Provides that each agency shall designate an existing employee to serve as its liaison to small businesses regulated by such agency; further provides the duties of such small business liaison.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6706
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 14, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to
each agency designating a small business liaison
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The state administrative procedure act is amended by adding
2 a new section 102-b to read as follows:
3 § 102-b. Small business liaison. Each agency shall designate an exist-
4 ing employee to serve as its liaison to small businesses regulated by
5 such agency. The direct contact information of the small business liai-
6 son shall be prominently posted and easily accessible on the agency
7 website. The small business liaison shall:
8 (a) serve as an initial primary contact for small businesses to
9 contact with any inquiries;
10 (b) be equipped to provide small businesses with basic information on
11 the agency and its regulations;
12 (c) help small businesses navigate the agency bureaucracy to identify
13 and contact the appropriate staff person within the agency, either at
14 the state or regional level, for more specific information pertaining to
15 the small business;
16 (d) hear the concerns of small businesses, report those concerns to
17 appropriate agency staff and offer possible solutions to such concerns;
18 (e) advocate within the agency on behalf of small businesses, and make
19 recommendations to the agency head on matters affecting small busi-
20 nesses;
21 (f) initiate and encourage small business education and outreach
22 programs on behalf of the agency, as appropriate;
23 (g) collaborate with the appropriate agency staff on any small busi-
24 ness regulation guide pursuant to section one hundred two-a and any
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 small business regulatory flexibility analysis pursuant to section two
2 hundred two-b of this chapter; and
3 (h) coordinate his or her activities with the division for small busi-
4 ness within the department of economic development, and the small busi-
5 ness development center.
6 § 2. On or before January 1, 2018, the small business liaison shall
7 report to the agency head the number of inquiries he or she has received
8 from small businesses in 2017, and the agency head shall determine
9 whether a separate full-time employee will be needed for such position
10 going forward and make any appropriate budget request to the governor
11 and legislature for the ensuing fiscal year.
12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
