Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07390 Latest Draft

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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 7390  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 6368 
 
 
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT 
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 
 
 
Introduced by:  
(GAE)  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING RE VISIONS TO THE CITIZENS' ELECTION 
PROGRAM.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 9-750 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 
(a) If, (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, or any fiscal year 3 
thereafter, the amount of funds available under section 3-69a for 4 
deposit in the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 is 5 
less than the amount of funds required under [said] section 3-69a to be 6 
deposited in said fund, resulting in an insufficiency in the amount of 7 
the deposit, or (2) during an election cycle the amount of funds in the 8 
Citizens' Election Fund is less than the amount of funds required to 9 
provide grants to each qualified candidate committee pursuant to the 10 
provisions of this chapter, resulting in an insufficiency in said fund, a 11 
portion of the revenues from the tax imposed under chapter 208, equal 12 
to the amount of any insufficiency described in subdivision (1) or (2) of 13 
this section, shall be deposited in said fund to allow for the payment of 14 
grants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 15  Raised Bill No. 7390 
 
 
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-69a, if funds are 16 
deposited into the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to the provisions 17 
of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the aggregate 18 
amount of any such deposits shall be deducted from the amount 19 
deposited into said fund under section 3-69a for the following fiscal 20 
year.  21 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 October 1, 2019 9-750 
 
GAE Joint Favorable