Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-363-R1

Redraft ECO 363

Business Registration Process

Messrs. Moore and Ross and Ms. Gobi moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section 105, the following new section:-

“SECTION 105A. There shall be a special commission to study the feasibility of improving state agency information sharing capabilities to facilitate new business registration. The commission shall consist of the following members or their designee: (i) the commonwealth’s chief information officer who shall serve as a co-chair;  (ii) the commissioner of revenue who shall serve as a co-chair; (iii) the secretary of administration and finance; (iv) the secretary of the commonwealth; (v) the attorney general; (vi) the treasurer; (vii) the auditor; (viii) the secretary of health and human services; (ix) the secretary of energy and environmental affairs; (x) the secretary of housing and economic development; (xi) the secretary of labor and workforce development; (xii) the secretary of transportation; (xiii) the secretary of education; (xiv) 3 individuals appointed by the governor, 2 of whom shall be a specialist in the field of information technology; (xv) the president of the senate; (xvi) the speaker of the house of representatives; (xvii) the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight; (xviii) the minority leader of the senate; and (xix)the minority leader of the house of representatives. The commission shall make a comprehensive study of the feasibility of improving information sharing capabilities to address duplicative processes and streamline services to simplify new business registrations, particularly for small businesses. The commission shall review each agencies requirements for new business to evaluate duplicative, burdensome and unnecessary processes. The study shall also include a financial analysis of the implementation of new technology or upgrades to existing technology undertaken to facilitate new business registration.

The commission shall file a report of its findings and recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry out the recommendations, with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight, the chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 31, 2015.”