Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05109 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/03/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5109
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 162
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5109 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 162

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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING AUDITS BY THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.

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

That section 9-7b of the general statutes be amended to exempt from random audit by the State Elections Enforcement Commission candidate committees that do not participate in the Citizens' Election Program and 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.

Statement of Purpose: 

To eliminate certain State Elections Enforcement Commission audits for candidate committees that raise or spend five thousand or fewer dollars.