Bill Text: NY S01143 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a business entity in violation of worker protection or environmental laws and regulations to surrender all previous state subsidies issued to such business entity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-28 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S01143 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01143-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1143

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
          opment and Small Business

        AN  ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to the eligi-
          bility criteria for the excelsior jobs program act

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  6 of section 353 of the economic development
     2  law, as amended by section 2 of part G of chapter  61  of  the  laws  of
     3  2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    6.  A business entity must be in compliance with all worker protection
     5  and environmental laws and regulations. In addition, a  business  entity
     6  may  not  owe past due state taxes or local property taxes. In the event
     7  that a business entity is found to have violated such worker  protection
     8  or environmental laws and regulations, pending a full audit by the state
     9  comptroller,  the  state shall order the surrender of all previous state
    10  subsidies issued to such business entity.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03067-01-3