S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8128
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
August 30, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to requiring
development centers and entrepreneurship support centers to track the
success of program participants; to amend the labor law, in relation
to self employment activities for the purposes of unemployment claims;
and to amend chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, amending the labor law
relating to the self-employment assistance program and other matters,
in relation to extending the expiration of the provisions thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 213 of the economic development
2 law, as added by chapter 839 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. monitor the performance of each development center and each entre-
5 preneurship support center and require periodic and annual reports from
6 each development center and each entrepreneurship support center at such
7 time and in such a manner as prescribed by the commissioner, PROVIDED
8 THAT SUCH PERIODIC AND ANNUAL REPORTS SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
9 OUTCOMES, WHETHER SUCCESSFUL OR NOT, FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM PARTIC-
10 IPANTS OF EACH DEVELOPMENT CENTER OR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT CENTER,
11 AND TRACK SUCH OUTCOMES ON A STATISTICAL BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO
12 FIVE YEARS SO AS TO HELP ASCERTAIN, TRACK AND DOCUMENT THE SUCCESS RATE
13 FOR SUCH PARTICIPANTS;
14 S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 213 of the economic
15 development law, as amended by chapter 227 of the laws of 1993, is
16 amended to read as follows:
17 (b) in the case of entrepreneurship support centers, the extent to
18 which the program serves minorities, women, individuals with a disabili-
19 ty and dislocated workers; the extent to which the program is coordi-
20 nated with other assistance programs targeted to small and new busi-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 nesses; the ability of the program to leverage other sources of funding
2 and support; the success of the training programs in aiding entrepre-
3 neurs to start up new businesses, including the number of new business
4 start-ups resulting from the program, and the quality of supplemental
5 technical assistance offered to graduates of the training programs; A
6 REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
7 PROGRAM, AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE-A OF THE
8 LABOR LAW, SPONSORED BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY, INCLUDING ANY
9 REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE PARTICIPATION RATES OF SUCH CENTERS AND
10 CONDUCTED AT SUCH CENTERS AND THE NEED FOR MECHANISMS TO ALLEVIATE SUCH
11 DISPARITIES; such report shall recommend changes and improvements in the
12 program;
13 S 3. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section
14 591-a of the labor law, as amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 57
15 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
16 (iii) are participating in self-employment assistance activities
17 approved by the department and by the department of economic development
18 which include but need not be limited to entrepreneurial training, busi-
19 ness counseling, and technical assistance, including financing assist-
20 ance for qualified individuals as appropriate, offered by entrepreneur-
21 ship support centers established pursuant to section two hundred twelve
22 of the economic development law, state university of New York small
23 business development centers, programs offered by community-based organ-
24 izations, local development corporations, and boards of cooperative
25 educational services (BOCES) as established pursuant to section one
26 thousand nine hundred fifty of the education law; and, unless otherwise
27 required by federal law or regulation, no individual shall be prohibited
28 from or disqualified from eligibility for the program if prior to apply-
29 ing for the program, an individual has printed business cards or has a
30 website that is designed but not active, and neither are being used to
31 solicit or conduct business. SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES MAY
32 INCLUDE CLASSROOM TRAINING FOR UP TO FORTY HOURS AND ONE-ON-ONE COUN-
33 SELING FOR UP TO TWENTY HOURS FOR EACH PARTICIPANT, INSTRUCTION ON
34 START-UP BUSINESS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL ACQUISITION AND THE
35 DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS PLANS TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, THE
36 PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON THE EXISTENCE OF LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ORGAN-
37 IZATIONS OR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE THAT CAN HELP TO PROVIDE A SUPPORT
38 NETWORK FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A NEWLY FORMED
39 BUSINESS, AND OFFER THE PROVISION OF FOLLOW-UP ADVICE AND COUNSELING TO
40 PARTICIPANTS TO HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF SUCH BUSINESS VENTURE;
41 S 4. Section 10 of chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, amending the labor
42 law relating to the self-employment assistance program and other
43 matters, as amended by section 2 of part Z of chapter 57 of the laws of
44 2013, is amended to read as follows:
45 S 10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
46 sections eight and nine of this act shall expire December 7, [2015] 2017
47 when upon such date the provisions of such sections shall be deemed
48 repealed.
49 S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
50 ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however that
51 the amendments to section 591-a of the labor law made by section three
52 of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
53 deemed repealed therewith.