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                                   8934
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2018
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Small Business
 
 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to the  compo-
   sition  of  an advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises within the
   division of small business services; and to amend  a  chapter  of  the
   laws  of  2017,  amending  the  economic  development law, relating to
   establishing an advisory panel on  employee-owned  enterprises  within
   the  division  of  small business services, as proposed in legislative
   bills numbers S. 5349-A and A. 8179, in  relation  to  the  expiration
   thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Paragraph (a) of  subdivision  3  and  subdivision  5  of
 section  139  of  the economic development law, as added by a chapter of
 the laws of 2017, amending the economic  development  law,  relating  to
 establishing  an advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises within the
 division of small business services, as proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 5349-A and A. 8179, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  advisory  panel  shall consist of [twelve] THIRTEEN members,
 including:
   (i) the commissioner, or his or her designee, who shall be  designated
 as chair of the advisory panel;
   (ii) the commissioner of labor, or his or her designee;
   (iii) the commissioner of tax and finance, or his or her designee; and
   (iv) [nine] TEN members to be appointed as follows: [three] FOUR shall
 be  appointed  by the governor, two shall be appointed by the speaker of
 the assembly, two shall be appointed by the temporary president  of  the
 senate,  one  shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly,
 and one shall be appointed by the minority leader of  the  senate.  Such
 appointed members shall represent entities and organizations with exper-
 tise  related  to  employee-owned  enterprises  or business development,
 particularly those with an emphasis on small  businesses,  minority  and
 women-owned businesses, and veteran-owned businesses, including, but not
 limited to:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (1) employee-owned enterprises;
   (2)  employee-owned enterprise advocacy, service, support, or develop-
 ment organizations;
   (3) business development organizations;
   (4) New York state college and university programs with  expertise  in
 business development;
   (5) commercial lending organizations focusing on access to capital and
 community development; and
   (6) labor organizations.
   5.  Reporting.  The  advisory panel shall issue a report no later than
 [September] JUNE thirtieth, two thousand [eighteen]  NINETEEN  outlining
 the  findings  and  recommendations  of  the  panel. The report shall be
 delivered to the governor, the speaker of the  assembly,  the  temporary
 president of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the minor-
 ity  leader  of  the senate, the chair of the assembly committee on ways
 and means, the chair of the senate committee on finance,  the  chair  of
 the  assembly committee on economic development, the chair of the assem-
 bly committee on small business, the chair of the  senate  committee  on
 commerce,  economic  development,  and  small business, the chair of the
 assembly committee on labor, and the chair of the  senate  committee  on
 labor.
   § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the economic
 development  law,  relating to establishing an advisory panel on employ-
 ee-owned enterprises within the division of small business services,  as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5349-A and A.  8179, is amended
 to read as follows:
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire October
 1, [2018] 2019 when upon such date the provisions of this act  shall  be
 deemed repealed.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately, provided however that
 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
 same  manner  as  a  chapter  of the laws of 2017, amending the economic
 development law, relating to establishing an advisory panel  on  employ-
 ee-owned  enterprises within the division of small business services, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  5349-A  and  A.  8179,  takes
 effect.