Bill Text: NY A01177 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the marketing and expanding export trade - New York act to provide assistance to export trade development projects designed to encourage and assist businesses, industrial firms or industry groups to engage in export trade regionally and globally, and to coordinate other state economic development programs with such projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2022-12-16 - tabled [A01177 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01177-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1177

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 7, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Economic Development

        AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
          relation to marketing and expanding export trade

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "marketing and expanding export trade - New York  act"  or  "MEET-NY
     3  act".
     4    §  2.  Legislative  intent.  Participation  in  the  fast-paced    and
     5  intensely competitive  global marketplace by New York  state  businesses
     6  is  critical  for the   long  term  economic  stability  of  the  state.
     7  Several barriers exist, however, for businesses seeking to  expand  into
     8  or  enter  in the export market. Businesses, especially small and medium
     9  businesses are often overlooked as  potential  exporters  of  goods  and
    10  services  thus  information  to  begin and maintain an export program is
    11  therefore not targeted to them.  Businesses need support in the form  of
    12  updated  information,  technical  expertise and to develop working alli-
    13  ances to position themselves to  maximize  trade  potential  with  other
    14  countries, states and regionally within New York state. The state cannot
    15  remain  static  if  it  is  to grow, and it must develop a comprehensive
    16  strategy to encourage and assist all businesses to realize the  promises
    17  of expanded international, inter-state and intra-state trade.
    18    §  3.  Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,  constituting the
    19  New York state urban development corporation act, is amended by adding a
    20  new section 16-bb to read as follows:
    21    § 16-bb. Marketing and expanding export trade - New York (MEET-NY). 1.
    22  The corporation is hereby authorized, using available appropriations, to
    23  provide assistance to export  trade  development  projects  designed  to
    24  encourage  and assist businesses, industrial firms or industry groups to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 1177                             2

     1  engage in export trade regionally and globally, and to coordinate  other
     2  state economic development programs with such projects.
     3    2.  The corporation shall develop a comprehensive export trade program
     4  that seeks to market and expand export trade by New  York  manufacturing
     5  and  service-orientated  businesses  internationally,  inter-state,  and
     6  intra-state.  The marketing and expanding export trade programs would be
     7  required to, but not be limited to,  (a)    initiate    and    encourage
     8  export  opportunities  that market and promote the products and services
     9  that  are grown,  made, processed or manufactured in New  York  interna-
    10  tionally, to other states or within other regions of New York state; (b)
    11  promote  coordinated  business access to warehouses, freight transporta-
    12  tion and other transportation logistics that  work  to  maximize  export
    13  opportunities  for  New York state businesses; (c) assist New York state
    14  businesses by developing online state and regional directories for busi-
    15  ness export assistance, including strategic   financial information  and
    16  assistance, such as access to capital, shared freight and transportation
    17  logistics  that  are  essential  to the growth of  business exports; (d)
    18  provide technical guidance for international trade;  and  (e)  encourage
    19  and promote job  development  within  the state.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.