General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6085
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1848
*01848*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6085
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1848
*01848*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.
REP. MINER, 66th Dist.
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
AN ACT LIMITING PARTY COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE BENEFIT OF CERTAIN CANDIDATES PARTICIPATING IN THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 9-718 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit party committees from making organizational expenditures for the benefit of a participating candidate or the candidate committee of a participating candidate in the Citizens' Election program (1) for the office of Governor in an amount that exceeds two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and (2) for the office of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the State, State Comptroller or State Treasurer in an amount that exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide limitations on organizational expenditures made by party committees for the benefit of state-wide candidates who are participating in the Citizens' Election program.