| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7281 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5332 | |
| 3 | - | *_____ | |
| 3 | + | *05332_______GAE* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (GAE) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 7281 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 5332 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | - | *_____ | |
| 16 | + | *05332_______GAE* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | (GAE) | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING CAMPAIGN FINANCE. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Section 1. (Effective January 1, 2018) The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall conduct a study of the efficacy of (1) the Citizens' Election Program with regard to (A) amounts of qualifying contributions to be raised by participating candidates, (B) amounts of grants received by qualifying candidate committees, eligibility for such grants and the use of such grants, and (C) amounts of organization expenditures made in support of participating candidates, (2) the timeframe in which the commission (A) concludes investigations conducted or hearings held on written complaints, (B) issues orders on such complaints, or (C) dismisses such complaints, (3) reporting requirements and thresholds for disclosure of coordinated and independent spending, (4) restrictions with regard to content of political communications and requirements for disclaimer and attribution, and (5) programs for the public financing of campaigns for municipal offices in municipalities permitted to implement such programs. | |
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| 33 | 33 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 34 | 34 | Section 1 January 1, 2018 New section | |
| 35 | 35 | ||
| 36 | 36 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Section 1 | |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | January 1, 2018 | |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | New section | |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 44 | 45 | ||
| 46 | + | To require the State Elections Enforcement Commission to conduct a study of the efficacy of various aspects of the state's campaign finance framework, including the Citizens' Election Program, disposition of complaints before the commission, reporting and disclosure requirements, content restrictions and attribution requirements for political communications and public financing of campaigns for municipal offices. | |
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| 46 | - | GAE Joint Favorable | |
| 47 | - | ||
| 48 | - | GAE | |
| 49 | - | ||
| 50 | - | Joint Favorable | |
| 48 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |