§ 32. Authority not to renew. 1. For the purposes of this section,
"state agency" shall mean any state department, board, bureau, division,
commission, committee, public authority, public benefit corporation,
council, office, or other governmental entity performing a governmental
or proprietary function for the state.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a state agency
levies fees or assesses civil fines or penalties for licensing or
regulatory matters, such state agency shall, following consultation with
the state department of law and after such appropriate due process as
required by the provisions of law applicable to such state agency and to
such licensing or regulatory matters, not be required to renew any
license, permit, or certificate of qualification, authority, or
operation, of any business, individual, or other entity, which is not a
state agency, municipal corporation or district corporation, if such
business, individual or other entity has failed to pay or enter into a
written agreement to settle outstanding fees, civil penalties or fines
assessed by such state agency.