S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6214 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 15, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to annual reports concerning veteran-owned small businesses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 21 to read as follows: 3 21. TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE ANNUAL REPORT AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION 4 ELEVEN OF THIS SECTION AN ACCOUNTING OF THE NUMBER OF VETERAN-OWNED 5 SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, TO BE LISTED BY THE FOLLOWING 6 DESIGNATIONS: SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS 7 AND SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED 8 VETERANS. SUCH LISTING SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE NAME OF 9 THE VETERAN OWNER OR OWNERS OF EACH BUSINESS, LOCATION OF EACH SUCH 10 BUSINESS AND THE TYPE OF EACH SUCH BUSINESS. THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS 11 CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS" AND THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS 12 CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS" SHALL HAVE 13 THE SAME MEANING SET FORTH IN 15 U.S.C. SECTION 632(Q). THE DIVISION 14 SHALL REQUEST THIS INFORMATION ANNUALLY FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 15 VETERANS AFFAIRS AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCIES. 16 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02480-01-3