Bill Text: NY S03098 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York state advisory council on coronavirus economic recovery and workforce development which will work to promote economic development and collaboration opportunities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-02-15 - referred to economic development [S03098 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03098-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3098--C

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 27, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, HINCHEY, MARTUCCI -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
          Commerce,   Economic  Development  and  Small  Business  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- reported favorably from said  committee,  ordered
          to  first  report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report
          and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of  second
          report  -- recommitted to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Develop-
          ment and Small Business in accordance with Senate Rule 6,  sec.  8  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to  establish-
          ing the New York state advisory council on coronavirus economic recov-
          ery  and  workforce  development; and providing for the repeal of such
          provisions upon expiration thereof

          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  article 23 to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 23
     4           NEW YORK STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC
     5                     RECOVERY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
     6  Section 455. New York state advisory  council  on  coronavirus  economic
     7                 recovery and workforce development.
     8    § 455. New  York state advisory council on coronavirus economic recov-
     9  ery and workforce development. 1. There is  hereby  created  within  the
    10  department  the  New York state advisory council on coronavirus economic
    11  recovery and  workforce  development  for  advising  the  department  as
    12  provided in this section.  The council shall concentrate both on corona-
    13  virus economic recovery as well as issues impacting business post recov-
    14  ery.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06008-06-2
        S. 3098--C                          2

     1    2.  (a)  The  council  shall consist of sixteen members: three members
     2  appointed by the  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  three  members
     3  appointed  by  the  speaker of the assembly, one member appointed by the
     4  minority leader of the senate, one  member  appointed  by  the  minority
     5  leader of the assembly, and the eight remaining members appointed by the
     6  governor,  at  least  two of which shall be small business owners in the
     7  state who employ fifty or less employees.
     8    (b) The appointed council members shall represent  various  geographic
     9  areas  of  the  state  and shall be knowledgeable in at least one of the
    10  following areas:
    11    (i) business;
    12    (ii) education;
    13    (iii) workforce development; or
    14    (iv) public-private partnerships for economic recovery.
    15    3. The council shall  make  recommendations  to  the  commissioner  on
    16  certain subjects including, but not limited to:
    17    (a)  opportunities for collaboration between employers and educational
    18  institutions;
    19    (b) strategies to address any skills gaps;
    20    (c) strategies to create sustainable pathways into careers; and
    21    (d) strategies for workplace learning and skills application.
    22    4. The council shall meet as frequently as its business  may  require,
    23  but  not  less  than  twice  a year.   The presence of a majority of the
    24  members shall constitute a quorum. The  members  of  the  council  shall
    25  receive no compensation for their services as members.
    26    5.  The  commissioner, upon request of the council, shall designate an
    27  officer or employee of the office to act as secretary of the council and
    28  shall assign from time to time such other employees as the  council  may
    29  require.
    30    6.  The council shall develop and submit a report to the governor, the
    31  speaker of the assembly, and the temporary president of  the  senate  no
    32  later  than  one  year  from the effective date of this act and annually
    33  thereafter. Such report shall include recommendations required  by  this
    34  section  and  recommendations  to  effectively  implement any initiative
    35  identified by the council.
    36    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    37  deemed repealed four years after it shall have become a law.