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                                   4384
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- 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 personal protective clothing and
   equipment manufacturing 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. For purposes of this act, the term:
   a.  "personal  protective  clothing and equipment" shall mean clothing
 and equipment  worn  for  protection  against  illness  from  infectious
 disease  or  materials or to help prevent or reduce the spread of infec-
 tious disease or illness. Personal  protective  clothing  and  equipment
 shall  include,  but  not  be limited to, isolation gowns and coveralls,
 gloves, facemasks, face shields and goggles; and
   b. "manufacturing business" shall mean any business that manufacturers
 personal protective clothing and equipment that is located and  operated
 in New York state.
   2.  The  empire state development corporation shall develop, establish
 and implement a public awareness campaign promoting manufacturing  busi-
 nesses  and  encouraging individuals and businesses to purchase products
 from such manufacturing businesses.
   3. The campaign shall include an internet website  providing  informa-
 tion on manufacturing businesses and their available products, including
 a  Buy  New  York  Personal  Protective  Clothing  and  Equipment Online
 Networking Directory. The owner of any manufacturing business may  apply
 to  the empire state development corporation to have his or her manufac-
 turing business included in such directory. The directory shall include,
 but not be limited to, participating  manufacturing  businesses'  names,
 addresses,  contact information, including telephone number, fax, e-mail
 and website address, products offered with a brief description, and  any
 additional information, including history, hours and dates of operation,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 and  number  of employees. The names of manufacturing businesses partic-
 ipating in such directory shall  be  organized  by  specific  categories
 based on the various types of personal protective clothing and/or equip-
 ment that such manufacturing businesses provide. Such directory shall be
 searchable  by  such  specific  categories.  Such  directory  shall also
 include a search capability to  allow  for  participating  manufacturing
 businesses  to  be searched by the types of personal protective clothing
 and/or equipment they offer.
   4. 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.
   5.  The  empire state development corporation shall conspicuously post
 on its official website any incentives available to manufacturing  busi-
 nesses and purchasers of personal protective clothing and equipment.
   6. The campaign shall begin no later than ninety days after the effec-
 tive  date  of  this act. The empire state development corporation shall
 prepare an annual report to the governor and the legislature within  one
 year  after  this act shall have become a law and thereafter annually 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.