Bill Text: NY S05093 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the small business innovation research/small business technology transfer technical assistance program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S05093 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05093-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5093
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 7, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
          relation  to  creating  the  small  business innovation research/small
          business technology transfer technical assistance program; and repeal-
          ing section 3102-c of the public authorities law relating thereto
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting
     2  the New York state urban development  corporation  act,  is  amended  by
     3  adding a new section 52 to read as follows:
     4    §  52.  Small business innovation research (SBIR)/small business tech-
     5  nology transfer (STTR) technical assistance program. 1. The small  busi-
     6  ness  innovation  research/small  business technology transfer technical
     7  assistance program, hereafter referred to as "the  program",  is  hereby
     8  created in the corporation for the purposes of providing funds to eligi-
     9  ble  entities to provide technical assistance to small businesses of one
    10  hundred employees or less and located in New  York  state  in  competing
    11  successfully  for  grants  made available through phase I of the federal
    12  small business innovation research program as enacted  pursuant  to  the
    13  small  business  innovation development act of 1982, and the small busi-
    14  ness technology transfer act of 1982, so as to increase  the  number  of
    15  phase I SBIR and STTR award winners within the state.
    16    2.  Technical  assistance services under this section may include, but
    17  are not limited to:
    18    (a) outreach to small businesses to  promote  awareness  of  SBIR/STTR
    19  program solicitations;
    20    (b)  counseling  to  determine  the  ability  of  a business to pursue
    21  SBIR/STTR phase I funding, the technology match with the federal  agency
    22  solicitation  to be pursued, the qualifications of personnel involved in
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08630-03-7
        S. 5093                             2
     1  the proposed project, and the level of support needed from the technical
     2  assistance program to produce a competitive application; and
     3    (c) proposal preparation assistance including grant writing, technolo-
     4  gy evaluation, and general proposal evaluation.
     5    3.  In  determining whether to provide technical assistance authorized
     6  pursuant to this section to a small business,  eligible  entities  shall
     7  consider  the  probability  of  such  business commercializing any inno-
     8  vations resulting from research funded by an SBIR or STTR award  in  New
     9  York state.
    10    4.  Eligible entities. (a) Entities that are eligible to receive funds
    11  under this section shall have demonstrable  experience  and  success  in
    12  providing  technical assistance authorized pursuant to this section, and
    13  as determined by the corporation, and shall include:
    14    (i) centers for advanced technology established  pursuant  to  section
    15  thirty-one hundred two-b of the public authorities law;
    16    (ii)  technology  development  corporations  established  pursuant  to
    17  section thirty-one hundred two-d of the public authorities law;
    18    (iii) state university of New York engineering schools that administer
    19  the strategic partnership for industrial resurgence program; and
    20    (iv) centers of excellence established pursuant to section 3 of part T
    21  of chapter 84 of the laws of 2002 and section four hundred  ten  of  the
    22  economic development law.
    23    (b)  Preference  for receiving funds under this section shall be given
    24  to entities that partner with other eligible  entities  to  provide  the
    25  full  range of technical assistance services as specified in subdivision
    26  two of this section.
    27    (c) Entities receiving funds under this section shall match such funds
    28  on a one-to-one basis. Such match shall consist of  actual  cash,  sala-
    29  ries,  staff  time, or expenses directly attributable to the purposes of
    30  this section. Overhead costs may not be included in the match.
    31    5. Use of funds. (a) Funds can be used for costs related to conducting
    32  outreach to small businesses to promote awareness of  SBIR/STTR  program
    33  solicitations,  grant  preparation  and  review,  and printing costs and
    34  supplies associated with the submission of grants.
    35    (b) From such funds as may be appropriated for  this  purpose  by  the
    36  legislature,  the  corporation shall make competitive awards annually in
    37  amounts of up to two hundred thousand dollars to providers of assistance
    38  pursuant to this section.
    39    6. Reporting requirements. (a) Entities receiving funds shall annually
    40  provide to the corporation details on the following:
    41    (i) description  of  small  businesses  served,  including  technology
    42  focus, business size and location;
    43    (ii)  SBIR  and  STTR  grants  applied for and received as a result of
    44  assistance provided; and
    45    (iii) any other information deemed appropriate by the corporation.
    46    (b) The corporation shall include the information provided pursuant to
    47  subdivision five of this section in the annual report filed pursuant  to
    48  section four hundred four of the economic development law.
    49    (c)  On  or  before  February first, two thousand eighteen, the corpo-
    50  ration shall evaluate  the  effectiveness  of  the  SBIR/STTR  technical
    51  assistance program and report such findings to the governor and legisla-
    52  ture.  The  corporation shall also make recommendations as to the appro-
    53  priateness of expanding the program to provide assistance  to  SBIR/STTR
    54  phase II applicants.
    55    § 2. Section 3102-c of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
    56    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.