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N.Y. Business Corporation Law § 405-a: Institution for children; approval of certificate

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  1. Business Corporation Law
  2. Article 4. Formation of Corporations

§ 405-a. Institution for children; approval of certificate.

Every certificate of incorporation which includes among its corporate

purposes, the authority to care for children through the establishment

or operation of an institution for destitute, delinquent, abandoned,

neglected or dependent children shall have endorsed thereon or annexed

thereto the approval of the office of children and family services.

Provided, however, nothing herein shall authorize such corporation to

place out or board out children, as those terms are defined in the

social services law, or to care for children in a facility other than an

institution possessing an operating certificate issued by the office of

children and family services. No certificate of incorporation shall be

approved pursuant to this section on or after June first, two thousand

seven.

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