Bill Text: NY A10445 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the "innovators corps" within the executive department as a research group whose purpose shall be to identify and encourage the growth of technology businesses in New York state, the primary focus and goal shall be developing ways to attract high-technology domestic and international businesses and jobs to New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-29 - referred to governmental operations [A10445 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10445-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10445
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 29, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to creating  the  innova-
         tors  corps  within the executive department to identify and encourage
         the growth of technology businesses in New York state
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new article 44-A
    2  to read as follows:
    3                                 ARTICLE 44-A
    4                              INNOVATORS CORPS
    5  SECTION 945. INNOVATORS CORPS; CREATION.
    6    S 945. INNOVATORS CORPS; CREATION. 1. THERE IS HEREBY  CREATED  WITHIN
    7  THE  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT  A  DIVISION  TO  BE KNOWN AS THE "INNOVATORS
    8  CORPS".  SUCH DIVISION SHALL BE A  RESEARCH  GROUP  CONSISTING  OF  FOUR
    9  PRIMARY MEMBERS, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, WHO SHALL SERVE AS TRAVELING
   10  REPRESENTATIVES,  AND  ADDITIONAL  STAFF AS THE GOVERNOR AND THE PRIMARY
   11  MEMBERS MAY DEEM NECESSARY.
   12    2. THE FOUR PRIMARY MEMBERS  SHALL  HAVE  SIGNIFICANT  EXPERIENCE  AND
   13  EDUCATION  IN  VARIOUS AREAS OF BUSINESS PRACTICE, AS WELL AS FLUENCY IN
   14  FOREIGN LANGUAGES. SUCH MEMBERS SHALL  SERVE  AT  THE  PLEASURE  OF  THE
   15  GOVERNOR.
   16    3.  THE  PURPOSE OF THE DIVISION SHALL BE TO IDENTIFY HIGH-TECH INDUS-
   17  TRIES WHICH ARE WELL SUITED TO PARTICULAR REGIONS OF THE  STATE  AND  TO
   18  IDENTIFY  AND  TARGET SPECIFIC BUSINESS ENTITIES WITHIN THOSE INDUSTRIES
   19  WHICH ARE READY AND POISED FOR EXPANSION. THE  DIVISION  WILL  FOCUS  ON
   20  WAYS  TO  ATTRACT  HIGH-TECHNOLOGY DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES
   21  AND JOBS TO NEW YORK STATE. THE MEMBERS  OF  THE  DIVISION  SHOULD  ALSO
   22  ESTABLISH  AND MAINTAIN CONTACTS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIGH-TECH BUSI-
   23  NESSES CURRENTLY OPERATING IN THIS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF  ENCOURAGING
   24  AND  SUPPORTING THOSE BUSINESSES WHICH ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND TO DO SO IN
   25  NEW YORK.
   26    4. THE DIVISION SHALL DEVELOP A LIST OF BUSINESS RESOURCES WITHIN  NEW
   27  YORK STATE INCLUDING:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD16003-01-2
       A. 10445                            2
    1    (A) "SHOVEL READY" SITES;
    2    (B) NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY;
    3    (C) COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES;
    4    (D) TAX INCENTIVES; AND
    5    (E) WORKFORCE.
    6    5.  THE DIVISION SHALL ATTEMPT TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS AND GATHER INFOR-
    7  MATION FROM BUSINESSES WHICH ARE DOWN-SIZING, CLOSING, CEASING FUNCTIONS
    8  OR OPERATIONS OR RELOCATING OUTSIDE OF NEW  YORK,  TO  IDENTIFY  ISSUES,
    9  CAUSES  AND  OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS, INCLUDING STATE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND
   10  DISINCENTIVES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS STATE.
   11    6. THE DIVISION SHALL RECEIVE APPROPRIATIONS SUFFICIENT TO  ENABLE  IT
   12  TO CARRY OUT ITS PURPOSES AND DUTIES UNDER THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING TRAV-
   13  EL  EXPENSES  NECESSARY  TO  PROVIDE  MEMBERS  WITH  THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
   14  PERSONAL INTERACTION WITH FOREIGN BUSINESS OWNERS, IN ORDER  TO  PROMOTE
   15  THE BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES IN NEW YORK STATE.
   16    7.  THE  DIVISION SHALL PREPARE MONTHLY REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR AND AN
   17  ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE. EACH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE:  BUSINESSES
   18  AND INDUSTRIES THAT IT HAS TARGETED; SPECIFIC  BUSINESS  DEVELOPMENT  OR
   19  EXPANSION  OPPORTUNITIES;  JOB GROWTH INFORMATION; ANALYSIS AND INFORMA-
   20  TION ELICITED FROM BUSINESSES TERMINATING  OR  LEAVING  THE  STATE;  AND
   21  AREAS IDENTIFIED WHERE NEW YORK CAN IMPROVE ITS BUSINESS CLIMATE.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the members
   23  of  the  innovators  corps  created  pursuant to section one of this act
   24  shall be appointed no later than ninety days after such effective date.