NY State Assembly Bill 2015-A9591

Assembly Bill A9591

Vetoed By Governor

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to creating a comprehensive website of small business and minority and women-owned business enterprise assistance

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Vetoed By Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 28, 2016	tabled vetoed memo.249
Nov 16, 2016	delivered to governor
Jun 16, 2016	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1865 substituted for s6959a
May 24, 2016	referred to commerce, economic development and small business delivered to senate passed assembly
May 19, 2016	advanced to third reading cal.708
May 17, 2016	reported
May 10, 2016	print number 9591a
May 10, 2016	amend and recommit to ways and means
May 04, 2016	reported referred to ways and means
Mar 21, 2016	referred to small business

Votes

- Jun 16, 2016 - Floor Vote
  A9591
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 16, 2016
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Persaud
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Diaz

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2015-A9591 - Details

Law Section:: Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:: Add §103-a, Ec Dev L

2015-A9591 - Summary

Relates to creating a comprehensive website of small business and minority and women-owned business enterprise assistance; requires the department of economic development to review its existing websites, directories, and registries offering assistance to small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises and consolidate them into a comprehensive website.

2015-A9591 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9591

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Small Business

AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to creating  a
  comprehensive  website  of small business and minority and women-owned
  business enterprise assistance

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  economic  development law is amended by adding a new
section 103-a to read as follows:
  S 103-A. COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE OF  SMALL  BUSINESS  AND  MINORITY  AND
WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  ASSISTANCE.  1.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
REVIEW ALL EXISTING MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE
WEBSITES,  REGISTRIES AND/OR DIRECTORIES THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE DEPART-
MENT CURRENTLY OFFERING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO  SMALL  BUSINESSES
AND  MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND SHALL CONSOLIDATE
SUCH  WEBSITES,  REGISTRIES  AND  DIRECTORIES  INTO  ONE   COMPREHENSIVE
WEBSITE. SUCH COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE SHALL BE A ONE-STOP SOURCE OF INFOR-
MATION  AND  ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  MAINTAIN  THE  FORMAT  AND
CONTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE AND SHALL UPDATE SUCH COMPREHENSIVE
WEBSITE AT LEAST MONTHLY.
  2. THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  (A)  INFORMATION ON ALL STATE, FEDERAL, PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT TECHNI-
CAL AND FINANCIAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO MINORITY AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSI-
NESS  ENTERPRISES  AND  SMALL  BUSINESSES.    SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL BE
SEARCHABLE BY: (I) PROGRAM NAME; (II) TYPE  OF  FINANCIAL  OR  TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE;  AND (III) WHETHER ASSISTANCE IS OFFERED TO SMALL BUSINESSES
OR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.  EACH  PROGRAM  LISTED
SHALL  CONTAIN  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION INCLUDING A PROGRAM DESCRIPTION,
THE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE OFFERED, INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  APPLICATION  TO  SUCH
PROGRAM,  THE DEADLINE FOR SUCH APPLICATION, THE NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE
NUMBER OF A CONTACT PERSON AT SUCH STATE OR FEDERAL  AGENCY  OR  PRIVATE
FOUNDATION  OFFERING  SUCH  ASSISTANCE,  AND  IN  THE  CASE OF FINANCIAL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14059-03-6

A. 9591                             2

ASSISTANCE THE AMOUNT OF SUCH ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE  AND  THE  SOURCE  OF
FUNDS;
  (B)  INFORMATION ON ALL STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES OFFERING ASSISTANCE
TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES
INCLUDING THE NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF A CONTACT PERSON AT SUCH
AGENCY;
  (C)  A SEARCHABLE, CENTRALIZED STATE DATABASE OF SAMPLES OF ELECTRONIC
COPIES OF APPLICATIONS, PROPOSALS AND FORMS  SUBMITTED  BY  SMALL  BUSI-
NESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES AND ACCEPTED AND APPROVED
BY  THE  DEPARTMENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REDACT
ANY INFORMATION IN SUCH APPLICATIONS, PROPOSALS AND FORMS AND ANY  OTHER
NECESSARY  DOCUMENTS  AS  REQUIRED  BY  LAW  AND MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION,
REDACT ANY OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH APPLICATIONS,  PROPOSALS,
AND  FORMS  AND  ANY  OTHER  NECESSARY  DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO PREVENT AN
UNWARRANTED INVASION OF PRIVACY;
  (D) A METHOD FOR THE  ELECTRONIC  SUBMISSION  (I)  OF  INFORMATION  BY
PROGRAMS  OFFERING  ASSISTANCE  TO  SMALL  BUSINESSES  AND  MINORITY AND
WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES  AND  (II)   OF   ANY   APPLICATIONS,
PROPOSALS, FORMS OR OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT
BY  SMALL  BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES;
AND
  (E) A LINK TO CENSUS DATA FROM THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES CENSUS.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  TO  IMPLEMENT
THIS SECTION.
  4. THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE CREATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2015-A9591A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:: Add §103-a, Ec Dev L

