| 1 | 1 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1132 |
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| 2 | 2 | | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4132 |
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| 3 | 3 | | *04132_______GAE* |
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| 4 | 4 | | Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: |
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| 6 | 6 | | (GAE) |
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| 8 | 8 | | General Assembly |
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| 10 | 10 | | Raised Bill No. 1132 |
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| 12 | 12 | | January Session, 2011 |
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| 14 | 14 | | LCO No. 4132 |
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| 16 | 16 | | *04132_______GAE* |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections |
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| 20 | 20 | | Introduced by: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (GAE) |
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| 24 | 24 | | AN ACT CONCERNING CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Subdivision (27) of section 9-601 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date): |
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| 30 | 30 | | (27) "Bundle" means the forwarding of five or more contributions to a single committee by a [communicator lobbyist, an agent of such lobbyist, or a member of the immediate family of such lobbyist] person, or raising contributions for a committee at a fund-raising affair held by, sponsored by, or hosted by a [communicator lobbyist or an agent of such lobbyist, or a member of the immediate family of such lobbyist] person or an agent of such person. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 9-608 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date): |
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| 34 | 34 | | (c) (1) Each statement filed under subsection (a), (e) or (f) of this section shall include, but not be limited to: (A) An itemized accounting of each contribution, if any, including the full name and complete address of each contributor and the amount of the contribution and, for a candidate or exploratory committee for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State, State Treasurer, state senator or state representative, any political committee authorized to make contributions to such candidates or committees, any political committee established or controlled by any such candidate, or any party committee, the full name and complete address of any person, other than the campaign treasurer, chairperson or candidate, who bundled contributions; (B) in the case of anonymous contributions, the total amount received and the denomination of the bills; (C) an itemized accounting of each expenditure, if any, including the full name and complete address of each payee, including secondary payees whenever the primary or principal payee is known to include charges which the primary payee has already paid or will pay directly to another person, vendor or entity, the amount and the purpose of the expenditure, the candidate supported or opposed by the expenditure, whether the expenditure is made independently of the candidate supported or is an in-kind contribution to the candidate, and a statement of the balance on hand or deficit, as the case may be; (D) an itemized accounting of each expense incurred but not paid, provided if the expense is incurred by use of a credit card, the accounting shall include secondary payees, and the amount owed to each such payee; (E) the name and address of any person who is the guarantor of a loan to, or the cosigner of a note with, the candidate on whose behalf the committee was formed, or the campaign treasurer in the case of a party committee or a political committee or who has advanced a security deposit to a telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, for telecommunications service for a committee; (F) for each business entity or person purchasing advertising space in a program for a fund-raising affair, the name and address of the business entity or the name and address of the person, and the amount and aggregate amounts of such purchases; (G) for each individual who contributes in excess of one hundred dollars but not more than one thousand dollars, in the aggregate, to the extent known, the principal occupation of such individual and the name of the individual's employer, if any; (H) for each individual who contributes in excess of one thousand dollars in the aggregate, the principal occupation of such individual, the name of the individual's employer, if any; (I) for each itemized contribution made by a lobbyist, the spouse of a lobbyist or any dependent child of a lobbyist who resides in the lobbyist's household, a statement to that effect; and (J) for each individual who contributes in excess of four hundred dollars in the aggregate to or for the benefit of any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election to the office of chief executive officer of a town, city or borough, a statement indicating whether the individual or a business with which he is associated has a contract with said municipality that is valued at more than five thousand dollars. Each campaign treasurer shall include in such statement (i) an itemized accounting of the receipts and expenditures relative to any testimonial affair held under the provisions of section 9-609 or any other fund-raising affair, which is referred to in subsection (b) of section 9-601a, and (ii) the date, location and a description of the affair. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) Each contributor described in subparagraph (G), (H), (I) or (J) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall, at the time the contributor makes such a contribution, provide the information which the campaign treasurer is required to include under said subparagraph in the statement filed under subsection (a), (e) or (f) of this section. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (2) of section 9-7b, any contributor described in subparagraph (G) of subdivision (1) of this subsection who does not provide such information at the time the contributor makes such a contribution and any treasurer shall not be subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of section 9-7b. If a campaign treasurer receives a contribution from an individual which separately, or in the aggregate, is in excess of one thousand dollars and the contributor has not provided the information required by said subparagraph (H) or if a campaign treasurer receives a contribution from an individual to or for the benefit of any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election to the office of chief executive officer of a town, city or borough, which separately, or in the aggregate, is in excess of four hundred dollars and the contributor has not provided the information required by said subparagraph (J), the campaign treasurer: (i) Within three business days after receiving the contribution, shall send a request for such information to the contributor by certified mail, return receipt requested; (ii) shall not deposit the contribution until the campaign treasurer obtains such information from the contributor, notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-606; and (iii) shall return the contribution to the contributor if the contributor does not provide the required information within fourteen days after the treasurer's written request or the end of the reporting period in which the contribution was received, whichever is later. Any failure of a contributor to provide the information which the campaign treasurer is required to include under said subparagraph (G) or (I), which results in noncompliance by the campaign treasurer with the provisions of said subparagraph (G) or (I), shall be a complete defense to any action against the campaign treasurer for failure to disclose such information. