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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 05, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S781
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S781 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง209-u, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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2011-S781 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S781 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the empire virtual incubator program PURPOSE: This bill establishes the Empire Virtual Incubator Program within the NYS Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The Executive Law is amended to create the Empire Virtual Incubator Program designed to assist entrepreneurs who are operating small business ventures in rural areas where for reasons of distance, population dispersal or scale of business venture, conventional business incubation and assistance programs are not feasible. JUSTIFICATION: This legislation establishes a virtual incubator program - an economic development tool that brings entrepreneurship tools to rural areas where remote geography poses a challenge for delivery of business services. Recognizing that small businesses are a major economic driver in rural communities, the virtual incubator program provides value-added services to entrepreneurs such as business planning, strategic guidance on markets, analyzing proof of concept
2011-S781 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 781 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the empire virtual incubator program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 209-u to read as follows: S 209-U. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE VIRTUAL INCUBATOR PROGRAM. 1. THE OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH A WEB BASED VIRTUAL INCUBATOR PROGRAM, TO BE KNOWN AS THE EMPIRE VIRTUAL INCUBATOR PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO ASSIST ENTRE- PRENEURS WHO ARE SEEKING TO ESTABLISH OR WHO ARE OPERATING SMALL BUSI- NESS VENTURES IN RURAL AREAS WHERE, FOR REASONS OF DISTANCE, POPULATION DISPERSAL OR SCALE OF BUSINESS VENTURE, CONVENTIONAL BUSINESS INCUBATION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ARE NOT FEASIBLE. THE PROGRAM WILL UTILIZE THE INTERNET TO DELIVER SERVICES TO ENTREPRENEURS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUSINESS PLANNING, STRATEGIC GUIDANCE ON MARKETS, ANALYSIS OF PROOF OF CONCEPT ACTIVITIES, SUPPORT IN REACHING STATE, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL MARKETS, ACCESS TO BUSINESS MENTORS, AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTING. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "ELIGIBLE BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A START-UP OF NEW AGRIBUSINESSES, AGRICULTURE OR RELATED VALUE-ADDED SMALL BUSINESS FOCUSED ON THE DEVEL- OPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW AND ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR NEW YORK FOOD, AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST PRODUCTS AND THOSE BUSINESSES TRANSITIONING TO PRODUCTION OF NON-TRADITIONAL, HIGH-VALUE ADDED CROPS FOR A NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL MARKET; (B) "TENANT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL OR BUSINESS SELECTED TO PARTIC- IPATE IN THE VIRTUAL INCUBATION PROGRAM; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03448-01-1
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