Sec. 12-3f. Small and Medium-Sized Business Users Committee.

      Sec. 12-3f. Small and Medium-Sized Business Users Committee. (a) There is established a Department of Revenue Services Small and Medium-Sized Business Users Committee. The committee shall consist of (1) the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, or their designees, (2) the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community Development, or their designees, (3) the Commissioner of Revenue Services, or his designee, (4) two members appointed by the Governor, (5) one member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, who shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, (6) one member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, who is also a member of the subcommittee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations for the Department of Revenue Services and who shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, (7) two representatives of small and medium-sized businesses, one of whom shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate and one of whom shall be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, (8) a certified public accountant, who shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, (9) an attorney with expertise in tax law, who shall be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, (10) a representative of small and medium-sized businesses and a certified public accountant, who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and (11) a representative of small and medium-sized businesses and an attorney with expertise in tax law, who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. All appointments shall be made within thirty days after July 1, 1993. The commissioner shall call the initial meeting of the committee, at which the committee shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson.

      (b) The committee shall advise and make recommendations to the Commissioner of Revenue Services concerning measures to improve the department's "user friendliness".

      (P.A. 93-382, S. 44, 69; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 93-382 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.