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Assembly Bill A835

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the eligibility criteria for the excelsior jobs program act

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2025-A835 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2384
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10003, S8891
2023-2024: A8327, S1143

2025-A835 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a business entity in violation of worker protection or environmental laws and regulations to surrender all previous state subsidies issued to such business entity.

2025-A835 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    835
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KIM, LUCAS, SEAWRIGHT, REYES -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to the  eligi-
   bility criteria for the excelsior jobs program act

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 353 of  the  economic  development
 law,  as  amended  by  section  2 of part G of chapter 61 of the laws of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   6. A business entity must be in compliance with all worker  protection
 and  environmental  laws and regulations. In addition, a business entity
 may not owe past due state taxes or local property taxes. IN  THE  EVENT
 THAT  A BUSINESS ENTITY IS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED SUCH WORKER PROTECTION
 OR ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, PENDING A FULL AUDIT BY THE STATE
 COMPTROLLER, THE STATE SHALL ORDER THE SURRENDER OF ALL  PREVIOUS  STATE
 SUBSIDIES ISSUED TO SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01858-01-5

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