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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5823
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2131
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS AND USE OF
FUNDS UNDER THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that any 1
consultant for which the candidate committee of a candidate 2
participating in the Citizens' Election Program makes payment, in the 3
aggregate, of fifteen per cent or more of such committee's grant under 4
said program shall register with the State Elections Enforcement 5
Commission and file a written affidavit certifying that such consultant 6
intends to abide by the expenditure limits under said program. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To increase transparency with regard to political campaigns' use of
Citizens' Election Program funds.