Assembly Bill A11127

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11127
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 6, 2020
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Stirpe) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT authorizing the empire state development corporation to develop a
   public awareness campaign promoting personal protective  clothing  and
   equipment manufacturing 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. For purposes of this act, the term:
   a. "personal protective clothing and equipment"  shall  mean  clothing
 and  equipment  worn  for  protection  against  illness  from infectious
 disease or materials or to help prevent or reduce the spread  of  infec-
 tious  disease  or  illness.  Personal protective clothing and equipment
 shall include, but not be limited to,  isolation  gowns  and  coveralls,
 gloves, facemasks, face shields and goggles; and
   b. "manufacturing business" shall mean any business that manufacturers
 personal  protective clothing and equipment that is located and operated
 in New York state.
   2. The empire state development corporation shall  develop,  establish
 and  implement a public awareness campaign promoting manufacturing busi-
 nesses and encouraging individuals and businesses to  purchase  products
 from such manufacturing businesses.
   3.  The  campaign shall include an internet website providing informa-
 tion on manufacturing businesses and their available products, including
 a Buy  New  York  Personal  Protective  Clothing  and  Equipment  Online
 Networking  Directory. The owner of any manufacturing business may apply
 to the empire state development corporation to have his or her  manufac-
 turing business included in such directory. The directory shall include,
 but  not  be  limited to, participating manufacturing businesses' names,
 addresses, contact information, including telephone number, fax,  e-mail
 and  website address, products offered with a brief description, and any
 additional information, including history, hours and dates of operation,
 and number of employees. The names of manufacturing  businesses  partic-
 ipating  in  such  directory  shall  be organized by specific categories
 based on the various types of personal protective clothing and/or equip-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16490-04-0

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 ment that such manufacturing businesses provide. Such directory shall be
 searchable by  such  specific  categories.  Such  directory  shall  also
 include  a  search  capability  to allow for participating manufacturing
 businesses  to  be searched by the types of personal protective clothing
 and/or equipment they offer.
   4. 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.
   5.  The  empire state development corporation shall conspicuously post
 on its official website any incentives available to manufacturing  busi-
 nesses and purchasers of personal protective clothing and equipment.
   6. The campaign shall begin no later than ninety days after the effec-
 tive  date  of  this act. The empire state development corporation shall
 prepare an annual report to the governor and the legislature within  one
 year  after  this act shall have become a law and thereafter annually 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.