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                                 1177--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on  Labor  in  accordance
  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation  to  requiring
  development  centers and entrepreneurship support centers to track the
  success of program participants; to amend the labor law,  in  relation
  to self employment activities for the purposes of unemployment claims;
  and  to  amend chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, amending the labor law
  relating to the self-employment assistance program and other  matters,
  in relation to extending the expiration of the provisions thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 213 of  the  economic  development
law,  as added by chapter 839 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. monitor the performance of each development center and each  entre-
preneurship  support center and require periodic and annual reports from
each development center and each entrepreneurship support center at such
time and in such a manner as prescribed by  the  commissioner,  PROVIDED
THAT  SUCH  PERIODIC  AND  ANNUAL  REPORTS  SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
OUTCOMES, WHETHER SUCCESSFUL OR NOT, FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM  PARTIC-
IPANTS  OF   EACH DEVELOPMENT CENTER OR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT CENTER,
AND TRACK SUCH OUTCOMES ON A STATISTICAL BASIS FOR A  PERIOD  OF  UP  TO
FIVE  YEARS SO AS TO HELP ASCERTAIN, TRACK AND DOCUMENT THE SUCCESS RATE
FOR SUCH PARTICIPANTS;
  S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section  213  of  the  economic
development  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  227 of the laws of 1993, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b) in the case of entrepreneurship support  centers,  the  extent  to
which the program serves minorities, women, individuals with a disabili-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ty  and  dislocated  workers; the extent to which the program is coordi-
nated with other assistance programs targeted to  small  and  new  busi-
nesses;  the ability of the program to leverage other sources of funding
and  support;  the  success of the training programs in aiding entrepre-
neurs to start up new businesses, including the number of  new  business
start-ups  resulting  from  the program, and the quality of supplemental
technical assistance offered to graduates of the  training  programs;  A
REGIONAL  ANALYSIS  OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  NINETY-ONE-A  OF  THE
LABOR  LAW,  SPONSORED  BUSINESSES  AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY, INCLUDING ANY
REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE PARTICIPATION  RATES  OF  SUCH  CENTERS  AND
CONDUCTED  AT SUCH CENTERS AND THE NEED FOR MECHANISMS TO ALLEVIATE SUCH
DISPARITIES; such report shall recommend changes and improvements in the
program;
  S 3. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2  of  section
591-a  of the labor law, as amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 57
of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii)  are  participating  in  self-employment  assistance  activities
approved by the department and by the department of economic development
which include but need not be limited to entrepreneurial training, busi-
ness  counseling,  and technical assistance, including financing assist-
ance for qualified individuals as appropriate, offered by  entrepreneur-
ship  support centers established pursuant to section two hundred twelve
of the economic development law, state  university  of  New  York  small
business development centers, programs offered by community-based organ-
izations,  local  development  corporations,  and  boards of cooperative
educational services (BOCES) as  established  pursuant  to  section  one
thousand  nine hundred fifty of the education law; and, unless otherwise
required by federal law or regulation, no individual shall be prohibited
from or disqualified from eligibility for the program if prior to apply-
ing for the program, an individual has printed business cards or  has  a
website  that  is designed but not active, and neither are being used to
solicit or conduct business. SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE  ACTIVITIES  MAY
INCLUDE  CLASSROOM  TRAINING  FOR UP TO FORTY HOURS AND ONE-ON-ONE COUN-
SELING FOR UP TO TWENTY  HOURS  FOR  EACH  PARTICIPANT,  INSTRUCTION  ON
START-UP  BUSINESS  FINANCIAL  MANAGEMENT,  CAPITAL  ACQUISITION AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS PLANS TO ESTABLISH A  SUCCESSFUL  BUSINESS,  THE
PROVISION  OF  INFORMATION ON THE EXISTENCE OF LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ORGAN-
IZATIONS OR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE THAT CAN  HELP  TO  PROVIDE  A  SUPPORT
NETWORK FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A NEWLY FORMED
BUSINESS,  AND OFFER THE PROVISION OF FOLLOW-UP ADVICE AND COUNSELING TO
PARTICIPANTS TO HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF SUCH BUSINESS VENTURE;
  S 4. Section 10 of chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, amending the labor
law  relating  to  the  self-employment  assistance  program  and  other
matters,  as  amended  by chapter 457 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 10.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections eight and nine of this act shall expire December 7, [2017] 2019
when upon such date the provisions of  such  sections  shall  be  deemed
repealed.
  S  5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however that
the amendments to section 591-a of the labor law made by  section  three
of  this  act  shall  not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
deemed repealed therewith.