General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5952
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1925
*01925*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5952
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1925
*01925*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
AN ACT REFORMING THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) eliminate increased grants under the Citizens' Election Program to candidates for primary campaigns in "party dominant" districts, (2) require that any adjustment in the amounts of grants under said program be voted upon by the General Assembly, (3) require that candidates for governor and lieutenant governor seek such candidates' party's nomination jointly as a ticket, (4) increase (A) by two hundred dollars, the maximum amount an individual may contribute under said program to the candidate committee of a candidate for Governor, and (B) by one hundred fifty thousand dollars, the amount any such committee shall raise to qualify for a grant under said program, (5) increase (A) by one hundred dollars, the maximum amount an individual may contribute under said program to the candidate committee of a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Attorney General, and (B) by twenty-five thousand dollars, the amount any such committee shall raise to qualify for a grant under said program, (6) reduce by half all grants awarded under said program, (7) increase by one thousand dollars the maximum amount an individual may contribute to the candidate committee of a candidate for Governor that is not participating in said program, and (8) increase by one thousand dollars the maximum amount an individual may contribute to the candidate committee of a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Attorney General that is not participating in said program.
Statement of Purpose:
To implement several reforms to the Citizens' Election Program.