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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7308
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5521
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF T HE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS S YSTEMS STEERING COMM ITTEE
CONCERNING THE STATE 'S ELECTRONIC BUSINESS PORTAL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of 1
Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the 2
Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall develop a plan for the 3
implementation of the recommendations of the telecommunications 4
systems steering committee concerning the state's electronic business 5
portal. Such plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the creation 6
of a one-stop electronic business portal that would (1) allow a business 7
to create a single online account connected to multiple state agencies, 8
(2) allow a business to register with and apply for and renew licenses 9
and permits from such agencies through such system, (3) allow a 10
business to pay any registration, license or permit fee through such 11
system, and (4) include a messaging component that allows such 12
agencies to provide notifications to a business about the status of such 13
business registration, license, permit or application. Not later than 14
February 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Economic and Community 15 Raised Bill No. 7308
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Development shall submit recommendations for any requisite 16
legislative proposals for the implementation of such plan to the joint 17
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 18
matters relating to commerce. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioners of Economic and Community
Development and Administrative Services to develop a plan to
implement the recommendations of the telecommunications systems
steering committee's recommendations concerning the development of
a one-stop electronic business portal.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]