S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 23, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Small Business
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to defining
and establishing a micro-business
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
section 131-a to read as follows:
§ 131-A. DEFINITION OF A MICRO BUSINESS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER,
UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN LAW, A MICRO BUSINESS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE
ONE WHICH IS RESIDENT IN THIS STATE, INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED,
NOT DOMINANT IN ITS FIELD, AND EMPLOYS FIVE OR LESS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES
OR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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