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                                   3270
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Econom-
   ic Development and Small Business
 
 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to creating  a
   comprehensive  website  of small business and minority and women-owned
   business enterprise assistance
 
   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 103-a to read as follows:
   § 103-A. COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE OF  SMALL  BUSINESS  AND  MINORITY  AND
 WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  ASSISTANCE.  1.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 REVIEW ALL EXISTING MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE
 WEBSITES,  REGISTRIES AND/OR DIRECTORIES THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT CURRENTLY OFFERING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO  SMALL  BUSINESSES
 AND  MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND SHALL CONSOLIDATE
 SUCH  WEBSITES,  REGISTRIES  AND  DIRECTORIES  INTO  ONE   COMPREHENSIVE
 WEBSITE. SUCH COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE SHALL BE A ONE-STOP SOURCE OF INFOR-
 MATION  AND  ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  MAINTAIN  THE  FORMAT  AND
 CONTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE AND SHALL UPDATE SUCH COMPREHENSIVE
 WEBSITE AS OFTEN AS FEASIBLE.
   2. THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  INFORMATION ON ALL STATE, FEDERAL, PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT TECHNI-
 CAL AND FINANCIAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO MINORITY AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSI-
 NESS  ENTERPRISES  AND  SMALL  BUSINESSES.    SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL BE
 SEARCHABLE BY: (I) PROGRAM NAME; (II) TYPE  OF  FINANCIAL  OR  TECHNICAL
 ASSISTANCE;  AND (III) WHETHER ASSISTANCE IS OFFERED TO SMALL BUSINESSES
 OR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.  EACH  PROGRAM  LISTED
 SHALL  CONTAIN  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION INCLUDING A PROGRAM DESCRIPTION,
 THE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE OFFERED, INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  APPLICATION  TO  SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 PROGRAM,  THE DEADLINE FOR SUCH APPLICATION, THE NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE
 NUMBER OF A CONTACT PERSON AT SUCH STATE OR FEDERAL  AGENCY  OR  PRIVATE
 FOUNDATION  OFFERING  SUCH  ASSISTANCE,  AND  IN  THE  CASE OF FINANCIAL
 ASSISTANCE  THE  AMOUNT  OF  SUCH ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE AND THE SOURCE OF
 FUNDS;
   (B) INFORMATION ON ALL STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES OFFERING  ASSISTANCE
 TO  SMALL  BUSINESSES  AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
 INCLUDING THE NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF A CONTACT PERSON AT SUCH
 AGENCY;
   (C) A SEARCHABLE, CENTRALIZED STATE DATABASE OF SAMPLES OF  ELECTRONIC
 COPIES  OF  APPLICATIONS,  PROPOSALS  AND FORMS SUBMITTED BY SMALL BUSI-
 NESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES AND ACCEPTED AND APPROVED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REDACT
 ANY  INFORMATION IN SUCH APPLICATIONS, PROPOSALS AND FORMS AND ANY OTHER
 NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY  LAW  AND  MAY,  IN  ITS  DISCRETION,
 REDACT  ANY OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH APPLICATIONS, PROPOSALS,
 AND FORMS AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY  DOCUMENTS  IN  ORDER  TO  PREVENT  AN
 UNWARRANTED INVASION OF PRIVACY;
   (D)  A  METHOD  FOR  THE  ELECTRONIC  SUBMISSION (I) OF INFORMATION BY
 PROGRAMS OFFERING  ASSISTANCE  TO  SMALL  BUSINESSES  AND  MINORITY  AND
 WOMEN-OWNED   BUSINESS   ENTERPRISES   AND  (II)  OF  ANY  APPLICATIONS,
 PROPOSALS, FORMS OR OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT
 BY SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES;
 AND
   (E) A LINK TO CENSUS DATA FROM THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES CENSUS.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT
 THIS SECTION.
   4. THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE CREATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUBLICLY
 ACCESSIBLE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.