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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5334
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 641
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. PALM, 36th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT
COMMISSION AND POLITICAL EXPRESSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to permit the State 1
Elections Enforcement Commission to (1) investigate complaints 2
related to the placement upon or removal from private property of 3
lawn signs, other political campaign materials, flags or other 4
expressions of protected speech without the permission of the owner 5
of such property, and (2) impose civil penalties upon a finding that the 6
subject of the complaint has engaged in such conduct. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To permit the State Elections Enforcement Commission to investigate
the placement or removal of forms of political expression on private
property without the permission of the owner of such property and
impose civil penalties for such conduct.