Bill Text: NY A03311 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the urban development corporation to contract for the establishment of an African-American and African-Caribbean business development center for the purpose of rendering technical assistance and market information to not-for-profit service providers and private businesses servicing the African-American and African-Caribbean communities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to economic development [A03311 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03311-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3311
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. CAMARA, CASTRO, BARRON, TITONE -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Economic Development
       AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
         relation to the establishment of an African-American and  African-Car-
         ibbean business development center
         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 9-g to read as follows:
    4    S 9-G. CREATING AN  AFRICAN-AMERICAN  AND  AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN  BUSINESS
    5  DEVELOPMENT  CENTER.  THE CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE
    6  OF THE COMMISSIONER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  AND  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
    7  SUCH  COMMISSIONER,  AN  AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN BUSINESS
    8  DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR THE PURPOSES OF  RENDERING  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE
    9  AND  MARKET  INFORMATION  TO  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  SERVICE  PROVIDERS AND THE
   10  PRIVATE  BUSINESSES  SERVICING  AFRICAN-AMERICAN  AND  AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN
   11  COMMUNITIES.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05569-01-3