New York A 3955: Relates to controlled substances and indeterminate sentences; to the expansion of merit time; repealer

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A03955 Summary:

BILL NOA03955A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01865-A

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSRLupardo, Griffin, Burroughs, McDonald, Buttenschon, Kelles, Dais, Burdick, Kay

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 29 §§510 - 514, Ec Dev L; add §50, amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L

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Enacts the lift our communities advertise locally (LOCAL) program which provides a tax credit on advertising for locally owned minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises or a small business.

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BILL NOA03955A

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01/30/2025referred to economic development

06/02/2025amend and recommit to economic development

06/02/2025print number 3955a

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3955--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD, LUPARDO, GRIFFIN, BURROUGHS, McDONALD,
 BUTTENSCHON, KELLES, DAIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the economic development law and the tax law in relation
 to enacting the lift our communities advertise locally (LOCAL)
 program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
 tion thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "lift our communities advertise locally (LOCAL) program".
 3 § 2. The economic development law is amended by adding a new article
 4 29 to read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 29
 6 LIFT OUR COMMUNITIES ADVERTISE LOCALLY PROGRAM
 7 Section 510. Short title.
 8 511. Definitions.
 9 512. Application and approval process.
 10 513. Local newspaper and broadcast media business advertising
 11 tax credit.
 12 514. Powers and duties of the commissioner.
 13 § 510. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
 14 the "lift our communities advertise locally (LOCAL) program".
 15 § 511. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
 16 1. "Certificate of tax credit" shall mean the document issued to an
 17 eligible business by the department after the department has verified
 18 that such eligible business has met all applicable eligibility criteria
 19 under this article. The certificate shall specify the exact amount of
 20 the tax credit under this article that an eligible business may claim,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02719-03-5

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 1 pursuant to section five hundred thirteen and section five hundred four-
 2 teen of this article.
 3 2. "Eligible business" shall mean a minority-owned business enterprise
 4 as defined in section three hundred ten of the executive law, a women-
 5 owned business enterprise as defined in section three hundred ten of the
 6 executive law, a certified service-disabled veteran-owned business
 7 enterprise as defined in section forty of the veterans' services law, or
 8 a small business as defined in this section.
 9 3. "Excluded organization" shall mean:
 10 (a) an organization described in subsection four, five or six of
 11 section 501(c) of the United States internal revenue code;
 12 (b) a political organization as defined in section 527(e) of the
 13 United States internal revenue code;
 14 (c) any organizations that received more than one hundred thousand
 15 dollars, in the aggregate, from organizations described in paragraph (a)
 16 or (b) of this subdivision;
 17 (d) a publicly-traded company that reported at least one billion
 18 dollars in revenue, in the aggregate, during the immediately preceding
 19 four quarters; or
 20 (e) an organization that is a subsidiary of, or at least five percent
 21 owned by, organizations described in paragraph (d) of this subdivision.
 22 4. "Local news journalist" shall mean any resident of the state of New
 23 York who regul