Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05334 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/14/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 641   	1 of 1 
 
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.