NY State Senate Bill 2015-S620A

Senate Bill S620A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that self employment activities, for the purposes of unemployment, shall include training and counseling on establishing a business

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Jun 07, 2016	referred to labor delivered to assembly passed senate
May 23, 2016	advanced to third reading
May 18, 2016	2nd report cal.
May 17, 2016	1st report cal.880
Feb 22, 2016	print number 620a
Feb 22, 2016	amend and recommit to commerce, economic development and small business
Jan 06, 2016	referred to commerce, economic development and small business
Jan 07, 2015	referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Votes

- Jun 7, 2016 - Floor Vote
  S620A
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2016
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      excused (2)
      
      Diaz
      
      Persaud
  May 17, 2016 - Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee Vote
  S620A
  
  10
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee Vote: May 17, 2016
      
      aye (10)
      
      Boyle
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Griffo
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Kennedy
      
      Persaud
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Gallivan

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

co-Sponsors

2015-S620 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1177
Current Committee:: Assembly Labor
Law Section:: Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §213, Ec Dev L; amd §591-a, Lab L; amd §10, Chap 413 of 2003
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S5277, A8128
2017-2018: A531

2015-S620 - Summary

Provides that self employment activities, for the purposes of unemployment, shall include training and counseling on establishing a business; directs development centers and entrepreneurship support centers to track the outcomes in establishing businesses for program participants; directs the department of economic development to conduct a regional analysis of the effectiveness of self-employment sponsored businesses and business activity; extends from December 7, 2017 to December 7, 2019, the expiration of the self-employment assistance program.

2015-S620 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S620

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the economic development law, in
relation to requiring development centers and entrepreneurship support
centers to track the success of program participants; to amend the
labor law, in relation to self employment activities for the purposes
of unemployment claims; and to amend chapter 413 of the laws of 2003,
amending the labor law relating to the self-employment assistance
program and other matters, in relation to extending the expiration of
the provisions thereof


 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to expand upon the scope of
self-employment assistance activities that can be conducted by the
Department of Labor in its management of the Self-employment
Assistance Program. This program is designed to allow recipients of
unemployment insurance to continue to receive unemployment benefits
when they participate in the Self-employment Assistance Program. The
goal of this program is to assist those who are currently unemployed
to become self-employed by establish their own business.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends Economic Development Law section 213 (1) to require

that each job development center and entrepreneurship support center,
when annually reporting on its activities to the Department of
Economic Development, must include information on the outcomes for
program participants and track such outcomes on a statistical basis
for a period of up to five years to ascertain, track and document the
success rate for such participants. In addition, the Department of
Economic Development shall, for entrepreneurship support centers,
conduct a regional analysis of the effectiveness of SEAP sponsored
businesses including any regional disparities in the participation
rates of such centers and the need for mechanisms to alleviate such
disparities.

Section 2: Amends Economic Development Law section 213 (2) to include
within this section of law a regional analysis of the effectiveness of
self-employment assistance programs as provided for in Labor Law
section 591-a, including regional disparities in the participation
rates for such centers.

Section 3: Amends Labor Law section 591-a (2)(c)(iii) to expand the
scope of self-employment activities that can be conducted by the
Department of Labor in its operation of the self-employment Assistance
Program (SEAP). Such activities can include class room training up to
40 hours and 20 hours of one-on-one counseling for each participant,
instruction on start-up business financial management, capital
acquisition and the development of business plans to establish a
successful business, provide participants information on the existence
of local professional organizations and chambers of commerce to help
develop a support network for such participants, and offer follow-up
advice and counseling to help ensure the success of such business
venture.

 EXISTING LAW :

This bill expands upon the SEAP program so as to increase its
effectiveness, and extends the sunset date of this law until 2017.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This bill is needed to expand upon the services that can be provided
by the SEAP program to assist those who are receiving unemployment
benefits and transition such persons to new profitable self-employment
opportunities. It is important for those unemployed persons with young
families and working -single women and mothers, to be able to expand
upon the kinds of business opportunities that such persons can pursue
and to help them build a new career or business that help to
successfully support such individuals or households.  Such SEAP
programs would be encouraged to provide more instruction on start-up
business financial management, capital acquisition and the development
of practical business plans to establish a successful business.
Further, this bill attempts to establish support networks for such new
businesses by connecting them to local professional associations and
chambers of commerce and by providing follow-up advice and counseling
to ensure the success of such business venture.  Further, it helps to
encourage cooperation between the Departments of Labor and Economic
Development that jointly approve and conduct SEAP activities to
further their departmental missions.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.5277 of 2014

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have
become a law.

