Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05082 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/03/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5082
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 155
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5082 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 155

*00155*

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFYING CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.

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

That section 9-704 of the general statutes be amended to increase by twenty per cent the amount in qualifying contributions a candidate must receive to be eligible for a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund.

Statement of Purpose: 

To increase the amount of money candidates must raise in order to qualify for a grant under the Citizens' Election Program.