Bill Text: CT SB00818 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Promoting State Businesses Through The Creation Of An E-commerce Internet Web Site.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to Joint Committee on Commerce [SB00818 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00818-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 818
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 2448
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Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist. REP. GUERRERA, 29th Dist.

AN ACT PROMOTING STATE BUSINESSES THROUGH THE CREATION OF AN E-COMMERCE INTERNET WEB SITE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to (1) establish a quasi-public agency to implement a pilot program to develop, manage and assist the state's businesses through the creation of an e-commerce Internet web site to (A) promote state businesses, (B) offer such businesses' goods and services for sale, and (C) accept advertising, and (2) distribute a portion of the revenue created from such web site to participating municipalities.

Statement of Purpose:

To create a new ongoing source of revenue other than taxation and to help local businesses to reach a global market.