---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the local administration of empire zones"
description: "Relates to the local administration of empire zones; provides an exception for the requirement to provide a certified annual report to the local zone administration board for certified businesses whose benefit period as a QEZE business enterprise has expired."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 11044"
citation: "New York A 11044 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-31"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e89b34e-762d-4835-ace1-4a4e8d36991f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A11044"
source_hash: "d72729c992eb4577b0f5296007783b026807c3332a3c91e01b280e721a43bdb0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 11044 (2017-2018) — Relates to the local administration of empire zones

Relates to the local administration of empire zones; provides an exception for the requirement to provide a certified annual report to the local zone administration board for certified businesses whose benefit period as a QEZE business enterprise has expired.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A11044 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A11044&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A11044 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A11044)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **55–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-31** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** REPORTED
- **2018-06-18** RULES REPORT CAL.261
- **2018-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.261
- **2018-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7946
- **2018-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.947
- **2018-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.258 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e89b34e-762d-4835-ace1-4a4e8d36991f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).