Bill Text: NY A09591 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to creating a comprehensive website of small business and minority and women-owned business enterprise assistance; requires the department of economic development to review its existing websites, directories, and registries offering assistance to small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises and consolidate them into a comprehensive website.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2016-11-28 - tabled [A09591 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A09591-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9591--A IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Small Business -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to creating a comprehensive website of small business and minority and women-owned business enterprise 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 103-a to read as follows: 3 § 103-a. Comprehensive website of small business and minority and 4 women-owned business enterprise assistance. 1. The department shall 5 review all existing minority and women-owned small business enterprise 6 websites, registries and/or directories that are managed by the depart- 7 ment currently offering information and assistance to small businesses 8 and minority and women-owned business enterprises and shall consolidate 9 such websites, registries and directories into one comprehensive 10 website. Such comprehensive website shall be a one-stop source of infor- 11 mation and assistance to small businesses and minority and women-owned 12 business enterprises. The department shall maintain the format and 13 content of the comprehensive website and shall update such comprehensive 14 website as often as feasible. 15 2. The comprehensive website shall include, but not be limited to: 16 (a) information on all state, federal, private and non-profit techni- 17 cal and financial programs available to minority and women-owned busi- 18 ness enterprises and small businesses. Such information shall be 19 searchable by: (i) program name; (ii) type of financial or technical 20 assistance; and (iii) whether assistance is offered to small businesses 21 or minority and women-owned business enterprises. Each program listed 22 shall contain identifying information including a program description, 23 the type of assistance offered, instructions for application to such 24 program, the deadline for such application, the name, address and phone 25 number of a contact person at such state or federal agency or private EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14059-05-6A. 9591--A 2 1 foundation offering such assistance, and in the case of financial 2 assistance the amount of such assistance available and the source of 3 funds; 4 (b) information on all state and federal agencies offering assistance 5 to small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises 6 including the name, address and phone number of a contact person at such 7 agency; 8 (c) a searchable, centralized state database of samples of electronic 9 copies of applications, proposals and forms submitted by small busi- 10 nesses and minority and women-owned businesses and accepted and approved 11 by the department; provided, however, that the department shall redact 12 any information in such applications, proposals and forms and any other 13 necessary documents as required by law and may, in its discretion, 14 redact any other information contained in such applications, proposals, 15 and forms and any other necessary documents in order to prevent an 16 unwarranted invasion of privacy; 17 (d) a method for the electronic submission (i) of information by 18 programs offering assistance to small businesses and minority and 19 women-owned business enterprises and (ii) of any applications, 20 proposals, forms or other necessary documents required by the department 21 by small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises; 22 and 23 (e) a link to census data from the most recent United States census. 24 3. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations to implement 25 this section. 26 4. The comprehensive website created by this section shall be publicly 27 accessible within one year after the effective date of this section. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
