Sec. 32-349. One-stop business registry. Bond issue.
Sec. 32-349. One-stop business registry. Bond issue. (a) There shall be established a one-stop business registry in the Department of Economic and Community
Development. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall coordinate
the establishment of the business registry, which shall be operational by July 1, 1995.
The Department of Economic and Community Development and the Office of Policy
and Management may jointly contract with private entities for purposes of implementing
the provisions of this section. The registry shall provide the following services to any
person, firm or corporation engaged in or intending to engage in business activities in
the state: (1) Access by computer network to all applicable forms relating to registration,
regulatory, licensing, permitting and approval requirements of each state agency which
may have jurisdiction over the activities of such person, firm or corporation, (2) assistance in the completion of all such forms, (3) centralized collection of any fees required to
be paid by the person, firm or corporation pursuant to registration, regulatory, licensing,
permitting or approval requirements of state agencies and distribution to each such
agency of any such fees, (4) submission of completed forms to state agencies by computer network and (5) liaison with all agencies receiving such completed forms to ensure
that the forms are processed promptly.
(b) For the purposes described in subsection (c) of this section, the State Bond
Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds
of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate
one million dollars.
(c) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in
subsection (b) of this section, shall be used by the Commissioner of Economic and
Community Development for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section.
(d) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted
thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted
and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this
section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale
of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20
and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not
exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant
to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds.
None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed
by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such
terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds
issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith
and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of
and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the
contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(P.A. 93-382, S. 52, 69; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 98-246, S. 2, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S.
104, 121.)
History: P.A. 93-382 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of
Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 98-246
amended Subsec. (a) by authorizing the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Office of Policy
and Management to jointly contract with private entities to implement section; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 changed effective
date of P.A. 98-246, S. 2 from October 1, 1998, to June 8, 1998, effective July 1, 1998.