General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1126 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4459 *_____SB01126GAE___032813____* Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: (GAE) General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1126 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4459 *_____SB01126GAE___032813____* Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: (GAE) AN ACT CONCERNING ADVERTISEMENT BOOKS FOR STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subdivision (10) of subsection (b) of section 9-601a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2014): (10) (A) The purchase of advertising space which clearly identifies the purchaser, in a program for a fund-raising affair sponsored by the candidate committee of a candidate for an office of a municipality, provided the cumulative purchase of such space does not exceed two hundred fifty dollars from any single such candidate or the candidate's committee with respect to any single election campaign if the purchaser is a business entity or fifty dollars for purchases by any other person; (B) The purchase of advertising space which clearly identifies the purchaser, in a program for a fund-raising affair or on signs at a fund-raising affair sponsored by a [town] party committee, provided the cumulative purchase of such space does not exceed two hundred fifty dollars from any single [town] party committee in any calendar year if the purchaser is a business entity or fifty dollars for purchases by any other person. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subparagraph, the following may not purchase advertising space in a program for a fund-raising affair or on signs at a fund-raising affair sponsored by a [town] party committee: (i) A communicator lobbyist, (ii) a member of the immediate family of a communicator lobbyist, (iii) a state contractor, (iv) a prospective state contractor, or (v) a principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor. As used in this subparagraph, "state contractor", "prospective state contractor" and "principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor" have the same meanings as provided in subsection (g) of section 9-612; This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 January 1, 2014 9-601a(b)(10) This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 January 1, 2014 9-601a(b)(10) GAE Joint Favorable GAE Joint Favorable