What's happening
This bill requires state agencies to include guidance on preventing common regulatory violations in small business regulation guides.
Why it matters
Helps small businesses avoid costly mistakes. by requiring agencies to highlight the most common regulatory violations and recommend practical steps to prevent them, potentially reducing fines, legal trouble, and compliance costs.
Increases transparency and access to resources. by mandating that agencies identify and share sources of information and assistance, making it easier for small businesses to find help when navigating complex regulations.
Creates greater accountability and coordination. within state government by involving the Division for Small Business in overseeing, coordinating, and collecting data about regulatory challenges faced by small businesses, which could lead to more targeted support.
Promotes clearer, more user-friendly guidance. by requiring agencies to write regulation guides in plain language, increasing the likelihood that small business owners truly understand their obligations and how to meet them.
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Help Small Businesses Follow Rules
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History
- Substituted by S1643
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.112
- Rules report cal.112
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to governmental operations
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Help Small Businesses Avoid Fines
Signed by Governor · Sponsor David Carlucci
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5779
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 15, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to providing information on the prevention of common regulatory violations in small business regulation guides
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 102-a of the state administrative procedure act, as amended by section 3 of part O of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
§ 102-a. Small business regulation guides. 1. For each rule or group of related rules which significantly impact a substantial number of small businesses, the agency which adopted the rule shall post on its website one or more guides explaining the actions a small business may take to comply with such rule or group of rules if the agency determines, in conjunction with the division for small business, that such guide or guides will assist small businesses in complying with the rule, and shall designate each such posting as a "small business regulation guide". The guide shall explain the actions a small business may take to comply with a rule or group of rules, identify any sources of information or assistance available to facilitate small business regulatory compliance, and, where appropriate, include information on (a) the most common regulatory violations that small businesses are cited for by the agency and (b) any actions that small businesses can reasonably undertake to minimize or prevent the occurrence of such violations.
2. The agency shall, in its sole discretion, taking into account the subject matter of the rule and the language of relevant statutes, ensure that the guide is written using sufficiently plain language that it is likely to be understood by affected small businesses. Agencies shall cooperate with the division for small business and other state agencies in developing such guides. The division for small business shall over-
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see and coordinate the preparation of such small business regulation guides by agencies. An agency shall provide the division at such times and in such format as the division may request with (a) statistical information on the frequency of violations of various regulations by small businesses and (b) information and analysis regarding actions that can reasonably be undertaken by small businesses to minimize or prevent the occurrence of such violations.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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