Bill Text: NY A03193 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the economic development law, in relation to creating the micro business outreach center assistance program
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-3)
Status: (Vetoed) 2009-09-17 - tabled [A03193 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A03193-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3193
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, MORELLE, CHRISTENSEN, KOON, MILLMAN,
HEASTIE, J. RIVERA, POWELL, ROBINSON, TITUS, SCHROEDER, WRIGHT,
REILICH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENEDETTO, BOYLAND, CAHILL,
CLARK, COLTON, DESTITO, FITZPATRICK, GLICK, GREENE, HOYT, JACOBS,
LENTOL, MAGEE, PEOPLES, PERRY, PHEFFER, QUINN, N. RIVERA, P. RIVERA,
SCARBOROUGH, SWEENEY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Small Business
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to creating
the micro business outreach center assistance program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The economic development law is amended by adding a new
2 article 9-B to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 9-B
4 MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
5 SECTION 216. DEFINITIONS.
6 217. MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS.
7 218. MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK.
8 219. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
9 S 216. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE THE FOLLOWING
10 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
11 1. "MICRO BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP, PARTNERSHIP OR
12 FAMILY BUSINESS THAT HAS FEWER THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES.
13 2. "MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS" SHALL MEAN A BUSINESS OUTREACH
14 CENTER THAT SERVES THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF SPECIFIC COMMUNI-
15 TIES.
16 3. "MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK" SHALL MEAN A NETWORK OF
17 BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS THAT PROVIDES SERVICES THROUGHOUT A REGION AND
18 HELPS DEVELOP AND ASSIST INDIVIDUAL MICRO-ENTERPRISE/SMALL BUSINESS
19 DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DELIVERY OF CUSTOMIZED BUSINESS
20 SERVICES TO ENTREPRENEURS, AS WELL AS CAPACITY-BUILDING SERVICES TO
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ORGANIZATIONS ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING COMMUNITY AND MICRO-ENTERPRISE
2 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
3 S 217. MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
4 WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT A MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER ASSISTANCE
5 PROGRAM. THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED, TO
6 PROVIDE DIRECT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE MICRO BUSINESS
7 OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE FOLLOWING
8 ACTIVITIES:
9 (A) TO ASSIST THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER IN SETTING UP, OR TO
10 ASSIST THE CENTER IN HELPING LOCAL SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS AND/OR NEW
11 ORGANIZATIONS TO SET UP ADDITIONAL MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS, IN
12 GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE STATE THAT ARE WIDELY-SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER
13 BUT ARE IN NEED OF, AND WOULD LIKELY BENEFIT FROM, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
14 SUCH CENTER;
15 (B) TO ASSIST THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER IN PROVIDING AID FOR
16 THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ADDITIONAL MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH
17 CENTERS SO CREATED AS WELL AS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ITS
18 PRESENTLY EXISTING AFFILIATED MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS; AND
19 (C) TO ASSIST THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER TO EXPAND THE
20 CENTER'S COORDINATION OF NETWORKING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES
21 AMONG ALL MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS.
22 2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE MONIES, WITHIN AVAILABLE APPROPRI-
23 ATIONS, IN RESPONSE TO A COMMUNITY NEED FOR THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH
24 CENTERS NETWORK. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
25 AND DESIGNATION OF SUCH MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS WHICH SHALL
26 INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
27 (A) COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY AND/OR SOCIALLY ISOLATED FROM
28 THE MAINSTREAM ECONOMY;
29 (B) A COORDINATED NETWORK OF CLIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, REGIONAL
30 LINKAGES, AND OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES;
31 (C) A MODEL THAT MAXIMIZES THE EFFICIENT USE OF SCARCE EXISTING
32 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES, ADDRESSES THE RECOGNIZED NEED FOR
33 PRE-LOAN AND POST LOAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR GROWING SMALL BUSINESS;
34 (D) FACILITATING ACCESS TO THE COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC
35 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES, CONNECTING SMALL BUSI-
36 NESS TO NEEDED INFORMATION AND CAPITAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
37 3. ASSISTANCE, SERVICES AND DATA AS WILL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO
38 PROPERLY CARRY OUT ITS FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES UNDER THIS ARTICLE
39 SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME, THE
40 COMMISSIONER MAY REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER AGENCIES AND PUBLIC
41 CORPORATIONS AND DISTRICTS.
42 S 218. MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
43 ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT A MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER
44 NETWORK. THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED TO
45 PROVIDE DIRECT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE MICRO BUSINESS
46 OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE FOLLOWING
47 ACTIVITIES:
48 (A) TO ASSIST THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK IN SETTING
49 UP, OR TO ASSIST THE CENTER IN HELPING LOCAL SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS
50 AND/OR NEW ORGANIZATIONS TO SET UP ADDITIONAL MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH
51 CENTERS, IN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE STATE THAT ARE WIDELY-SEPARATED FROM
52 EACH OTHER BUT ARE IN NEED OF, AND WOULD LIKELY BENEFIT FROM, THE ESTAB-
53 LISHMENT OF SUCH CENTER;
54 (B) TO ASSIST THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK IN PROVIDING
55 AID FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ADDITIONAL MICRO BUSINESS
56 OUTREACH CENTERS SO CREATED AS WELL AS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
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1 OF ITS PRESENTLY EXISTING AFFILIATED MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS;
2 AND
3 (C) TO ASSIST THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK TO EXPAND THE
4 CENTER'S COORDINATION OF NETWORKING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES
5 AMONG ALL MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS.
6 2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE MONIES, WITHIN AVAILABLE APPROPRI-
7 ATIONS, IN RESPONSE TO A COMMUNITY NEED FOR THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH
8 CENTERS NETWORK. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
9 AND DESTINATION OF SUCH MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS WHICH SHALL
10 INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
11 (A) COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY AND/OR SOCIALLY ISOLATED FROM
12 THE MAINSTREAM ECONOMY;
13 (B) A COORDINATED NETWORK OF CLIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, REGIONAL
14 LINKAGES, AND OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES;
15 (C) A MODEL THAT MAXIMIZES THE EFFICIENT USE OF SCARCE EXISTING
16 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES, ADDRESSES THE RECOGNIZED NEED FOR
17 PRE-LOAN AND POST LOAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR GROWING SMALL BUSINESS;
18 (D) FACILITATING ACCESS TO THE COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC
19 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES, CONNECTING SMALL BUSI-
20 NESS TO NEEDED INFORMATION AND CAPITAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
21 3. ASSISTANCE, SERVICES AND DATA AS WILL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO
22 PROPERLY CARRY OUT ITS FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES UNDER THIS ARTICLE
23 SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME, THE
24 COMMISSIONER MAY REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER AGENCIES AND PUBLIC
25 CORPORATIONS AND DISTRICTS.
26 S 219. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MONITOR THE EFFEC-
27 TIVENESS OF THE DIRECT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IT PROVIDES TO
28 THE MICRO BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER NETWORK, INCORPORATED, IN ORDER TO
29 DETERMINE AND REPORT TO WHAT EXTENT THE GOALS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION
30 HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AND FILE AN ANNUAL
31 REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF
32 THE ASSEMBLY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF THE STATE'S
33 FISCAL YEAR CONTAINING THE RESULTS OF SUCH MONITORING PURSUANT TO THIS
34 SECTION. SUCH ANNUAL REPORT SHALL CONTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER
35 LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE IF IN THE JUDGMENT
36 OF THE COMMISSIONER NEW LEGISLATION TO FURTHER EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES
37 OF THIS ARTICLE IS WARRANTED.
38 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
39 it shall have become a law.
