General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6426
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2330
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6426
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2330
*02330*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS AND USE OF FUNDS UNDER 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 provide that any consultant for which the candidate committee of a candidate participating in the Citizens' Election Program makes payment, in the aggregate, of fifteen per cent or more of such committee's grant under said program shall register with the State Elections Enforcement Commission and file a written affidavit certifying that such consultant intends to abide by the expenditure limits under said program.
Statement of Purpose:
To increase transparency with regard to political campaigns' use of Citizens' Election Program funds.