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A07540 Summary:
BILL NO | A07540B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S05815-C |
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SPONSOR | McDonald |
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COSPNSR | Stirpe, Lupardo, Wallace, Buttenschon, McMahon, Woerner, Jones, Steck, Friend, Johns, Norris, Tague |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add §170-c, Exec L | |
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Relates to regulatory penalties for small businesses; provides that upon an initial violation of a state agency's rules or regulations, a small business shall be afforded a cure period or other opportunity for ameliorative action, which if successful shall prevent the imposition of a fine or fines. |
A07540 Actions:
BILL NO | A07540B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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05/09/2019 | referred to small business | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2019 | amend and recommit to small business | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2019 | print number 7540a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2019 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | amend and recommit to rules 7540b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | rules report cal.396 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.396 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S5815C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | 3RD READING CAL.1349 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/10/2019 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/20/2019 | signed chap.731 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/20/2019 | approval memo.78 |
A07540 Committee Votes:
Stirpe | Aye | DiPietro | Absent | ||||||
Rivera | Aye | Lalor | Aye | ||||||
Pichardo | Aye | Byrnes | Aye | ||||||
Woerner | Aye | Manktelow | Aye | ||||||
Richardson | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
Jones | Aye | ||||||||
Epstein | Aye | ||||||||
Raynor | Aye | ||||||||
Romeo | Aye | ||||||||
Cruz | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
De La Rosa | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Excused | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Excused | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
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A07540 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
No
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A07540 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7540--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, STIRPE, LUPARDO, WALLACE, BUTTENSCHON, McMAHON, WOERNER, JONES, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Small Business -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to regulatory fines for small businesses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-c 2 to read as follows: 3 § 170-c. Regulatory penalties for small businesses. 1. Unless explic- 4 itly exempted or excluded by any other law, rule or regulation, upon a 5 first time violation of a state agency's rules or regulations related to 6 paperwork submitted to a state agency or actions or omissions that are 7 de minimus, a small business shall be afforded a cure period or other 8 opportunity for ameliorative action if the violation can be corrected, 9 the successful completion of which will prevent the imposition of penal- 10 ties on the party or parties subject to enforcement. However, no waiver 11 of penalties or cure period or other opportunity for ameliorative action 12 may be given if the agency determines that the violation resulted in a 13 natural resource damage claim or serious actual harm, or may have 14 presented an imminent and substantial endangerment to public safety, 15 human health or the environment, is a violation of human or civil rights 16 law, results in loss of employee wages or benefits, interferes with any 17 remedy, review, or resolution related to harassment or discrimination 18 claims, was a willful violation, involved tax fraud, violates require- 19 ments related to federal funding to the state, relates to state funding 20 or procurement, is similar to prior violations, is a penal law EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11565-10-9A. 7540--B 2 1 violation, or relates to a material or substantive portion of the busi- 2 ness. Upon such first violation, a state agency shall (a) provide the 3 small business with a copy of any applicable small business regulation 4 guides pursuant to section one hundred two-a of the state administrative 5 procedure act and any other helpful compliance information detailing the 6 agency's rules and regulations, or (b) provide an opportunity for an 7 in-person meeting, teleconference or videoconference with the small 8 business to help assist such small business with compliance with the 9 agency's rules and regulations. The agency shall have the discretion to 10 determine the appropriate period of time to allow for such ameliorative 11 action to occur, which shall be reasonable but shall not be less than 12 ninety days. 13 2. As used in this section: (a) "Small business" shall mean a business 14 which is resident in this state, independently owned and operated, not 15 dominant in its field and employs one hundred or less persons. 16 (b) "State agency" shall mean an agency as defined in subdivision one 17 of section one hundred two of the state administrative procedure act; 18 provided that "state agency" shall not include the department of taxa- 19 tion and finance but shall also mean the workers' compensation board. 20 3. Nothing herein shall prevent or preclude any other waivers of 21 penalties that may be applicable by this or any other agency. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.