New York A 7711: Relates to regulatory flexibility for small businesses

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A07711 Summary:

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Amd §202-b, St Ad Proc Act

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Relates to consideration of the potential impacts of a proposed rule on small businesses and local governments; requires additional efforts to notify interested small businesses or local governments and/or organizations representing their interests of proposed rules.

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BILL NOA07711 

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04/08/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7711

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to
 consideration of the potential impacts of a proposed rule on small
 businesses and local governments

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 6 of section 202-b of the state adminis-
 2 trative procedure act, as amended by chapter 611 of the laws of 1996,
 3 paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 as relettered by chapter 16 of
 4 the laws of 2020, the opening paragraph and paragraph (b) of subdivision
 5 6 as amended by chapter 577 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 2. In proposing a rule for adoption or in adopting a rule on an emer-
 8 gency basis, the agency shall issue a regulatory flexibility analysis
 9 regarding the rule being proposed for adoption or the emergency rule
 10 being adopted. A copy of such analysis and any finding, and reasons for
 11 such finding, pursuant to subdivision three of this section, shall be
 12 submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
 13 speaker of the assembly[, the office of business permits and regulatory
 14 assistance] and the administrative regulations review commission at the
 15 time such analysis is submitted to the secretary of state for publica-
 16 tion and, upon written request, a copy shall be sent to any other
 17 person. Each regulatory flexibility analysis shall contain:
 18 (a) a description of the types and an estimate of the number of small
 19 businesses and local governments to which the rule will apply;
 20 (b) a description of (i) the reporting, recordkeeping and other
 21 compliance requirements of the rule, and (ii) the kinds of professional
 22 services that a small business or local government is likely to need in
 23 order to comply with such requirements;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04350-01-5

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 1 (c) an estimate of the initial capital costs and an estimate of the
 2 annual cost of complying with the rule, with an indication of any likely
 3 variation in such costs for small businesses or local governments of
 4 different types and of differing sizes;
 5 (d) an assessment of the economic and technological feasibility of
 6 compliance with such rule by small businesses and local governments;
 7 (e) an indication of how the rule is designed to minimize any compli-
 8 ance requirements or any adverse economic impact of such rule on small
 9 businesses and local governments, including information regarding wheth-
 10 er the approaches suggested in subdivision one of this section or other
 11 similar approaches were considered and were incorporated into the rule,
 12 or the reason or reasons why any such approaches were considered but
 13 were not incorporated into the rule; and
 14 (f) a statement indicating how the agency has complied with subdivi-
 15 sion six of this section other than publication in the state register
 16 and posting on the agency's website or with any other measures the agen-
 17 cy is required by law to undertake, and listing or describing the
 18 following actions taken or explaining why such action was deemed to be
 19 infeasible or unnecessary: (i) any publication or publicization of