education
by foreign governments, persons and entities. 1. As used in this
section: a. The term "foreign government" shall mean any government
other than the United States government or the government of a state or
a political subdivision thereof and shall include an agent of such
government;

b. The term "foreign legal entity" shall mean (i) any legal entity
created under the laws of a foreign government or (ii) any legal entity
created under the laws of the United States or of any state hereof if a
majority of the ownership of the stock of such legal entity is directly
or indirectly owned legally or beneficially by one or more foreign
governments or one or more foreign persons or one or more legal entities
created under the laws of a foreign government or if a majority of the
membership of any such entity is composed of foreign persons or legal
entities created under the laws of a foreign government and shall
include an agent of such legal entity;

c. The term "foreign person" shall mean any individual who is not a
citizen or national of the United States or a trust territory or
protectorate thereof and shall include an agent of such individual; and

d. The term "gift" shall mean any endowment, gift, grant, contract,
award or property of any kind.

2. Every institution authorized by the legislature or by the regents
of the university of the state of New York to confer academic degrees in
this state shall disclose the amount, terms, restrictions and
requirements attached to or made a part of any gift of a value in excess
of one hundred thousand dollars made to such institution by a foreign
government, foreign legal entity or foreign person in any fiscal year of
the institution. If the foreign government, foreign legal entity or
foreign person makes more than one gift to an institution in any fiscal
year of such institution, and the total value of those gifts in such
fiscal year of the institution exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, the
institution shall report all of such gifts received.

3. Such information shall be forwarded to the department no later than
thirty days after the final day of the fiscal year of the institution.
The information shall include:

a. the amount and the date of the making of the gift;

b. when the gift is conditional, matching or designated for a
particular purpose, full details of the conditions, matching provisions
or designation;

c. the name of the foreign government in the case of a gift by a
foreign government; the name of the foreign country in which a foreign
entity or foreign person is principally located or resides in the case
of a gift by a foreign entity or foreign person.

The name of the foreign entity shall be disclosed in the event of a
gift which (i) contains conditions or restrictions regarding the control
of curricula, employment or termination of faculty, admission of
students, student fees or (ii) is contingent upon the agreement of the
institution to take specific public positions or actions or to award
honorary degrees; and

d. the purpose or purposes for which the gift will be used.

4. Such information shall be a matter of public record and shall be
made available by the department to the general public for review and
copying during normal business hours.

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