Enacts the New York state product promotion act; requires the commissioner of economic development to develop and implement the New York state product promotion program; further requires such commissioner to establish and maintain an internet registry to highlight businesses that manufacture or produce products in this state; allows the department of economic development to charge a reasonable fee to cover such administrative costs; requires the commissioner to create a product label with the registry address to help identify such products.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4864
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 5, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to enacting
the New York state product promotion act
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 article 8-A to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 8-A
4 NEW YORK STATE PRODUCT PROMOTION ACT
5 Section 207. Short title.
6 208. New York state product promotion registry.
7 209. Product label.
8 § 207. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
9 the "New York state product promotion act".
10 § 208. New York state product promotion registry. 1. The commissioner
11 shall develop and implement a New York state product promotion program.
12 The commissioner shall establish a registry for use on the internet that
13 would highlight businesses that manufacture or produce products in this
14 state. All New York state business owners that manufacture or produce
15 products in this state shall have the option to join such online regis-
16 try. Such registry shall include, but not be limited to; name of busi-
17 ness; address and county; contact information, including telephone
18 number, fax, e-mail and website address; manufactured or produced
19 products with a brief description; and any additional information,
20 including history, hours and dates of operation, and number of employ-
21 ees.
22 2. The commissioner shall name such registry and promulgate any rules
23 and regulations necessary for the administration of the registry. The
24 department shall be allowed to charge a reasonable registration fee, to
25 be determined by the commissioner, to cover such administrative costs.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. The commissioner shall establish a media campaign to advertise such
2 registry.
3 § 209. Product label. The commissioner shall create a product label
4 with the registry website address to help identify products manufactured
5 or produced in this state. The department shall further promulgate any
6 rules and regulations necessary for dispensing the product label.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
8 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
9 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
10 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to
11 be made and completed on or before such effective date.
