§ 58. Reporting. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Economic development benefits" shall mean:\n (i) available state funds including, but not limited to, state grants,\nloans, loan guarantees, loan interest subsidies, and subsidies; and\n (ii) tax credits, tax exemptions, reduced tax rates or other tax\nincentives which are applied for and preapproved or certified by a state\nagency.\n (a-1) "Empire state economic development benefits" shall mean those\neconomic development benefits made available to the urban development\ncorporation or the department of economic development to award such\nbenefits to qualified recipients.\n (a-2) "Additional state benefits for empire state development\nprojects" shall mean those benefits provided by other state agencies for\nthe same project receiving empire state economic development benefits.\n (a-3) "Other state agency economic development benefits" shall mean\nthose economic development benefits made available to a state agency to\naward such benefits to qualified recipients for economic development\nprojects, provided such information regarding such awards is required to\nbe submitted to the urban development corporation or the department of\neconomic development per subdivision 6 of this section.\n (a-4) "Aggregate economic development benefits" shall mean those\nbenefits provided for in paragraphs (a-1), (a-2) and (a-3) of this\nsubdivision and displayed separately in the database created pursuant to\nsubdivision 2 of this section.\n (b) "Qualified participant" shall mean an individual, business,\nlimited liability corporation or any other entity that has applied for\nand received benefits as defined in paragraphs (a-1) through (a-4) of\nthis subdivision.\n (c) "State agency" shall mean any state department, board, bureau,\ndivision, commission, committee, state authority, public corporation,\ncouncil, office or other state governmental entity performing a\ngovernmental or proprietary function for the state, as well as entities\ncreated by any of the preceding or that are governed by a board of\ndirectors or similar body with a majority of members designated by one\nor more state officials;\n (d) "Full-time equivalent" shall mean a unit of measure which is equal\nto one filled, full-time, annual-salaried position.\n (e) "Project hires" shall mean a job in which an individual is hired\nfor a season or for a limited period of time.\n (f) "Part-time job" shall mean a job in which an individual is\nemployed by a qualified participant for less than thirty-five hours a\nweek.\n 2. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, the corporation, in\ncooperation with the department of economic development, shall create a\nsearchable database, or modify an existing one, displaying empire state\neconomic development benefits that a qualified participant has been\nawarded. Such database shall also display additional state agency\nbenefits that a qualified participant has been awarded in connection\nwith an empire state development project such qualified participant has\nreceived. Such database shall also display other state agency economic\ndevelopment benefits that a qualified participant has been awarded, to\nthe extent that such data has been made available to and is received by\nthe corporation in the form and manner prescribed by the corporation.\n 3. Data related to paragraphs (a-2) and (a-3) of subdivision 1 of this\nsection shall be analyzed for quality and accuracy by the agency or\nauthority providing such funding to qualified recipients and managing\nthe contracts related thereto. Upon submission of such other state\nagency economic development benefit data to the corporation for\ninclusion in the database, all awarding agencies and authorities shall\ncertify to the corporation that each field of project data accurately\nsummarizes economic development project investments made by the other\nagency or
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