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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5097 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 161 | |
| 3 | 3 | *00161* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist. | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Proposed Bill No. 5097 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 161 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | *00161* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist. | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM AND THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION. | |
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| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit the grant of funds under the Citizens' Election Program to candidate committees of unopposed candidates, and (2) exempt from random audit by the State Elections Enforcement Commission such candidate committees that receive contributions, or make expenditures, in an aggregate amount up to five thousand dollars, except that said commission may audit any such candidate committee upon written complaint filed with said commission. | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 32 | 32 | To prohibit the grant of Citizens' Election Program moneys to unopposed candidates and eliminate certain State Elections Enforcement Commission audits for candidate committees that raise or spend five thousand or fewer dollars. |