LCO 1 of 2 General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1178 January Session, 2025 AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE ELECTRONIC BUSINESS PORTAL. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Economic and 1 Community Development shall conduct a study of the electronic 2 business portal established pursuant to section 3-99d of the general 3 statutes. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) an 4 assessment of the effectiveness, usability, user experience and web site 5 traffic of such Internet web site, and (2) any recommendations to 6 improve the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of the electronic 7 business portal. Not later than February 1, 2026, the commissioner shall 8 submit a report on the results of such study to the joint standing 9 committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 10 relating to commerce, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 11 of the general statutes. 12 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Legislative Commissioners: In the first sentence, references to the central Internet web site were changed to the electronic business portal established pursuant to section 3-99d of the general statutes, for accuracy and clarity; in the second sentence, "an assessment of" was added before "the effectiveness" for Substitute Bill No. 1178 LCO 2 of 2 clarity; and in the third sentence, "Department of Economic and Community Development" was changed to "commissioner" for consistency. CE Joint Favorable Subst.