Senate Bill S956

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the relocated worker grant program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee


  • 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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2023-S956 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7587
Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 §§490 & 491, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6960

2023-S956 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the relocated worker grant program which requires the empire state development corporation to design and implement the relocated worker grant program which shall include a certification process to certify relocated workers and certify qualifying expenses for a reimbursement grant; defines terms; makes related provisions.

2023-S956 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    956
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establish-
   ing the relocated worker grant program

   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
 article 27 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 27
                      RELOCATED WORKER GRANT PROGRAM
 SECTION 490. DEFINITIONS.
         491. RELOCATED WORKER GRANT PROGRAM.
   § 490. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "RELOCATED WORKER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO:
   (A) IS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OF A BUSINESS;
   (B) BECOMES A FULL-TIME RESIDENT OF THIS STATE  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE; AND
   (C) RELOCATES TO AN ELIGIBLE LOCATION DESIGNATED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  "QUALIFYING EXPENSES" MEANS ACTUAL COSTS A RELOCATED WORKER INCURS
 FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING THAT ARE  NECESSARY  TO  PERFORM  THEIR
 EMPLOYMENT DUTIES:
   (A) RELOCATION TO THIS STATE;
   (B) COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE;
   (C) BROADBAND ACCESS OR UPGRADE; AND
   (D) MEMBERSHIP IN A CO-WORKING OR SIMILAR SPACE.
   3. "ELIGIBLE LOCATION" MEANS EVERY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN
 NINETY  THOUSAND  BUT LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND, AS OF THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02579-01-3
 S. 956                              2
              

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