2015-S620 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   620

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 requiring
  development centers and entrepreneurship support centers to track  the
  success  of  program participants; to amend the labor law, in relation
  to self employment activities for the purposes of unemployment claims;
  and to amend chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, amending the  labor  law
  relating  to the self-employment assistance program and other matters,
  in relation to extending the expiration of the provisions thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 213 of the economic development
law, as added by chapter 839 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read  as
follows:
  1.  monitor the performance of each development center and each entre-
preneurship support center and require periodic and annual reports  from
each development center and each entrepreneurship support center at such
time  and  in  such a manner as prescribed by the commissioner, PROVIDED
THAT SUCH PERIODIC AND  ANNUAL  REPORTS  SHALL  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ON
OUTCOMES,  WHETHER SUCCESSFUL OR NOT, FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM PARTIC-
IPANTS OF  EACH DEVELOPMENT CENTER OR ENTREPRENEURSHIP  SUPPORT  CENTER,
AND  TRACK  SUCH  OUTCOMES  ON A STATISTICAL BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO
FIVE YEARS SO AS TO HELP ASCERTAIN, TRACK AND DOCUMENT THE SUCCESS  RATE
FOR SUCH PARTICIPANTS;
  S  2.  Paragraph  (b)  of subdivision 2 of section 213 of the economic
development law, as amended by chapter 227  of  the  laws  of  1993,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  in  the  case  of entrepreneurship support centers, the extent to
which the program serves minorities, women, individuals with a disabili-

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

                                                           LBD01973-01-5

S. 620                              2

ty and dislocated workers; the extent to which the  program  is  coordi-
nated  with  other  assistance  programs targeted to small and new busi-
nesses; the ability of the program to leverage other sources of  funding
and  support;  the  success of the training programs in aiding entrepre-
neurs to start up new businesses, including the number of  new  business
start-ups  resulting  from  the program, and the quality of supplemental
technical assistance offered to graduates of the  training  programs;  A
REGIONAL  ANALYSIS  OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  NINETY-ONE-A  OF  THE
LABOR  LAW,  SPONSORED  BUSINESSES  AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY, INCLUDING ANY
REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE PARTICIPATION  RATES  OF  SUCH  CENTERS  AND
CONDUCTED  AT SUCH CENTERS AND THE NEED FOR MECHANISMS TO ALLEVIATE SUCH
DISPARITIES; such report shall recommend changes and improvements in the
program;
  S 3. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2  of  section
591-a  of the labor law, as amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 57
of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii)  are  participating  in  self-employment  assistance  activities
approved by the department and by the department of economic development
which include but need not be limited to entrepreneurial training, busi-
ness  counseling,  and technical assistance, including financing assist-
ance for qualified individuals as appropriate, offered by  entrepreneur-
ship  support centers established pursuant to section two hundred twelve
of the economic development law, state  university  of  New  York  small
business development centers, programs offered by community-based organ-
izations,  local  development  corporations,  and  boards of cooperative
educational services (BOCES) as  established  pursuant  to  section  one
thousand  nine hundred fifty of the education law; and, unless otherwise
required by federal law or regulation, no individual shall be prohibited
from or disqualified from eligibility for the program if prior to apply-
ing for the program, an individual has printed business cards or  has  a
website  that  is designed but not active, and neither are being used to
solicit or conduct business. SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE  ACTIVITIES  MAY
INCLUDE  CLASSROOM  TRAINING  FOR UP TO FORTY HOURS AND ONE-ON-ONE COUN-
SELING FOR UP TO TWENTY  HOURS  FOR  EACH  PARTICIPANT,  INSTRUCTION  ON
START-UP  BUSINESS  FINANCIAL  MANAGEMENT,  CAPITAL  ACQUISITION AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS PLANS TO ESTABLISH A  SUCCESSFUL  BUSINESS,  THE
PROVISION  OF  INFORMATION ON THE EXISTENCE OF LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ORGAN-
IZATIONS OR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE THAT CAN  HELP  TO  PROVIDE  A  SUPPORT
NETWORK FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A NEWLY FORMED
BUSINESS,  AND OFFER THE PROVISION OF FOLLOW-UP ADVICE AND COUNSELING TO
PARTICIPANTS TO HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF SUCH BUSINESS VENTURE;
  S 4. Section 10 of chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, amending the labor
law  relating  to  the  self-employment  assistance  program  and  other
matters,  as amended by section 2 of part Z of chapter 57 of the laws of
2013, is amended to read as follows:
  S 10.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections eight and nine of this act shall expire December 7, [2015] 2019
when upon such date the provisions of  such  sections  shall  be  deemed
repealed.
  S  5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however that
the amendments to section 591-a of the labor law made by  section  three
of  this  act  shall  not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
deemed repealed therewith.