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (2) of this subsection, each contributor who makes a contribution to a candidate or exploratory committee for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State, State Treasurer, state senator or state representative, any political committee authorized to make contributions to such candidates or committees, any political committee established or controlled by such candidate, and any party committee that separately, or in the aggregate, exceeds fifty dollars shall provide with the contribution: [a certification that the contributor is not a principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor, as defined in subsection (g) of section 9-612, nor a communicator lobbyist or a member of the immediate family of a communicator lobbyist and shall provide the name of the employer of the contributor] (A) The name of the contributor's employer; (B) the contributor's status as a communicator lobbyist, as defined in section 1-91, a member of the immediate family of a communicator lobbyist, a state contractor, a prospective state contractor or a principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor, as defined in section 9-612; and (C) a certification that the contributor is not prohibited from making a contribution to such candidate or committee. The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall prepare a sample form for such certification by the contributor and shall make it available to campaign treasurers and contributors. Such sample form shall include an explanation of the terms "communicator lobbyist", "immediate family", "state contractor", "prospective state contractor" and "principal of a state contractor or [principal of a] prospective state contractor". The information on such sample form shall be included in any written solicitation conducted by any such committee. If a campaign treasurer receives such a contribution and the contributor has not provided such certification, the campaign treasurer shall: [(A)] (i) Not later than three business days after receiving the contribution, send a request for the certification to the contributor by certified mail, return receipt requested; [(B)] (ii) not deposit the contribution until the campaign treasurer obtains the certification from the contributor, notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-606; and [(C)] (iii) return the contribution to the contributor if the contributor does not provide the certification not later than fourteen days after the treasurer's written request or at the end of the reporting period in which the contribution was received, whichever is later. If a campaign treasurer deposits a contribution based on a certification that is later determined to be false, the treasurer shall not be in violation of this subdivision. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) Contributions from a single individual to a campaign treasurer in the aggregate totaling fifty dollars or less need not be individually identified in the statement, but a sum representing the total amount of all such contributions made by all such individuals during the period to be covered by such statement shall be a separate entry, identified only by the words "total contributions from small contributors". |
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| 42 | 42 | | (5) Each statement filed by the campaign treasurer of a party committee, a legislative caucus committee or a legislative leadership committee shall include an itemized accounting of each organization expenditure made by the committee. Concomitant with the filing of any such statement containing an accounting of an organization expenditure made by the committee for the benefit of a participating candidate for the office of state senator or state representative, such campaign treasurer shall provide notice of the amount and purpose of the organization expenditure to the candidate committee of such candidate. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (6) In addition to the other applicable requirements of this section, the campaign treasurer of a candidate committee of a participating candidate for the office of state senator or state representative who has received the benefit of any organization expenditure shall, not later than the time of dissolving such committee, file a statement with the State Elections Enforcement Commission that lists, if known to such candidate committee, the committee which made such organization expenditure for such candidate's behalf and the amount and purpose of such organization expenditure. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (7) Statements filed in accordance with this section shall remain public records of the state for five years from the date such statements are filed. |
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| 51 | 51 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 52 | 52 | | Section 1 January 1, 2012, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date 9-601(27) |
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| 53 | 53 | | Sec. 2 January 1, 2012, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date 9-608(c) |
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| 55 | 55 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 57 | 57 | | Section 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | January 1, 2012, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date |
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| 61 | 61 | | 9-601(27) |
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| 63 | 63 | | Sec. 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | January 1, 2012, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date |
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| 67 | 67 | | 9-608(c) |
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| 69 | 69 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 71 | 71 | | To modify disclosure laws to make consistent with laws concerning state contractors and lobbyists and to require disclosure of persons who bundle contributions. |
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| 73 | 73 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |
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