LCO No. 1243 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 192 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1243 Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE REOPENING OF CONNECTICUT'S VISITOR WELCOME CENTERS USING VOLUNTEER STAFFING. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-399 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1 Department of Economic and Community Development to create a 2 plan, in consultation with local chambers of commerce, to recruit local 3 volunteers to staff the state's visitor welcome centers and to reopen 4 any closed visitor welcome centers not later than July 1, 2019. 5 Statement of Purpose: To encourage the opening and utilization of the state's visitor welcome centers.