General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5289
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 248
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5289
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 248
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIMING OF CERTAIN SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That subsection (b) of section 9-164 of the general statutes be amended to provide the Secretary of the State with discretion to combine a special municipal election brought about upon application of electors with a regular election, if the special municipal election falls within thirty days of the regular election.
Statement of Purpose:
To save municipalities money by allowing them to combine elections that fall within thirty days of one another.