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| 7 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5815 | |
| 4 | + | LCO No. 3935 1 of 2 | |
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| 6 | + | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5815 | |
| 8 | 7 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 8 | + | LCO No. 3935 | |
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| 11 | + | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | |
| 12 | + | AND ELECTIONS | |
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| 14 | + | ||
| 15 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | + | (GAE) | |
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| 14 | 20 | AN ACT CONCERNING POLITICAL ADVERTISING. | |
| 15 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 16 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 18 | 24 | Section 1. Subsection (k) of section 9-621 of the general statutes is 1 | |
| 19 | 25 | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2 | |
| 20 | 26 | 1, 2019): 3 | |
| 21 | 27 | (k) (1) Any disclaimer required to be on the face of a written, typed 4 | |
| 22 | 28 | or other printed communication pursuant to the provisions of this 5 | |
| 23 | 29 | section shall be printed in no smaller than eight-point type of uniform 6 | |
| 24 | 30 | font when such disclaimer is on a communication contained in a flyer 7 | |
| 25 | 31 | or leaflet, newspaper, magazine or similar literature, or that is 8 | |
| 26 | 32 | delivered by mail. 9 | |
| 27 | 33 | (2) In the case of a clearly identifiable photographic or similar 10 | |
| 28 | 34 | image, or an illustration, of a candidate appearing in any 11 | |
| 29 | - | communication that promotes the defeat of such candidate's campaign 12 | |
| 30 | - | for nomination or election, which image has been altered in any way, 13 | |
| 31 | - | any disclaimer required to be on the face of such communication 14 | |
| 32 | - | pursuant to the provisions of this section shall also conspicuously state 15 | |
| 33 | - | that such image or illustration has been so altered. 16 | |
| 35 | + | communication that promotes the success or defeat of such candidate's 12 | |
| 36 | + | campaign for nomination or election, which image has been altered in 13 | |
| 37 | + | any way, any disclaimer required to be on the face of such 14 | |
| 38 | + | communication pursuant to the provisions of this section shall also 15 | |
| 39 | + | Committee Bill No. 5815 | |
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| 42 | + | LCO No. 3935 2 of 2 | |
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| 44 | + | conspicuously state that such image or illustration has been so altered. 16 | |
| 34 | 45 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 35 | 46 | sections: | |
| 36 | - | Substitute Bill No. 5815 | |
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| 43 | 48 | Section 1 July 1, 2019 9-621(k) | |
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| 45 | - | GAE Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 50 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 51 | + | To require alterations to photos or illustrations in political advertising | |
| 52 | + | to be clearly highlighted in the disclaimer. | |
| 53 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, | |
| 54 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is | |
| 55 | + | not underlined.] | |
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| 57 | + | Co-Sponsors: REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist. | |
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| 59 | + | H.B. 5815 | |
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