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4		-	Substitute Senate Bill No. 1039
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6		-	Special Act No. 21-25
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9	14		AN ACT CONCERNING BL OCKCHAIN AND EMERGIN G
10	15		TECHNOLOGIES.
11	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	17		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section:
15		-	(1) "Blockchain technology" means distributed ledger technology that
16		-	uses a distributed, decentralized, shared and replicated ledger that may
17		-	be public or private, permissioned or permissionless and that may
18		-	include the use of electronic currencies or electronic tokens as a medium
19		-	of electronic exchange; and
20		-	(2) "Distributed ledger technology" means any database that is
21		-	consensually shared and synchronized across multiple sites, institutions
22		-	or geographies allowing for public witnesses to such transactions and
23		-	may include supporting infrastructure, including blockchain
24		-	technology.
25		-	(b) On or before October 1, 2021, the Department of Administrative
26		-	Services shall develop and issue a request for information for the
27		-	incorporation of blockchain technology to make a state administrative
28		-	function more efficient or cost-effective.
29		-	(c) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Substitute ~~Senate~~ Bill No. 1039
	19	+	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 1
	20	+	(1) "Blockchain technology" means distributed ledger technology that 2
	21	+	uses a distributed, decentralized, shared and replicated ledger that may 3
	22	+	be public or private, permissioned or permissionless and that may 4
	23	+	include the use of electronic currencies or electronic tokens as a medium 5
	24	+	of electronic exchange; and 6
	25	+	(2) "Distributed ledger technology" means any database that is 7
	26	+	consensually shared and synchronized across multiple sites, institutions 8
	27	+	or geographies allowing for public witnesses to such transactions and 9
	28	+	may include supporting infrastructure, including blockchain 10
	29	+	technology. 11
	30	+	(b) On or before October 1, 2021, the Department of Administrative 12
	31	+	Services shall develop and issue a request for information for the 13
	32	+	incorporation of blockchain technology to make a state administrative 14
	33	+	function more efficient or cost-effective. 15
	34	+	(c) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of 16 Substitute Bill No. 1039
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33		-	Administrative Services shall evaluate the responses to the request for
34		-	information and submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of
35		-	section 11-4a of the general statutes, identifying department functions
36		-	that may be made more efficient or cost-effective by blockchain
37		-	technology to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly
38		-	having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and government
39		-	administration.
40		-	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) On or before January 1, 2022, the
41		-	Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in
42		-	consultation with AdvanceCT, shall develop a plan to support the state's
43		-	remote work economy, including, but not limited to, the promotion of
44		-	existing remote work workspaces and incentives for the creation of new
45		-	remote work workspaces in the state, including in central business
46		-	district locations, underutilized office space and unoccupied shopping
47		-	malls. Not later than January 1, 2022, the commissioner shall submit, in
48		-	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes,
49		-	such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly
50		-	having cognizance of matters relating to commerce.
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	41	+	Administrative Services shall evaluate the responses to the request for 17
	42	+	information and submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 18
	43	+	section 11-4a of the general statutes, identifying department functions 19
	44	+	that may be made more efficient or cost-effective by blockchain 20
	45	+	technology to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 21
	46	+	having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and government 22
	47	+	administration. 23
	48	+	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) On or before January 1, 2022, the 24
	49	+	Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in 25
	50	+	consultation with AdvanceCT, shall develop a plan to support the state's 26
	51	+	remote work economy, including, but not limited to, the promotion of 27
	52	+	existing remote work workspaces and incentives for the creation of new 28
	53	+	remote work workspaces in the state, including in central business 29
	54	+	district locations, underutilized office space and unoccupied shopping 30
	55	+	malls. Not later than January 1, 2022, the commissioner shall submit, in 31
	56	+	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 32
	57	+	such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 33
	58	+	having cognizance of matters relating to commerce.34
	59	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	60	+	sections:
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	63	+	Sec. 2 from passage New section
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