New York S 991: Establishes the offenses of promoting and possessing a sex offense against a child

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S00991 Summary:

BILL NOS00991 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORROLISON

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, OBERACKER, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §101-a, Ec Dev L; amd §1823, Pub Auth L; add §4-a, UDC Act

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Requires the department of economic development, job development authority, and urban development corporation to provide preferences to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the administration of their economic development assistance programs; requires annual reports thereon.

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BILL NOS00991 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 991

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. ROLISON, BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business

 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, the public authorities law
 and the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation
 to providing a preference to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the
 award of state economic development assistance

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

 1 Section 1. The economic development law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 101-a to read as follows:
 3 § 101-a. Preferences to small businesses and entrepreneurs. In each
 4 program administered by or on behalf of the department pursuant to an
 5 appropriation of funds, and consistent with any statute governing such
 6 program, preference shall be given to the award of such funds to small
 7 businesses and entrepreneurs. Such preference shall include, but not be
 8 limited to, active marketing of the program specifically to small busi-
 9 nesses and entrepreneurs, providing assistance to individual small busi-
 10 nesses and entrepreneurs in accessing available funds under the program,
 11 and establishing and working to meet the goal of awarding twenty percent
 12 of available funds under the program to small businesses and entrepre-
 13 neurs. For purposes of this section, the term "entrepreneur" shall mean
 14 a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk of a start-up
 15 business venture. The department shall include in the annual report
 16 required pursuant to subdivision thirty-seven-a of section one hundred
 17 of this article a description of activities, a listing of proposals
 18 receiving financial assistance pursuant to this section and identify
 19 whether the twenty percent goal was met for each program.
 20 § 2. Section 1823 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 21 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00412-01-5

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 1 8. In each program administered by or on behalf of the authority, and
 2 consistent with any statute governing such program, preference shall be
 3 given to the award of such funds to small businesses and entrepreneurs.
 4 Such preference shall include, but not be limited to, active marketing
 5 of the program specifically to small businesses and entrepreneurs,
 6 providing assistance to individual small businesses and entrepreneurs in
 7 accessing available funds under the program, and establishing and work-
 8 ing to meet the goal of awarding twenty percent of available funds under
 9 the program to small businesses and entrepreneurs. For purposes of this
 10 subdivision, the term "small business" shall have the same meaning as
 11 provided in section one hundred thirty-one of the economic development
 12 law and the term "entrepreneur" shall mean a person or persons who
 13 organizes, operates, and assumes the risk of a start-up business
 14 venture. The authority shall include in the annual program report
 15 required pursuant to section eighteen hundred twenty-nine-a of this
 16 title a description of