co-Sponsors

2015-S620A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1177
Current Committee:: Assembly Labor
Law Section:: Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §213, Ec Dev L; amd §591-a, Lab L; amd §10, Chap 413 of 2003
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S5277, A8128
2017-2018: A531

2015-S620A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S620A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S620A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the economic development law, in
relation to requiring development centers and entrepreneurship support
centers to track the success of program participants; to amend the
labor law, in relation to self employment activities for the purposes
of unemployment claims; and to amend chapter 413 of the laws of 2003,
amending the labor law relating to the self-employment assistance
program and other matters, in relation to extending the expiration of
the provisions thereof

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to expand upon the scope of
self-employment assistance activities that can be conducted by the
Department of Labor in its management of the Self-employment
Assistance Program. This program is designed to allow recipients of
unemployment insurance to continue to receive unemployment benefits
when they participate in the Self-employment Assistance Program. The
goal of this program is to assist those who are currently unemployed
to become self-employed by establish their own business.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends Economic Development Law section 213 (1) to require
that each job development center and entrepreneurship support center,

when annually reporting on its activities to the Department of
Economic Development, must include information on the outcomes for
program participants and track such outcomes on a statistical basis
for a period of up to five years to ascertain, track and document the
success rate for such participants. In addition, the Department of
Economic Development shall, for entrepreneurship support centers,
conduct a regional analysis of the effectiveness of SEAP sponsored
businesses including any regional disparities in the participation
rates of such centers and the need for mechanisms to alleviate such
disparities.

Section 2: Amends Economic Development Law section 213 (2) to include
within this section of law a regional analysis of the effectiveness of
self-employment assistance programs as provided for in Labor Law
section 591-a, including regional disparities in the participation
rates for such centers.

Section 3: Amends Labor Law section 591-a (2)(c)(iii) to expand the
scope of self-employment activities that can be conducted by the
Department of Labor in its operation of the self-employment Assistance
Program (SEAP). Such activities can include class room training up to
40 hours and 20 hours of one-on-one counseling for each participant,
instruction on start-up business financial management, capital
acquisition and the development of business plans to establish a
successful business, provide participants information on the existence
of local professional organizations and chambers of commerce to help
develop a support network for such participants, and offer follow-up
advice and counseling to help ensure the success of such business
venture.

 EXISTING LAW :

This bill expands upon the SEAP program so as to increase its
effectiveness, and extends the sunset date of this law until 2017.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This bill is needed to expand upon the services that can be provided
by the SEAP program to assist those who are receiving unemployment
benefits and transition such persons to new profitable self-employment
opportunities. It is important for those unemployed persons with young
families and working -single women and mothers, to be able to expand
upon the kinds of business opportunities that such persons can pursue
and to help them build a new career or business that help to
successfully support such individuals or households.  Such SEAP
programs would be encouraged to provide more instruction on start-up
business financial management, capital acquisition and the development
of practical business plans to establish a successful business.
Further, this bill attempts to establish support networks for such new
businesses by connecting them to local professional associations and
chambers of commerce and by providing follow-up advice and counseling
to ensure the success of such business venture.  Further, it helps to
encourage cooperation between the Departments of Labor and Economic
Development that jointly approve and conduct SEAP activities to
further their departmental missions.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.5277 of 2014

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have
become a law.

