Chapter 248
2010 -- S 2844 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/29/10
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MAKING IT EASIER TO DO BUSINESS IN
Introduced
By: Senators Miller, Blais,
Date Introduced: May 04, 2010
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 42-132 of the General Laws entitled
"Business Fast-Start Office" is
hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
42-132-5.
Expedited State Licensure Process. – (a) Notification of Status. Any
applicant for a license or occupational license as defined in
this chapter and identified by the
Business Fast-Start Office, shall be notified within
sixty (60) days of filing a substantially
complete application of the status of that application. Should
there be no determination on the
application, the applicant shall also be notified thirty (30)
days later on the status of that
application. Such notification shall be made by the appropriate
licensing agency of the state to
which the application for licensure has been made, or by
another means so designated by the
licensing agency.
(b) Expedited
Determination. All state departments and agencies with regulatory or
permitting authority over a business shall calculate the average
processing time for each
application for a license or occupational license as defined in
this chapter, from time of
application to time of issuance and shall report quarterly to the
economic development
corporation beginning June 1, 2010, and annually to the
beginning January 1, 2011. The economic development corporation
shall make the quarterly
reports available to the public and shall publish the reports
electronically on their website.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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