General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6289
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 5298
*05298HB06289GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6289
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 5298
*05298HB06289GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING WEEKLY CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall review the schedules, set forth in sections 9-608 and 9-712 of the general statutes, under which campaign treasurers of candidate committees file campaign finance statements. Not later than January 1, 2014, the commission shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, any findings of redundancies in such filing requirements and any recommendations to reduce the frequency of filing under such schedules for the month proceeding an election to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the State Elections Enforcement Commission to review the schedules for the filing of campaign finance statements and to make recommendations to streamline the process for campaign treasurers.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. BUTLER, 72nd Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. BUTLER, 72nd Dist.
H.B. 6289