STATE OF NEW YORK
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9548
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
relation to obligations of members of economic development entities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting
2 the New York state urban development corporation act, is amended by
3 adding a new section 32-a to read as follows:
4 § 32-a. Special provisions relating to economic development entities.
5 (1) For the purposes of this section, an "economic development entity"
6 shall mean any entity created by the executive branch, including the
7 executive chamber of the governor and lieutenant governor, and any state
8 agency whose function includes providing advice, recommendations or
9 determinations to or on behalf of the executive branch or any state
10 agency, as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section seven-
11 ty-three-a of the public officers law, on the allocation or disbursement
12 of state or federal monies or tax credits and/or benefits.
13 (2) (a) The provisions of article seven of the public officers law
14 applicable to public bodies shall apply to an economic development enti-
15 ty.
16 (b) The provisions of article six of the public officers law applica-
17 ble to agencies shall apply to an economic development entity. In addi-
18 tion to the requirements of subdivision three of section eighty-seven of
19 the public officers law, an economic development entity shall maintain
20 and make available for public inspection and copying any and all
21 proposals submitted to it through a centralized application process,
22 including the consolidated funding applications process, except that an
23 economic development entity may redact or withhold portions of a
24 proposal if such portion would be exempt from disclosure pursuant to
25 article six of the public officers law.
26 (c) For the purpose of section seventy-three-a of the public officers
27 law, any member of an economic development entity shall be deemed a
28 state officer or employee and shall be deemed a policy maker and shall
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 file an annual statement of financial disclosure set forth in subdivi-
2 sion three of section seventy-three-a of the public officers law.
3 (d) The provisions of section seventy-four of the public officers law
4 applicable to an officer or employee of a state agency shall apply to
5 any member of an economic development entity.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
7 those incumbents who have not filed a disclosure form for the calendar
8 year 2022 shall have thirty days from the effective date of this act to
9 file such form with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.