General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5437 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 680 *00680* Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5437 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 680 *00680* Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist. AN ACT REDUCING OR ELIMINATING CERTAIN GRANTS UNDER THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That chapter 157 of the general statutes be amended to reduce by twenty-five per cent any grant awarded from the Citizens' Election Fund to a candidate committee, except that in the case of a candidate committee for a candidate that is unopposed any such grant shall be eliminated. Statement of Purpose: To eliminate grants under the Citizens' Election Program to candidate committees of unopposed candidates and reduce all other grants under said program by twenty-five per cent.