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A06110 Summary:
BILL NO | A06110 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S01120 |
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SPONSOR | Pichardo |
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COSPNSR | Buchwald, Colton, Crespo, Davila, Goodell, Hevesi, Santabarbara, Sepulveda, Skartados, Solages, Thiele, Walker, Woerner |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add §16-aa, UDC Act | |
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Provides small businesses with grants of up to $100,000 to commercialize energy and environmental technology innovations and ideas in-state to stimulate economic development. |
A06110 Actions:
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02/23/2017 | referred to small business | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/02/2017 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/09/2017 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/11/2017 | advanced to third reading cal.348 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/17/2017 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/17/2017 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/17/2017 | REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2017 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S1120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2017 | 3RD READING CAL.1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2017 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2017 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2017 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/29/2017 | vetoed memo.178 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/29/2017 | tabled |
A06110 Committee Votes:
Thiele | Aye | DiPietro | Excused | ||||||
Rivera | Aye | Lalor | Aye | ||||||
Skartados | Aye | Murray | Aye | ||||||
Gjonaj | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Pichardo | Aye | ||||||||
Woerner | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte | Excused | ||||||||
Barron | Aye | ||||||||
Richardson | Excused | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Excused | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
Jones | Aye | ||||||||
Farrell | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Walter | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Hooper | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Moya | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Aye | ||||||||
Ramos | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
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A06110 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
ER
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Aubry
ER
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
ER
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barron
ER
Dickens
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Thiele
ER
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Titone
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Quart
ER
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
ER
Miller ML
ER
Ramos
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jones
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Walsh
ER
Buchwald
ER
Finch
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Morelle
ER
Rivera
Yes
Walter
Yes
Butler
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Friend
ER
Kearns
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Cahill
ER
Galef
ER
Kim
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Carroll
ER
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Garbarino
No
Lalor
Yes
Niou
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Norris
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A06110 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6110 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO, BUCHWALD, COLTON, CRESPO, DAVILA, GOODELL, HEVESI, LOPEZ, SANTABARBARA, SEPULVEDA, SIMANOWITZ, SKARTA- DOS, SOLAGES, THIELE, WALKER, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Small Business AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to creating the New York state innovative energy and environ- mental technology program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and 2 declares that the success of innovative energy and environmental tech- 3 nology-oriented businesses with growth potential is essential to the 4 continued economic health and security of New York state. It is further 5 found that the development of new products to assist mature industries 6 undergoing dramatic changes or facing increasing international competi- 7 tion with reducing energy costs and complying with environmental regu- 8 lations, can serve to retain, and even increase, employment. However, 9 commercialization of these products is restrained as numerous small 10 businesses are limited by lack of early stage financing. 11 Therefore, the legislature seeks to provide early stage funds, via a 12 grants program, to stimulate the creation of a substantial number of new 13 businesses and jobs in the energy and environmental sectors of New 14 York's economy. 15 § 2. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the 16 New York state urban development corporation act, is amended by adding a 17 new section 16-aa to read as follows: 18 § 16-aa. New York state innovative energy and environmental technology 19 program. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following words 20 and terms shall have the following meanings: 21 (a) "Innovative energy technologies" shall mean all methods used to 22 produce, distribute, conserve and store energy by methods which have EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04186-01-7A. 6110 2 1 significant potential for commercialization, with emphasis on renewable 2 energy sources including, but not limited to, solar, wind, fuel cells, 3 advanced hydroelectric, and biomass power conversion technologies. 