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                                  6642--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, HELMING, MARTUCCI -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
   Commerce,  Economic Development and Small Business -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee and committed to the Committee on  Finance  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a report by the  divi-
   sion  for small business; and to amend chapter 731 of the laws of 2019
   amending the executive law relating  to  regulatory  fines  for  small
   businesses, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 170-c of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  EVERY  STATE  AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DIVISION FOR SMALL BUSI-
 NESS, CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THE ECONOMIC
 DEVELOPMENT LAW, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COVERING THE PREVIOUS  CALEN-
 DAR  YEAR,  ANNUALLY BY MARCH FIRST FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, AND EVERY MARCH FIRST THEREAFTER:  (A) HOW MANY CURE  PERI-
 ODS OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMELIORATIVE ACTION WERE OFFERED PURSUANT
 TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION AND HOW MANY SMALL BUSINESSES MADE
 USE OF SUCH OPTIONS, (B) HOW MANY CURE PERIODS AND  OTHER  OPPORTUNITIES
 FOR  AMELIORATIVE ACTION WERE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND RESULTED IN THE
 AVOIDANCE OF A PENALTY,  (C) WHAT GUIDANCE, INFORMATION, AND  ASSISTANCE
 WITH COMPLIANCE WAS PROVIDED TO SMALL BUSINESSES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF  THIS SECTION, AND (D) THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME GRANTED BY THE
 STATE AGENCY TO CORRECT FIRST TIME VIOLATIONS. THE  DIVISION  FOR  SMALL
 BUSINESS  SHALL BY MAY FIRST FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, AND EVERY MAY FIRST THEREAFTER, PREPARE A REPORT COMPILING  THIS
 INFORMATION,  BY  AGENCY,  AND SHALL POST THIS REPORT ON ITS WEBSITE AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11346-03-1
              

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 SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
   §  2. Section 2 of chapter 731 of the laws of 2019 amending the execu-
 tive law relating to regulatory fines for small businesses,  as  amended
 by  section 2 of subpart B of part XX of chapter 55 of the laws of 2020,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed [two years after such date] DECEMBER 20, 2024.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 section one of this act shall take effect one year after it  shall  have
 become  a law provided, however, that the amendments to section 170-c of
 the executive law as made by section one of this act  shall  not  affect
 the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.