Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05101 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/03/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5101
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 291
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5101 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 291

*00291*

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE INCREASE OF GRANTS UNDER THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.

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

That subsection (d) of section 9-705 of the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit any increase, in accordance with any change in the consumer price index, in the amount of grants awarded under the Citizens' Election Program, and (2) credit to the resources of the General Fund any increase that would have resulted but for such prohibition.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit any increase in the amount of the grants awarded under the Citizens' Election Program.