LCO No. 1508 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6186 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1508 Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: REP. WOOD, 29th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM -SIZED BUSINESSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That chapter 578 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1 Department of Economic and Community Development to post grant 2 applications for small and medium-sized businesses online, respond to 3 applicants not later than thirty days after receipt of an application, and 4 provide a final determination not later than one hundred twenty days 5 after receipt of an application. 6 Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Economic and Community Development to post grant applications for small and medium-sized businesses online and to specify the timeframe within which the Department of Economic and Community Development is required to respond to applications.