A. The economic development department shall establish the office of enterprise development. Within the office of enterprise development, the department shall:
(1) develop and maintain a comprehensive statewide business information data base and referral service;
(2) establish a mechanism for advertising the existence of the office and its referral service;
(3) provide professional assistance and information regarding licensing, permitting and taxation procedures; and
(4) establish a reporting procedure to monitor the success of the referral service.
B. The department shall develop a budget and hire a staff to operate the office of enterprise development.
History: Laws 1989, ch. 205, § 3; 1991, ch. 21, § 29.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 amendment, effective March 27, 1991, deleted "and tourism" following "development" in the first sentence in Subsection A.