Bill Text: NY S07357 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation, labor, transportation and taxation and finance shall designate an existing employee to serve as its liaison to small businesses regulated by such department; further provides the duties of such small business liaison.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-10 - referred to governmental operations [S07357 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07357-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7357

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 21, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  KAPLAN, AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Econom-
          ic Development and Small Business

        AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in  relation  to
          designating a small business liaison

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The state administrative procedure act is amended by adding
     2  a new section 102-b to read as follows:
     3    § 102-b. Small business liaison. The departments  of  agriculture  and
     4  markets, environmental conservation, labor, transportation, and taxation
     5  and finance shall designate an existing employee to serve as the liaison
     6  to  small businesses regulated by such agency. The direct contact infor-
     7  mation of the small business liaison shall  be  prominently  posted  and
     8  easily  accessible  on  the agency website.   The small business liaison
     9  shall:
    10    (a) serve as an  initial  primary  contact  for  small  businesses  to
    11  contact with any inquiries;
    12    (b)  be equipped to provide small businesses with basic information on
    13  the agency and its regulations;
    14    (c) help small businesses navigate the agency bureaucracy to  identify
    15  and  contact  the  appropriate staff person within the agency, either at
    16  the state or regional level, for more specific information pertaining to
    17  the small business;
    18    (d) hear the concerns of small businesses, report  those  concerns  to
    19  appropriate agency staff and offer possible solutions to such concerns;
    20    (e) advocate within the agency on behalf of small businesses, and make
    21  recommendations  to  the  agency  head  on matters affecting small busi-
    22  nesses;
    23    (f) initiate and  encourage  small  business  education  and  outreach
    24  programs on behalf of the agency, as appropriate;
    25    (g)  collaborate  with the appropriate agency staff on any small busi-
    26  ness regulation guide pursuant to section  one  hundred  two-a  and  any

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14240-01-9
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     1  small  business  regulatory flexibility analysis pursuant to section two
     2  hundred two-b of this chapter; and
     3    (h) coordinate his or her activities with the division for small busi-
     4  ness  within the department of economic development, and the small busi-
     5  ness development center.
     6    § 2. On or before January 1, 2021, the small  business  liaison  shall
     7  report  to  the  department  head  the number of inquiries he or she has
     8  received from small businesses in 2020, and the  department  head  shall
     9  determine  whether a separate full-time employee will be needed for such
    10  position going forward and make any appropriate budget  request  to  the
    11  governor and legislature for the ensuing fiscal year.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.