General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5521
February Session, 2012 *_____HB05521GAE___033012____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5521
February Session, 2012
*_____HB05521GAE___033012____*
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL METHODS OF COMMUNICATION IN LIEU OF MAILED COMMUNICATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Department of Administrative Services shall study the feasibility of amending the general statutes to permit any state agency, quasi-public agency, political subdivision of the state or business entity to send communications using digital or electronic mail instead of by first class or United States mail, provided the intended recipient of any such communication has opted to receive communications electronically or digitally. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the implications of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act 15 USC 96 and chapter 15 of the general statutes on such communications, (2) methods to avoid infringing upon the due process rights of the intended recipient, and (3) methods for the sender to verify receipt of digital or electronic communications. In conducting such study the department shall solicit the input of interested parties, including, but not limited to, town clerks, representatives of state residents who receive benefits from the Department of Social Services and providers of digital or electronic mail services.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2013, the department shall submit its recommendations concerning such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, including a list of the general statutes that the department finds appropriate to amend to permit the use of digital or electronic mail, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
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