Bill Text: NY A07593 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a computerized directory of technical and financial programs for small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-12-11 - tabled [A07593 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07593-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7593
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 19, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. RICHARDSON, THIELE -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Small Business
       AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to creating  a
         directory  of  technical  and  financial assistance programs for small
         businesses and minority and women owned business enterprises
         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 103-a to read as follows:
    3    S 103-A. DIRECTORY OF SMALL BUSINESS  AND  MINORITY  AND  WOMEN  OWNED
    4  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  ASSISTANCE.  1.    THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE AND
    5  MAINTAIN A REGISTRY OF STATE, FEDERAL, PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT  TECHNICAL
    6  AND  FINANCIAL  PROGRAMS  AVAILABLE TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS
    7  ENTERPRISES AND SMALL BUSINESSES, GENERALLY.
    8    2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN THE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF SUCH REGIS-
    9  TRY ON A COMPUTERIZED DIRECTORY WHICH SHALL BE UPDATED AT LEAST  MONTHLY
   10  AND  SHALL PROVIDE A METHOD FOR WHICH REGISTRY INFORMATION MAY BE DELIV-
   11  ERED TO THE DEPARTMENT  ELECTRONICALLY.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROVIDE
   12  PUBLIC  ACCESS  TO  SUCH  COMPUTERIZED DIRECTORY IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS
   13  INDIVIDUALS TO SEARCH THE DIRECTORY BY NAME, DATE OR TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.
   14    3. THE PROGRAMS LISTED SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO FINANCIAL  AND  TECHNICAL
   15  ASSISTANCE  AND  FURTHER  DIVIDED INTO PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO SMALL BUSI-
   16  NESSES GENERALLY AND DEDICATE A WEBPAGE OR DIRECTORY TO PROGRAMS  APPLI-
   17  CABLE SOLELY TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
   18    4. EACH PROGRAM LISTED SHALL CONTAIN IDENTIFYING INFORMATION INCLUDING
   19  A  PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, THE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE OFFERED, INSTRUCTIONS FOR
   20  APPLICATION TO SUCH PROGRAM, THE  DEADLINE  FOR  SUCH  APPLICATION,  THE
   21  NAME,  ADDRESS  AND  PHONE  NUMBER  OF A CONTACT PERSON AT SUCH STATE OR
   22  FEDERAL AGENCY OR PRIVATE FOUNDATION OFFERING SUCH  ASSISTANCE,  AND  IN
   23  THE CASE OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THE AMOUNT OF SUCH ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
   24  AND THE SOURCE OF FUNDS.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06633-01-5
       A. 7593                             2
    1    5.  THE DIRECTORY CREATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL ALSO MAINTAIN A DIREC-
    2  TORY OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THE NAME, ADDRESS AND
    3  PHONE NUMBER OF A CONTACT PERSON AT SUCH AGENCY.
    4    6.  THE DIRECTORY CREATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL ALSO PROVIDE A LINK TO
    5  CENSUS DATA FROM THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES CENSUS.
    6    7. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  TO  IMPLEMENT
    7  THIS SECTION.
    8    8.  THE DIRECTORY CREATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
    9  WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.