S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to annual reports
concerning veteran-owned small businesses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 21 to read as follows:
21. TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE ANNUAL REPORT AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION
ELEVEN OF THIS SECTION AN ACCOUNTING OF THE NUMBER OF VETERAN-OWNED
SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, TO BE LISTED BY THE FOLLOWING
DESIGNATIONS: SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS
AND SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED
VETERANS. SUCH LISTING SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE NAME OF
THE VETERAN OWNER OR OWNERS OF EACH BUSINESS, LOCATION OF EACH SUCH
BUSINESS AND THE TYPE OF EACH SUCH BUSINESS. THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS
CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS" AND THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS
CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS" SHALL HAVE
THE SAME MEANING SET FORTH IN 15 U.S.C. SECTION 632(Q). THE DIVISION
SHALL REQUEST THIS INFORMATION ANNUALLY FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCIES.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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