Assembly Bill A4606

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates a task force on information services technology development to develop policies fostering free market development and use of advanced communications networks

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A4606 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Economic Development
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6533
2011-2012: A215
2013-2014: A2573
2015-2016: A8488
2019-2020: A7158

2017-A4606 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a task force on information services technology development to develop policies that will benefit NYS residents by fostering the free market development and beneficial use of advanced communications networks and information technologies; requires the 31 member task force to provide reports and recommendations to the governor and both houses of the legislature by July 1, 2018 and July 1, 2019.

2017-A4606 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4606
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT creating a task force on information services technology develop-
   ment to develop policies that will benefit residents of New York state
   by fostering  the  free  market  development  and  beneficial  use  of
   advanced  communications  networks  and  information technologies, and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the devel-
 opment  of  policies that foster the free market development and benefi-
 cial use of advanced communications networks and  information  technolo-
 gies  is  of  great  importance to the residents of New York state.  The
 legislature further finds that this can  best  be  accomplished  by  the
 creation of a task force on information services technology development.
   §  2.  Task  force on information services technology development. The
 secretary of state is hereby directed to create a task force on informa-
 tion services technology development. The objectives of such task  force
 shall be to:
   (a)  promote  the development of a framework that will ensure that New
 York state has an aggressive information technology (IT) economic devel-
 opment process that focuses on creating, retaining,  and  recruiting  IT
 companies  under circumstances which foster technological and knowledge-
 based innovations, entrepreneurship, and investment  in  a  trained  and
 skilled  workforce;  to  increase  national,  international,  and global
 awareness of New York as an environment ideally suited for the  success-
 ful advancement of the information technology business sector;
   (b)  promote  the development of strategies to ensure that K-12 educa-
 tional institutions develop policies and programs that  promote  techno-
 logical innovation and improve education in order to enhance the state's

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08956-01-7
              

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