Bill Information

An Act providing for the consolidation of permit applications for small businesses by the Department of Community and Economic Development; requiring the department to provide master applications for small businesses; empowering the department to conduct hearings on the topic of license applications and 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.