Bill Text: NY A08568 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-18 - reported referred to ways and means [A08568 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08568-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8568--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY July 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13186-02-8A. 8568--A 2 1 (g) collaborate with the appropriate agency staff on any small busi- 2 ness regulation guide pursuant to section one hundred two-a and any 3 small business regulatory flexibility analysis pursuant to section two 4 hundred two-b of this chapter; and 5 (h) coordinate his or her activities with the division for small busi- 6 ness within the department of economic development, and the small busi- 7 ness development center. 8 § 2. On or before January 1, 2020, the small business liaison shall 9 report to the agency head the number of inquiries he or she has received 10 from small businesses in 2019, and the agency head shall determine 11 whether a separate full-time employee will be needed for such position 12 going forward and make any appropriate budget request to the governor 13 and legislature for the ensuing fiscal year. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
