New York A 2525: Relates to enacting the "small business fairness act"

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A02525 Summary:

BILL NOA02525 

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Enacts the "small business fairness act" to permit a business that has been ordered to cease or limit operations pursuant to an executive order due to a declared state disaster emergency to continue or resume operations if the products sold or services offered by the business are also available at a business that has not been required to cease or limit operations by the executive order or an order of the health department.

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BILL NOA02525 

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01/17/2025referred to small business

01/07/2026referred to small business

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2525

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation
 to enacting the small business fairness act

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "small
 2 business fairness act".
 3 § 2. Section 29-a of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 5 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section and any other
 6 special, general or local law to the contrary, a person operating a
 7 business that has been ordered to cease or limit operations pursuant to
 8 an executive order issued under this section due to a declared state
 9 disaster emergency may continue or resume operations if:
 10 (a) the products sold or services offered by the business are also
 11 available at a business that has not been required to cease or limit
 12 operations by the executive order and the open business is operating at
 13 a physical location in the area affected by the order; and
 14 (b) the business that was required to limit or cease operations
 15 complies with any safety precautions that the order requires of busi-
 16 nesses that are permitted to continue operations.
 17 § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 12-e to
 18 read as follows:
 19 § 12-e. Health emergency order; limitations. 1. Notwithstanding the
 20 provisions of any other general, special or local law to the contrary, a
 21 person operating a business that has been ordered to cease or limit
 22 operations by a state or local public health official due to a declared
 23 emergency, an epidemic, a threatened epidemic, or the unusual prevalence
 24 of a dangerous communicable disease, may continue or resume operations
 25 if:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01448-01-5

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 1 (a) the products sold or services offered by the business are also
 2 available at a business that has not been required to cease or limit
 3 operations by the order and the open business is operating at a physical
 4 location in the area affected by the order; and
 5 (b) the business that was required to limit or cease operations
 6 complies with any safety precautions that the order requires of busi-
 7 nesses that are permitted to continue operations.
 8 2. As used in this section the term "order" includes a notice, stand-
 9 ard, rule, or regulation issued by the department or a local public
 10 health agency.
 11 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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