Bill Text: NY S05426 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5426 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the department of economic development to prepare a report relating to international trade agreements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS [S05426 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05426-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5426
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
         opment and Small Business
       AN  ACT  to amend the economic development law, in relation to requiring
         the department of economic development to prepare a report relating to
         international trade agreements
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds and
    2  declares that it is necessary to adopt such  measures  as  may  best  be
    3  calculated  to  promote  understanding of the impact international trade
    4  agreements will have on the welfare of New York state business, industry
    5  and commerce within and outside of the state.
    6    S 2. Subdivision 47 of section 100 of the economic development law, as
    7  renumbered by chapter 427 of the laws of 2008, is renumbered subdivision
    8  48 and a new subdivision 47 is added to read as follows:
    9    47. TO PREPARE A REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY
   10  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY  AND  THE  STATE'S
   11  CONGRESSIONAL  DELEGATION  WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER A REQUEST IS MADE BY
   12  FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO ANY STATE OFFICIAL  FOR  AUTHORITY  TO  COMMIT  THE
   13  STATE  TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE PROCUREMENT RULES OF AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
   14  AGREEMENT OR FOR SUBMISSION OF STATE ENTITIES OR  LAWS  THAT  SHOULD  BE
   15  EXEMPTED  FROM AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT OR IF NO SUCH REQUEST IS
   16  MADE, WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER NOTICE IS PROVIDED TO CONGRESS WITH  RESPECT
   17  TO  INITIATING  NEGOTIATION  FOR A NEW AGREEMENT, CONSISTING OF FINDINGS
   18  AND ANALYSIS DERIVED FROM DATA RECEIVED FROM ANY AGENCY, BUREAU, COMMIS-
   19  SION, AUTHORITY, OFFICE OF THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THERE-
   20  OF AND, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, FROM ANY FEDERAL ENTITY. SUCH  REPORT
   21  SHALL  PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS DESCRIBING THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSED INTERNA-
   22  TIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT AND THE IMPACT, IF ANY, SUCH AGREEMENT WOULD HAVE
   23  ON THE STATE'S COMMERCE,  INDUSTRY,  JOB  MARKET,  LAWS  AND  REGULATORY
   24  AUTHORITY  AND  TO WHAT EXTENT, IF ANY, THE RESOURCES OF THE STATE WOULD
   25  BE UTILIZED IN ENFORCING AND REGULATING THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.
   26    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06701-01-5