Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00588 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/23/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 588
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2099
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 588 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2099

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist.

AN ACT REESTABLISHING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE OFFICE OF STATE ETHICS, STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION.

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

That the general statutes be amended to remove the Office of State Ethics, the State Elections Enforcement Commission and the Freedom of Information Commission from the Office of Government Accountability and to reestablish them as independent agencies.

Statement of Purpose: 

To reestablish the independence of the Office of State Ethics, State Elections Enforcement Commission and Freedom of Information Commission.