AB 94 — Repeals the prospective expiration of the NV Grow Program. (BDR S-217)

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94–ASSEMBLYWOMAN N EAL PREFILED FEBRUARY 1, 2017 ____________ Referred to Committee on Taxation SUMMARY—Repeals the prospective expiration of the NV Grow Program.

(BDR S-217) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

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Existing law directs the Office of Economic Development within the Office of the Governor to create the NV Grow Program as a pilot program to provide certain informational and technical assistance to existing small businesses in this State that 2015,are p.expanding or ready to expand.

(Section 2 of chapter 459, Statutes of Nevada 2015, p.

2683) prospective expiration of the provisions that created the NV Grow Program andeandhe make conforming changes to remove the designation of the program as a pilot program.

Section 3 of this bill recognizes the Small Business Development Center in Clark County as a participant in the program and requires cooperation with the - *AB94_R2* – 2 – geographic information system specialist.

Section 3 also requires the Small Business Development Centers in Clark and Washoe Counties to select the lead counselorCollege andof manageSouthern theNevada NVas Growadministrator Programof jointly,the including:geographic information system;

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(2) expands the goal of the NV Grow Program from serving 10 businesses to serving 15 businesses in this State every year;

- 79th Session (2017) – 2 – Section 8 of this bill increases the appropriations to provide grants for program support for business courses and allow the College of Southern Nevada to hire a lead counselor.

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The purpose of the [pilot] program described in section 2 of this act is to stimulate investment in Nevada’s - *AB94_R2* – 3 – economy by providing technical assistance for businesses in this State that are expanding or ready to expand.

- 79th Session (2017) – 3 – (a) Institutions of the Nevada System of Higher Education located in Clark County and the Nevada Small Business Development Center in Clark County shall, in cooperation with the geographic information system specialist employed at the College of Southern Nevada, mentor and track businesses participating in the [pilot] program in Clark County.

(c) An analysis and identification by the Centers of businesses and business sectors in this State that are ready to expandand [;]business andsectors awill determinationparticipate ofin whichthe ofprogram;nesses these(d) businesses[The andidentification] businessIdentification sectorsby willthe participateCenters inof the program;skilled labor that exists in this State and its potential for growth;

(d)(e) [The identification]targeting] IdentificationTargeting by the Centers of thebusiness skilledsectors laborand thatoccupations exists in this State that have demonstrated the ability to grow and itsstimulate potentialthe foreconomy growth;of the State;

- *AB94_R2* – 4 – (e) [The targeting] Targeting by the Centers of business sectors and occupations in this State that have demonstrated the ability to grow and stimulate the economy of the State;

- 79th Session (2017) – 4 – (h) The use of geographic information systems by the College of Southern Nevada and the Centers to map areas of this State to determine locations in which retail sales and other commerce are flourishing and locations in which retail salesgrowth;nd and commerce demonstrate the capacity for further growth;(i) [The selection of businesses and business sectors in this State to participate in the pilot program;

(i) [The selection of businesses and business sectors in this State to participate in the pilot program;

and (d) Providing to businesses and business sectors data and other information that is calculated or otherwise generatedgeneratednd through the use of geographic information systems.

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(b) “Centers” means all institutions of the Nevada System of Higher Education, including, without limitation, thetheSystem College of Southern Nevada and the University of Nevada, Reno.

In assisting and carrying out the [pilot] program described in section 2 of this act, the Centers, as defined in section 2 of this act, shall, without limitation, perform the followingfoll1.inAnalyze services:data;

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Analyze data;

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and - 79th Session (2017) – 6 – (b) Report the data tracked pursuant to paragraph (a), at least once each 6 months, to the Office of Economic Development within the Office of the Governor.