Bill Text: NY S06668 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the empire state development corporation to develop a public awareness campaign promoting businesses located in New York state; requires the creation of the Buy New York Online Networking Directory to connect purchasers with businesses located in New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-03 - referred to economic development [S06668 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06668-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6668
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 3, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
          opment and Small Business
        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
    22  identify and recruit individuals to serve as visible, public ambassadors
    23  to promote this message.
    24    4.  The campaign shall begin no later than January 1, 2017. The empire
    25  state development corporation shall prepare  an  annual  report  to  the
    26  governor and the legislature on or before December first of each year on
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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