General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5481
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 833
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. LESSER, 100th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5481
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 833
*00833*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. LESSER, 100th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING FILINGS WITH THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That sections 9-603 and 9-608 of the general statutes be amended to require that (1) committees, candidates or treasurers presently mandated by law to file statements or certifications with the town clerk of the municipality in which the election or referendum is to be held shall instead electronically file such statements or certifications with the State Elections Enforcement Commission, and (2) (A) the five-year limit on retention as public records of such filed treasurer statements by such town clerks shall be eliminated, and (B) the duty of retaining such records shall be transferred to the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
Statement of Purpose:
To modernize access to municipal filings and relieve municipalities of administering certain aspects of elections.