Connecticut 2010 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00135 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/09/2010

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 135
February Session, 2010  LCO No. 640
Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 135 

February Session, 2010

LCO No. 640

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections 

Introduced by:

SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.

AN ACT REDUCING GRANTS FROM THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM AND TRANSFERRING THE RESULTING SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND.

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

That chapter 157 of the general statutes be amended to reduce the grants by fifty per cent for primaries and general elections and that the difference in the current grant amounts and the proposed grant amounts be transferred to the General Fund.

Statement of Purpose: 

To reduce the grant amounts in the Citizens' Election Program by fifty per cent and transfer the savings to the General Fund.