NY State Assembly Bill 2017-A6175A

Assembly Bill A6175A

Vetoed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state

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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
Dec 28, 2018	tabled vetoed memo.331
Dec 17, 2018	delivered to governor
Apr 18, 2018	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.98 substituted for s622a
Mar 05, 2018	referred to commerce, economic development and small business delivered to senate passed assembly
Mar 01, 2018	advanced to third reading cal.693
Feb 28, 2018	reported
Jan 30, 2018	print number 6175a
Jan 30, 2018	amend and recommit to economic development
Jan 03, 2018	referred to economic development
Feb 27, 2017	referred to economic development

Votes

- Apr 18, 2018 - Floor Vote
  A6175A
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Apr 18, 2018
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Croci

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2017-A6175 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S622
Law Section:: Economic Development
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A9444, S6668
2019-2020: A7312, S5239
2021-2022: S704

2017-A6175 - Summary

Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state; requires the creating of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.

2017-A6175 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6175
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT authorizing the empire state development corporation to develop a
   public awareness campaign promoting businesses  located  in  New  York
   state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall  develop,
 establish and implement a public awareness campaign promoting businesses
 located  in New York state and encouraging individuals and businesses to
 purchase products and services from such businesses.
   2. The campaign shall include an internet website  providing  informa-
 tion  on  businesses  located  in  New  York  state  and their available
 products and services including a Buy New York Online Networking  Direc-
 tory.  The  owner of any business located and operated in this state may
 apply to the empire state development corporation to  have  his  or  her
 business  included  on  such directory. The directory shall include, but
 not be limited to, participating businesses' names,  addresses,  contact
 information,   including  telephone  number,  fax,  e-mail  and  website
 address, products or services offered with a brief description, and  any
 additional information, including history, hours and dates of operation,
 and  number  of  employees.  Such  directory shall also include a search
 capability to allow for participating businesses to be searched  by  the
 products or services they offer.
   3. The public awareness campaign shall be made available to the public
 by  any  means deemed appropriate by the empire state development corpo-
 ration including, but not limited to, internet, radio, and print  adver-
 tising  such as brochures, billboards and posters. The campaign may also
 identify and recruit individuals to serve as visible, public ambassadors
 to promote this message.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05454-01-7

 A. 6175                             2
 
   4. The campaign shall begin no later than January 1, 2019. The  empire
 state  development  corporation  shall  prepare  an annual report to the
 governor and the legislature on or before December first of each year on
 the public awareness campaign,  including:  (a)  actions  taken  by  the
 empire  state  development corporation to carry out the public awareness
 campaign and (b) an assessment of the necessary appropriations  for  the
 empire  state  development corporation to meet the needs of the campaign
 in the next fiscal year.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-A6175A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S622
Law Section:: Economic Development
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A9444, S6668
2019-2020: A7312, S5239
2021-2022: S704

2017-A6175A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-A6175A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6175--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
   Economic  Development  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT authorizing the empire state development corporation to develop a
   public  awareness  campaign  promoting  businesses located in New York
   state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall develop,
 establish and implement a public awareness campaign promoting businesses
 located in New York state and encouraging individuals and businesses  to
 purchase products and services from such businesses.
   2.  The  campaign shall include an internet website providing informa-
 tion on businesses  located  in  New  York  state  and  their  available
 products  and services including a Buy New York Online Networking Direc-
 tory. The owner of any business located and operated in this  state  may
 apply  to  the  empire  state development corporation to have his or her
 business included on such directory. The directory  shall  include,  but
 not  be  limited  to, participating businesses' names,addresses, contact
 information,  including  telephone  number,  fax,  e-mail  and   website
 address,  products or services offered with a brief description, and any
 additional information, including history, hours and dates of operation,
 and number of employees. Such directory  shall  also  include  a  search
 capability  to  allow for participating businesses to be searched by the
 products or services they offer.
   3. The public awareness campaign shall be made available to the public
 by any means deemed appropriate by the empire state  development  corpo-
 ration  including, but not limited to, internet, radio, and print adver-
 tising such as brochures, billboards and posters. The campaign may  also
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD05454-03-8

 A. 6175--A                          2
 
 identify and recruit individuals to serve as visible, public ambassadors
 to promote this message.
   4.  The campaign shall begin no later than January 1, 2020. The empire
 state development corporation shall prepare  an  annual  report  to  the
 governor and the legislature on or before December first of each year on
 the  public  awareness  campaign,  including:  (a)  actions taken by the
 empire state development corporation to carry out the  public  awareness
 campaign  and  (b) an assessment of the necessary appropriations for the
 empire state development corporation to meet the needs of  the  campaign
 in the next fiscal year.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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