Bill Text: NY A06175 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state; requires the creating of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-28 - tabled [A06175 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A06175-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6175--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 27, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Economic Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT authorizing the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall develop, 2 establish and implement a public awareness campaign promoting businesses 3 located in New York state and encouraging individuals and businesses to 4 purchase products and services from such businesses. 5 2. The campaign shall include an internet website providing informa- 6 tion on businesses located in New York state and their available 7 products and services including a Buy New York Online Networking Direc- 8 tory. The owner of any business located and operated in this state may 9 apply to the empire state development corporation to have his or her 10 business included on such directory. The directory shall include, but 11 not be limited to, participating businesses' names,addresses, contact 12 information, including telephone number, fax, e-mail and website 13 address, products or services offered with a brief description, and any 14 additional information, including history, hours and dates of operation, 15 and number of employees. Such directory shall also include a search 16 capability to allow for participating businesses to be searched by the 17 products or services they offer. 18 3. The public awareness campaign shall be made available to the public 19 by any means deemed appropriate by the empire state development corpo- 20 ration including, but not limited to, internet, radio, and print adver- 21 tising such as brochures, billboards and posters. The campaign may also EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05454-03-8A. 6175--A 2 1 identify and recruit individuals to serve as visible, public ambassadors 2 to promote this message. 3 4. The campaign shall begin no later than January 1, 2020. The empire 4 state development corporation shall prepare an annual report to the 5 governor and the legislature on or before December first of each year on 6 the public awareness campaign, including: (a) actions taken by the 7 empire state development corporation to carry out the public awareness 8 campaign and (b) an assessment of the necessary appropriations for the 9 empire state development corporation to meet the needs of the campaign 10 in the next fiscal year. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