2015-A9591A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-A9591A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 9591--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Small Business -- reported and referred to the  Committee
  on  Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to creating  a
  comprehensive  website  of small business and minority and women-owned
  business enterprise assistance

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  economic  development law is amended by adding a new
section 103-a to read as follows:
  S 103-A. COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE OF  SMALL  BUSINESS  AND  MINORITY  AND
WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  ASSISTANCE.  1.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
REVIEW ALL EXISTING MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE
WEBSITES,  REGISTRIES AND/OR DIRECTORIES THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE DEPART-
MENT CURRENTLY OFFERING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO  SMALL  BUSINESSES
AND  MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND SHALL CONSOLIDATE
SUCH  WEBSITES,  REGISTRIES  AND  DIRECTORIES  INTO  ONE   COMPREHENSIVE
WEBSITE. SUCH COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE SHALL BE A ONE-STOP SOURCE OF INFOR-
MATION  AND  ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  MAINTAIN  THE  FORMAT  AND
CONTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE AND SHALL UPDATE SUCH COMPREHENSIVE
WEBSITE AS OFTEN AS FEASIBLE.
  2. THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  (A)  INFORMATION ON ALL STATE, FEDERAL, PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT TECHNI-
CAL AND FINANCIAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO MINORITY AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSI-
NESS  ENTERPRISES  AND  SMALL  BUSINESSES.    SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL BE
SEARCHABLE BY: (I) PROGRAM NAME; (II) TYPE  OF  FINANCIAL  OR  TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE;  AND (III) WHETHER ASSISTANCE IS OFFERED TO SMALL BUSINESSES
OR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.  EACH  PROGRAM  LISTED
SHALL  CONTAIN  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION INCLUDING A PROGRAM DESCRIPTION,
THE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE OFFERED, INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  APPLICATION  TO  SUCH
PROGRAM,  THE DEADLINE FOR SUCH APPLICATION, THE NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE
NUMBER OF A CONTACT PERSON AT SUCH STATE OR FEDERAL  AGENCY  OR  PRIVATE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD14059-05-6

A. 9591--A                          2

FOUNDATION  OFFERING  SUCH  ASSISTANCE,  AND  IN  THE  CASE OF FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE THE AMOUNT OF SUCH ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE  AND  THE  SOURCE  OF
FUNDS;
  (B)  INFORMATION ON ALL STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES OFFERING ASSISTANCE
TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES
INCLUDING THE NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF A CONTACT PERSON AT SUCH
AGENCY;
  (C)  A SEARCHABLE, CENTRALIZED STATE DATABASE OF SAMPLES OF ELECTRONIC
COPIES OF APPLICATIONS, PROPOSALS AND FORMS  SUBMITTED  BY  SMALL  BUSI-
NESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES AND ACCEPTED AND APPROVED
BY  THE  DEPARTMENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REDACT
ANY INFORMATION IN SUCH APPLICATIONS, PROPOSALS AND FORMS AND ANY  OTHER
NECESSARY  DOCUMENTS  AS  REQUIRED  BY  LAW  AND MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION,
REDACT ANY OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH APPLICATIONS,  PROPOSALS,
AND  FORMS  AND  ANY  OTHER  NECESSARY  DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO PREVENT AN
UNWARRANTED INVASION OF PRIVACY;
  (D) A METHOD FOR THE  ELECTRONIC  SUBMISSION  (I)  OF  INFORMATION  BY
PROGRAMS  OFFERING  ASSISTANCE  TO  SMALL  BUSINESSES  AND  MINORITY AND
WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES  AND  (II)   OF   ANY   APPLICATIONS,
PROPOSALS, FORMS OR OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT
BY  SMALL  BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES;
AND
  (E) A LINK TO CENSUS DATA FROM THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES CENSUS.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  TO  IMPLEMENT
THIS SECTION.
  4. THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE CREATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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