Bill Information

An Act providing for the consolidation of permit applications for small businesses by the Department of Commerce; requiring the department to provide master applications for small businesses, empowering the department to conduct hearings on the topic of license applications, requiring the presence of appropriate State agencies at those hearings; providing for the cooperation of State agencies with licensing power over the small businesses of this Commonwealth; allowing preapplication conferences between applicants and the appropriate State licensing agencies; and encouraging Federal and local government cooperation in the department's license consolidation effort.