2015-S620A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 620--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. VALESKY, CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Econom-
  ic  Development  and Small Business -- recommitted to the Committee on
  Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business in  accordance  with
  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation  to  requiring
  development  centers and entrepreneurship support centers to track the
  success of program participants; to amend the labor law,  in  relation
  to self employment activities for the purposes of unemployment claims;
  and  to  amend chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, amending the labor law
  relating to the self-employment assistance program and other  matters,
  in relation to extending the expiration of the provisions thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 213 of  the  economic  development
law,  as added by chapter 839 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. monitor the performance of each development center and each  entre-
preneurship  support center and require periodic and annual reports from
each development center and each entrepreneurship support center at such
time and in such a manner as prescribed by  the  commissioner,  PROVIDED
THAT  SUCH  PERIODIC  AND  ANNUAL  REPORTS  SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
OUTCOMES, WHETHER SUCCESSFUL OR NOT, FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM  PARTIC-
IPANTS  OF   EACH DEVELOPMENT CENTER OR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT CENTER,
AND TRACK SUCH OUTCOMES ON A STATISTICAL BASIS FOR A  PERIOD  OF  UP  TO
FIVE  YEARS SO AS TO HELP ASCERTAIN, TRACK AND DOCUMENT THE SUCCESS RATE
FOR SUCH PARTICIPANTS;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01973-02-6

S. 620--A                           2

  S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section  213  of  the  economic
development  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  227 of the laws of 1993, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  in  the  case  of entrepreneurship support centers, the extent to
which the program serves minorities, women, individuals with a disabili-
ty and dislocated workers; the extent to which the  program  is  coordi-
nated  with  other  assistance  programs targeted to small and new busi-
nesses; the ability of the program to leverage other sources of  funding
and  support;  the  success of the training programs in aiding entrepre-
neurs to start up new businesses, including the number of  new  business
start-ups  resulting  from  the program, and the quality of supplemental
technical assistance offered to graduates of the  training  programs;  A
REGIONAL  ANALYSIS  OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  NINETY-ONE-A  OF  THE
LABOR  LAW,  SPONSORED  BUSINESSES  AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY, INCLUDING ANY
REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE PARTICIPATION  RATES  OF  SUCH  CENTERS  AND
CONDUCTED  AT SUCH CENTERS AND THE NEED FOR MECHANISMS TO ALLEVIATE SUCH
DISPARITIES; such report shall recommend changes and improvements in the
program;
  S 3. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2  of  section
591-a  of the labor law, as amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 57
of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii)  are  participating  in  self-employment  assistance  activities
approved by the department and by the department of economic development
which include but need not be limited to entrepreneurial training, busi-
ness  counseling,  and technical assistance, including financing assist-
ance for qualified individuals as appropriate, offered by  entrepreneur-
ship  support centers established pursuant to section two hundred twelve
of the economic development law, state  university  of  New  York  small
business development centers, programs offered by community-based organ-
izations,  local  development  corporations,  and  boards of cooperative
educational services (BOCES) as  established  pursuant  to  section  one
thousand  nine hundred fifty of the education law; and, unless otherwise
required by federal law or regulation, no individual shall be prohibited
from or disqualified from eligibility for the program if prior to apply-
ing for the program, an individual has printed business cards or  has  a
website  that  is designed but not active, and neither are being used to
solicit or conduct business. SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE  ACTIVITIES  MAY
INCLUDE  CLASSROOM  TRAINING  FOR UP TO FORTY HOURS AND ONE-ON-ONE COUN-
SELING FOR UP TO TWENTY  HOURS  FOR  EACH  PARTICIPANT,  INSTRUCTION  ON
START-UP  BUSINESS  FINANCIAL  MANAGEMENT,  CAPITAL  ACQUISITION AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS PLANS TO ESTABLISH A  SUCCESSFUL  BUSINESS,  THE
PROVISION  OF  INFORMATION ON THE EXISTENCE OF LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ORGAN-
IZATIONS OR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE THAT CAN  HELP  TO  PROVIDE  A  SUPPORT
NETWORK FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A NEWLY FORMED
BUSINESS,  AND OFFER THE PROVISION OF FOLLOW-UP ADVICE AND COUNSELING TO
PARTICIPANTS TO HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF SUCH BUSINESS VENTURE;
  S 4. Section 10 of chapter 413 of the laws of 2003, amending the labor
law  relating  to  the  self-employment  assistance  program  and  other
matters,  as  amended  by chapter 457 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 10.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections eight and nine of this act shall expire December 7, [2017] 2019
when upon such date the provisions of  such  sections  shall  be  deemed
repealed.

S. 620--A                           3

  S  5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however that
the amendments to section 591-a of the labor law made by  section  three
of  this  act  shall  not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
deemed repealed therewith.

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David J. Valesky

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

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David Carlucci

2015-S620 - Details

2015-S620 - Summary

2015-S620 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S620 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

David Carlucci

2015-S620A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S620A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S620A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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