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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8308--B
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    December 6, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LENTOL,  BRINDISI,  LUPARDO -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Small  Business  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee on Small Business in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said  commit-

          tee  with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to
          said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to  establish-
          ing a cross regional small business partnership program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 134 of the  economic  development
     2  law,  as added by chapter 361 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    11. provide assistance to small business in the state, and  facilitate
     5  access  to  programs  serving  small business, to ensure that such busi-
     6  nesses benefit, as needed, from technical,  managerial,  financial,  and
     7  general  business  assistance;  training;  marketing;  organization  and
     8  personnel skill development; project management  assistance;  technology

     9  assistance;  bond and insurance education assistance; and other business
    10  development assistance. In addition, either independently or in conjunc-
    11  tion with other state agencies:
    12    (a) develop a clearinghouse of information on  programs  and  services
    13  provided by entities that may assist such businesses; [and]
    14    (b)  seek  to  maximize  utilization  by small businesses of available
    15  federal resources including but not limited to  federal  grants,  loans,
    16  loan  guarantees,  surety  bonding guarantees, technical assistance, and
    17  programs and services of the federal small  business  administration[.];
    18  and
    19    (c)  develop  a cross regional small business partnership program that
    20  seeks to foster partnerships between  small  businesses  from  different
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  regions  of  the  state. The cross regional partnership program would be
     2  required to, but not be limited to, (i)  initiate  and  encourage  small
     3  business  ventures  that foster joint development in one or more regions
     4  of  the  state;  (ii)  promote the use of products that are grown, made,
     5  processed or manufactured in New York; (iii) promote the use  of  shared
     6  facilities, when feasible, for the processing, production or manufactur-

     7  ing  of  products; and (iv) encourage and promote job development within
     8  the state.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.