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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5707
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1387
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. KOKORUDA, 101
st Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR
MINOR AND UNINTENTIONAL VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE
LAWS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to require the State 1
Elections Enforcement Commission to suspend any civil penalty 2
assessed against any individual for a first-time violation of any 3
campaign finance law, upon the request of such individual, if (1) such 4
violation was unintentional, (2) such violation was of a minor nature, 5
including, but not limited to, an improper contribution of less than five 6
hundred dollars, and (3) the individual takes remedial measures that 7
completely correct such violation not later than thirty days after the 8
assessment of such penalty. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To permit individuals to remediate first-time, minor, unintentional
campaign finance law violations without civil penalty if the
remediation is done in a timely manner.