Senate Bill S622A

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  622--A
     Cal. No. 98
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2017
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 Introduced  by Sens. BOYLE, CROCI, DeFRANCISCO, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN,
   HELMING, LARKIN, LITTLE, MURPHY, RANZENHOFER, SERINO, SEWARD,  VALESKY
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the  Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business --
   recommitted to the Committee on  Commerce,  Economic  Development  and
   Small  Business  in  accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT authorizing the empire state development corporation to develop a
   public awareness campaign promoting businesses  located  in  New  York
   state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall  develop,
 establish and implement a public awareness campaign promoting businesses
 located  in New York state and encouraging individuals and businesses to
 purchase products and services from such businesses.
   2. The campaign shall include an internet website  providing  informa-
 tion  on  businesses  located  in  New  York  state  and their available
 products and services including a Buy New York Online Networking  Direc-
 tory.  The  owner of any business located and operated in this state may
 apply to the empire state development corporation to  have  his  or  her
 business  included  on  such directory. The directory shall include, but
 not be limited to, participating  businesses'  names,addresses,  contact
 information,   including  telephone  number,  fax,  e-mail  and  website
 address, products or services offered with a brief description, and  any
 additional information, including history, hours and dates of operation,
 and  number  of  employees.  Such  directory shall also include a search
 capability to allow for participating businesses to be searched  by  the
 products or services they offer.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05454-02-8

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   3. The public awareness campaign shall be made available to the public
 by  any  means deemed appropriate by the empire state development corpo-
 ration including, but not limited to, internet, radio, and print  adver-
 tising  such as brochures, billboards and posters. The campaign may also
 identify and recruit individuals to serve as visible, public ambassadors
 to promote this message.
   4.  The campaign shall begin no later than January 1, 2020. The empire
 state development corporation shall prepare  an  annual  report  to  the
 governor and the legislature on or before December first of each year on
 the  public  awareness  campaign,  including:  (a)  actions taken by the
 empire state development corporation to carry out the  public  awareness
 campaign  and  (b) an assessment of the necessary appropriations for the
 empire state development corporation to meet the needs of  the  campaign
 in the next fiscal year.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.