Bill Text: NY A00842 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 842 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the time needed by small businesses and local governments to comply with new regulations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-3)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-06 - approval memo.25 [A00842 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00842-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           842
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMOTAS, ZEBROWSKI, GLICK, SCHIMMINGER, BLAKE,
          THIELE, DICKENS, D'URSO, ORTIZ, LAVINE, JAFFEE,  COLTON,  JEAN-PIERRE,
          CRESPO,  FRIEND, McDONOUGH, BUCHWALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          CAHILL, COOK, DiPIETRO, GALEF, HYNDMAN, NOLAN, SIMON -- read once  and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to
          the time needed by small businesses and local  governments  to  comply
          with new regulations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 202-b of
     2  the state administrative procedure act are relettered paragraphs (f) and
     3  (g) and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
     4    (e) an assessment of the minimum time that will  be  needed  by  small
     5  businesses  and local governments to come into compliance with the rule,
     6  taking into consideration any applicable practical, legal  and  economic
     7  or fiscal constraints on such compliance, and a description of the meas-
     8  ures  that the agency intends to utilize to ensure that small businesses
     9  and local governments are informed of new or amended compliance require-
    10  ments with sufficient lead time to achieve compliance without experienc-
    11  ing unnecessary costs or burdens;
    12    § 2. The opening paragraph and  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  6  of
    13  section  202-b  of the state administrative procedure act, as amended by
    14  chapter 611 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
    15    When any rule is proposed for which a regulatory flexibility  analysis
    16  is  required, the agency shall assure that it has actively solicited the
    17  participation of small businesses and local governments [have been given
    18  an opportunity to participate] in the rule making through activities  in
    19  addition  to  publication in the state register and posting on the agen-
    20  cy's website, such [activities] as:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01558-01-9

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     1    (b) the direct notification of interested small businesses  and  local
     2  governments  affected by the proposed rule or organizations representing
     3  the interests of such entities;
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     5  ing  the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all
     6  rules for which a notice of proposed rule  making  is  published  on  or
     7  after such date.