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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6985
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2487
Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist.
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.
REP. WILSON, 66th Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.
REP. HAYES, 51st Dist.
REP. VAIL, 52nd Dist.
REP. PISCOPO, 76th Dist.
REP. FUSCO, 81st Dist.
AN ACT FUNDING THE STATE -WIDE FIREARMS TRAFFICKING TASK
FORCE BY REDUCING CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM GRANTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to reduce Citizens' Election 1
Program grant amounts for legislative candidates by ten per cent and 2
that those funds be redirected to the Department of Emergency 3
Services and Public Protection for the purpose of restoring funding to 4
the state-wide firearms trafficking task force, established pursuant to 5
section 29-38e of the general statutes. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To provide funding to the state-wide firearms trafficking task force
and prevent deaths from illegally trafficked firearms.