4 (b) "Innovative environmental technologies" shall mean technologies 5 that advance sustainable development by reducing risk, enhancing cost- 6 effectiveness, improving process efficiency, and creating products and 7 processes that are environmentally beneficial or benign and which have 8 significant potential for commercialization. Emerging environmental 9 technologies include, but are not limited to: air, water, and soil 10 pollution control; solid and toxic waste management; site remediation; 11 and environmental monitoring and recycling. 12 (c) "Small businesses" shall mean an independently owned and operated 13 business that meets all of the following conditions: (i) headquartered 14 in the state, and principal business operations located in the state; 15 (ii) employs one hundred or less persons, eighty percent of whom are 16 employed within the state on a full-time basis; and (iii) involved in 17 developing innovative energy and environmental technologies. 18 (d) "Eligible costs" shall mean costs associated with working capital 19 needs, the acquisition or upgrading of equipment, or leasehold improve- 20 ments necessary for commercialization of the product, device, technique, 21 system or process; provided that no other source of funds is available 22 under terms, interest rates, or other conditions that would allow the 23 project to proceed successfully. Eligible costs shall exclude any costs 24 incurred prior to the effective date of this section. 25 2. The corporation is authorized, within available appropriations in 26 the empire state economic development fund established pursuant to 27 section 16-m of this act or from any other funds appropriated for the 28 purpose set out in this section, to award capital grants of up to one 29 hundred thousand dollars to small businesses, for the purpose of encour- 30 aging and supporting innovative energy and environmental technology 31 development and commercialization across the state. Such grants shall be 32 awarded on a competitive basis to small business applicants responding 33 to requests for proposals issued by the corporation. 34 3. Grants and contracts made by the corporation pursuant to this 35 section shall be subject to the following: 36 (a) grants shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars per year; 37 (b) the corporation may not enter into more than one grant per year to 38 a small business; and 39 (c) grants provided by the corporation may only be used for eligible 40 costs. 41 4. Applications for grants authorized under this section shall 42 describe the product, device, technique, system or process which is to 43 be developed, including: 44 (a) a market assessment; 45 (b) an explanation of its technical value; 46 (c) measurable outcomes resulting from its manufacture and sale, 47 including the estimated number of jobs to be created and retained and 48 the salary levels of such jobs; 49 (d) an estimated timeline for bringing it to market, with proposed 50 starting and completion dates and benchmarks; and 51 (e) a budget for its development and marketing that describes how the 52 grant will be used, why the grant from the corporation is essential and 53 cannot be obtained from other sources, and sources and amounts of other 54 funds to be used in its development, marketing and distribution. 55 5. The corporation shall, in consultation with the New York state 56 energy research and development authority and the department of environ-A. 6110 3 1 mental conservation, develop criteria to be used in evaluating grant 2 applications. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to: 3 (a) economic impact as measured by such variables as potential reven- 4 ue, job creation, effect on the local economy, global competitiveness, 5 and, purchases from in-state suppliers; 6 (b) ability of the applicant to leverage other funds; 7 (c) financial commitment of the applicant; 8 (d) technical feasibility; 9 (e) likelihood that the economic benefits will be manifest within a 10 six- to twelve-month period, but at most within three years; and 11 (f) likelihood of the product, device, technique, system or process to 12 result in improvements to public health, quality of life, the environ- 13 ment, human or business performance or economic productivity. 14 6. The corporation shall, on or before September first, two thousand 15 eighteen and annually thereafter, submit a report to the governor, the 16 temporary president of the senate and the senate minority leader, the 17 speaker of the assembly, and the minority leader of the assembly, the 18 chairpersons of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and 19 means committee, and to any other member of the legislature requesting 20 such reports on the effectiveness and accomplishments of the New York 21 state innovative energy and environmental technology grants program. 22 Such report shall include for each grant awarded, the name and location 23 of the recipient, a description of the product, device, technique, 24 system or process being commercialized, the amount and use of the grant, 25 the total project cost, the impact of the project on the recipient's 26 business, the number of jobs created or retained, and such other infor- 27 mation as the corporation shall deem appropriate. 28 7. Nothing in this section shall require the corporation to disclose 29 any matters involving confidential intellectual property or work prod- 30 uct, whether patentable or not, including any formula, plan, pattern, 31 process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data or compi- 32 lation of information, which is not patented, but which is known only to 33 certain individuals who are using it to fabricate, produce or compound 34 an article of trade or service having commercial value and which gives 35 its user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors 36 who do not know it or use it. 37 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.