Bill Text: NY S05659 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the division for small-business to compile an annual report on the state of small businesses and to submit such report to the governor and legislature and to make the information available and searchable on the division's webpage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-13 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7483 [S05659 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05659-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5659
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 31, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 division for small-business to compile an  annual  report  on  the
         state of small businesses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 134 of the economic development law is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
    3    12. COMPILE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE OF SMALL BUSINESSES, PARTIC-
    4  ULARLY  THOSE WITH TWENTY-FIVE EMPLOYEES OR LESS WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS
    5  MICRO-BUSINESSES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL,  ON  OR
    6  BEFORE  FEBRUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER,
    7  SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE  AND  THE
    8  SPEAKER  OF THE ASSEMBLY A REPORT THAT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
    9  TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR EACH CALENDAR YEAR:
   10    (A) THE GROWTH AND ECONOMIC TRENDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES  WHICH  MAY  BE
   11  CATEGORIZED BY VARIOUS SMALL BUSINESS SIZES AND/OR SECTORS;
   12    (B) THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE VARIOUS SMALL BUSINESS SECTORS THROUGH-
   13  OUT  NEW  YORK STATE, WHICH MAY BE CATEGORIZED BY VARIOUS SMALL BUSINESS
   14  SIZES;
   15    (C) SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING LOAN PROGRAMS;
   16    (D) SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH;
   17    (E) STATISTICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF SMALL BUSINESSES
   18  BY VARIOUS SMALL BUSINESS SIZES AND/OR SECTORS;
   19    (F) AN ANALYSIS OF THE LOCAL AND STATE FINES AND PENALTIES THAT  SMALL
   20  BUSINESSES  INCUR  WHICH  MAY  BE  CATEGORIZED BY VARIOUS SMALL BUSINESS
   21  SIZES AND/OR SECTORS; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10635-02-3
       S. 5659                             2
    1    (G) AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF LOCAL AND STATE REGULATIONS AND  LAWS
    2  THAT  SMALL BUSINESSES MUST ADHERE TO, WHICH MAY BE CATEGORIZED BY VARI-
    3  OUS SMALL BUSINESS SIZES AND/OR SECTORS.
    4    THE  DIVISION SHALL COLLABORATE WITH OTHER STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES TO
    5  DEVELOP THE ANNUAL REPORT. THE OFFICE SHALL MAINTAIN  AND  PUBLISH  SUCH
    6  INFORMATION  ON  THE  SMALL  BUSINESS DIRECTORY WEBPAGE IN A MANNER THAT
    7  ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO SEARCH THE  REPORT  BY  NAME,  DATE,  OR  TYPE  OF
    8  STATISTICS.  THE  FORMAT  OF  THE  ANNUAL  REPORT  SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN
    9  CONSULTATION WITH VARIOUS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO ENSURE  THE  INFORMA-
   10  TION  COLLECTED, ANALYZED, AND PUBLISHED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDI-
   11  VISION IS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE STATE.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.