Section 32. Authority not to renew

1. For the purposes of this section,
  "state agency" shall mean any state department, board, bureau, division,
  commission, committee, public  authority,  public  benefit  corporation,
  council,  office, or other governmental entity performing a governmental
  or proprietary function for the state.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  when  a  state  agency
  levies  fees  or  assesses  civil  fines  or  penalties for licensing or
  regulatory matters, such state agency shall, following consultation with
  the state department of law and after such appropriate  due  process  as
  required by the provisions of law applicable to such state agency and to
  such  licensing  or  regulatory  matters,  not  be required to renew any
  license,  permit,  or  certificate  of  qualification,   authority,   or
  operation,  of any business, individual, or other entity, which is not a
  state agency, municipal corporation or  district  corporation,  if  such
  business,  individual  or other entity has failed to pay or enter into a
  written agreement to settle outstanding fees, civil penalties  or  fines
  assessed by such state agency.