Bill Text: NY A04738 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the department of economic development, job development authority, and urban development corporation to provide preferences to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the administration of their economic development assistance programs; requires annual reports thereon.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-29 - reported referred to ways and means [A04738 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A04738-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4738 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the economic development law, the public authorities law and the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to providing a preference to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the award of state economic development assistance 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 section 101-a to read as follows: 3 S 101-A. PREFERENCES TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS. IN EACH 4 PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO AN 5 APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS, AND CONSISTENT WITH ANY STATUTE GOVERNING SUCH 6 PROGRAM, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE AWARD OF SUCH FUNDS TO SMALL 7 BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS. SUCH PREFERENCE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE 8 LIMITED TO, ACTIVE MARKETING OF THE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY TO SMALL BUSI- 9 NESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUAL SMALL BUSI- 10 NESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS IN ACCESSING AVAILABLE FUNDS UNDER THE PROGRAM, 11 AND ESTABLISHING AND WORKING TO MEET THE GOAL OF AWARDING TWENTY PERCENT 12 OF AVAILABLE FUNDS UNDER THE PROGRAM TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRE- 13 NEURS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ENTREPRENEUR" SHALL MEAN 14 A PERSON WHO ORGANIZES, OPERATES, AND ASSUMES THE RISK OF A START-UP 15 BUSINESS VENTURE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL REPORT 16 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THIRTY-SEVEN-A OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED 17 OF THIS ARTICLE A DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES, A LISTING OF PROPOSALS 18 RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND IDENTIFY 19 WHETHER THE TWENTY PERCENT GOAL WAS MET FOR EACH PROGRAM. 20 S 2. Section 1823 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 21 new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 22 8. IN EACH PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE AUTHORITY, AND 23 CONSISTENT WITH ANY STATUTE GOVERNING SUCH PROGRAM, PREFERENCE SHALL BE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05644-01-3 A. 4738 2 1 GIVEN TO THE AWARD OF SUCH FUNDS TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS. 2 SUCH PREFERENCE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ACTIVE MARKETING 3 OF THE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS, 4 PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS IN 5 ACCESSING AVAILABLE FUNDS UNDER THE PROGRAM, AND ESTABLISHING AND WORK- 6 ING TO MEET THE GOAL OF AWARDING TWENTY PERCENT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS UNDER 7 THE PROGRAM TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS 8 SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS 9 PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 10 LAW AND THE TERM "ENTREPRENEUR" SHALL MEAN A PERSON OR PERSONS WHO 11 ORGANIZES, OPERATES, AND ASSUMES THE RISK OF A START-UP BUSINESS 12 VENTURE. THE AUTHORITY SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORT 13 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-A OF THIS 14 TITLE A DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES, A LISTING OF PROPOSALS PROVIDED WITH 15 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND IDENTIFY WHETHER THE 16 TWENTY PERCENT GOAL WAS MET FOR EACH PROGRAM. 17 S 3. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the New 18 York state urban development corporation act is amended by adding a new 19 section 4-a to read as follows: 20 S 4-A. PREFERENCES TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS. IN EACH 21 PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO AN 22 APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS, AND CONSISTENT WITH ANY STATUTE GOVERNING SUCH 23 PROGRAM, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE AWARD OF SUCH FUNDS TO SMALL 24 BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS. SUCH PREFERENCE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE 25 LIMITED TO, ACTIVE MARKETING OF THE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY TO SMALL BUSI- 26 NESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUAL SMALL BUSI- 27 NESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS IN ACCESSING AVAILABLE FUNDS UNDER THE PROGRAM, 28 AND ESTABLISHING AND WORKING TO MEET THE GOAL OF AWARDING TWENTY PERCENT 29 OF AVAILABLE FUNDS UNDER THE PROGRAM TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRE- 30 NEURS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS" SHALL 31 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 131 OF THE ECONOMIC DEVEL- 32 OPMENT LAW AND THE TERM "ENTREPRENEUR" SHALL MEAN A PERSON OR PERSONS 33 WHO ORGANIZES, OPERATES, AND ASSUMES THE RISK OF A START-UP BUSINESS 34 VENTURE. THE CORPORATION SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORT 35 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY OF THIS ACT A DESCRIPTION OF ACTIV- 36 ITIES, A LISTING OF PROPOSALS PROVIDED WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PURSU- 37 ANT TO THIS SECTION AND IDENTIFY WHETHER THE TWENTY PERCENT GOAL WAS MET 38 FOR EACH PROGRAM. 39 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.