Assembly Bill A7156

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the small business revolving loan fund to target and market to veteran-owned enterprises and service disabled veteran-owned enterprises

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7156 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4230
Current Committee:
Assembly Small Business
Law Section:
New York State Urban Development Corporation Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §16-t, UDC Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9075, S6096
2019-2020: S2739
2021-2022: S4202
2023-2024: S1671

2017-A7156 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the small business revolving loan fund to target and market to veteran-owned enterprises and service disabled veteran-owned enterprises.

2017-A7156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7156
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Small Business
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
   relation to requiring the small business revolving loan fund to target
   and market to veteran-owned enterprises and service-disabled  veteran-
   owned enterprises

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 16-t of section 1 of  chapter  174
 of  the  laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development
 corporation act, as amended by chapter 254  of  the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  Program  loans  to  small businesses and micro-businesses shall be
 targeted and marketed to minority and women-owned enterprises,  VETERAN-
 OWNED  ENTERPRISES  AS  SET  FORTH  IN  15  U.S.C. SECTION 632(Q)(3), AS
 AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME,  AND  SERVICE-DISABLED  VETERAN-OWNED  ENTER-
 PRISES  AS  SET  FORTH  IN ARTICLE SEVENTEEN-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, and
 other small businesses and micro-businesses that are  having  difficulty
 accessing  traditional credit markets. Program loans to small businesses
 and micro-businesses shall be used for the  creation  and  retention  of
 jobs, as defined by the corporation, including: (a) working capital; (b)
 the acquisition and/or improvement of real property; (c) the acquisition
 of  machinery  and  equipment, property or improvement; or (d) the refi-
 nancing of debt obligations. There shall be two categories of  loans  to
 small  businesses  and  micro-businesses: a micro loan that shall have a
 principal amount that is less than twenty-five thousand  dollars  and  a
 regular  loan  that  shall have a principal amount not less than twenty-
 five thousand dollars. Prior to receiving  program  funds,  the  lending
 organization  must  certify  to  the corporation that such loan complies
 with this section and rules and regulations promulgated for the  program
 and that the lending organization has performed its obligations pursuant
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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