S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9075
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 25, 2016
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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 section 1 of part II of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
3. Program loans to small 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 ENTERPRISES AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE
SEVENTEEN-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, and other small businesses that are
having difficulty accessing traditional credit markets. Program loans to
small 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 refinancing
of debt obligations. There shall be two categories of loans to small
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 organiza-
tion has performed its obligations pursuant to and is in compliance with
this section, the program rules and regulations and all agreements
entered into between the corporation and the lending organization. The
program funds amount used by the lending organization to fund a program
applicant loan shall not be more than fifty percent of the principal
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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amount of such loan. The program funds amount used by the lending organ-
ization to fund a program applicant loan shall not be greater than one
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Minority- and women-owned
business 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 ENTERPRISES AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE SEVENTEEN-B
OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, and other small businesses who access such program
loans under this subdivision shall not be precluded from accessing such
short-term financing loans provided under subdivision eleven of this
section.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.