STATE OF NEW YORK
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7296--B
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 28, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, GABRYSZAK, MAGNARELLI, GUNTHER,
WEPRIN, JAFFEE, BOYLAND, MAISEL, LUPARDO, CASTRO, GIBSON, BARRON,
SIMANOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AMEDORE, BRENNAN, CAHILL,
DenDEKKER, HEASTIE, HOOPER, MORELLE, PERRY, ROBINSON, SWEENEY, THIELE
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development --
reference changed to the Committee on Small Business -- recommitted to
the Committee on Small Business in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee
with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
relation to creating the small business innovation research/small
business technology transfer technical assistance program
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 46 to read as follows:
4 § 46. Small business innovation research (SBIR)/small business tech-
5 nology transfer (STTR) technical assistance program. 1. The small busi-
6 ness innovation research/small business technology transfer technical
7 assistance program, hereafter referred to as "the program", is hereby
8 created in the corporation for the purposes of providing funds to eligi-
9 ble entities to provide technical assistance to small businesses of one
10 hundred employees or less and located in New York state in competing
11 successfully for grants made available through phase I of the federal
12 small business innovation research program as enacted pursuant to the
13 small business innovation development act of 1982, and the small busi-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ness technology transfer act of 1982, so as to increase the number of
2 phase I SBIR and STTR award winners within the state.
3 2. Technical assistance services under this section may include, but
4 are not limited to:
5 (a) outreach to small businesses to promote awareness of SBIR/STTR
6 program solicitations;
7 (b) counseling to determine the ability of a business to pursue
8 SBIR/STTR phase I funding, the technology match with the federal agency
9 solicitation to be pursued, the qualifications of personnel involved in
10 the proposed project, and the level of support needed from the technical
11 assistance program to produce a competitive application; and
12 (c) proposal preparation assistance including grant writing, technolo-
13 gy evaluation, and general proposal evaluation.
14 3. In determining whether to provide technical assistance authorized
15 pursuant to this section to a small business, eligible entities shall
16 consider the probability of such business commercializing any inno-
17 vations resulting from research funded by an SBIR or STTR award in New
18 York state.
19 4. Eligible entities. (a) Entities that are eligible to receive funds
20 under this section shall have demonstrable experience and success in
21 providing technical assistance authorized pursuant to this section, and
22 as determined by the corporation, and shall include:
23 (i) centers for advanced technology established pursuant to section
24 thirty-one hundred two-b of the public authorities law;
25 (ii) technology development corporations established pursuant to
26 section thirty-one hundred two-d of the public authorities law;
27 (iii) state university of New York engineering schools that administer
28 the strategic partnership for industrial resurgence program; and
29 (iv) centers of excellence established pursuant to section three of
30 part T of chapter eighty-four of the laws of two thousand two.
31 (b) Preference for receiving funds under this section shall be given
32 to entities that partner with other eligible entities to provide the
33 full range of technical assistance services as specified in subdivision
34 two of this section.
35 (c) Entities receiving funds under this section shall match such funds
36 on a one-to-one basis. Such match shall consist of actual cash, sala-
37 ries, staff time, or expenses directly attributable to the purposes of
38 this section. Overhead costs may not be included in the match.
39 5. Use of funds. (a) Funds can be used for costs related to conducting
40 outreach to small businesses to promote awareness of SBIR/STTR program
41 solicitations, grant preparation and review, and printing costs and
42 supplies associated with the submission of grants.
43 (b) From such funds as may be appropriated for this purpose by the
44 legislature, the corporation shall make competitive awards annually in
45 amounts of up to two hundred thousand dollars to providers of assistance
46 pursuant to this section.
47 6. Reporting requirements. (a) Entities receiving funds shall annually
48 provide to the corporation details on the following:
49 (i) description of small businesses served, including technology
50 focus, business size and location;
51 (ii) SBIR and STTR grants applied for and received as a result of
52 assistance provided; and
53 (iii) any other information deemed appropriate by the corporation.
54 (b) The corporation shall include the information provided pursuant to
55 subdivision five of this section in the annual report filed pursuant to
56 section four hundred four of the economic development law.
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1 (c) On or before February first, two thousand thirteen, the corpo-
2 ration shall evaluate the effectiveness of the SBIR/STTR technical
3 assistance program and report such findings to the governor and legisla-
4 ture. The corporation shall also make recommendations as to the appro-
5 priateness of expanding the program to provide assistance to SBIR/STTR
6 phase II applicants.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
