Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07391 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7391
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12		-	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
13		-	~~ADMINISTRATION~~ AND ELECTIONS
	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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16	14		Introduced by:
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21	20		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E SECRETARY OF THE STATE.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. Section 7-16a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
27	26		If a town clerk is appointed under a special law or a town charter, 3
28	27		the appointing authority or, if none, the chief executive official of the 4
29	28		town, shall, [within] not later than ten days after such an appointment 5
30	29		is made, file a notice of such appointment with the Secretary of the 6
31	30		State, indicating the name and address of the person appointed, the 7
32	31		date and method of such appointment and the law under which the 8
33	32		appointment was made. [Within] Not later than ten days after a 9
34	33		vacancy occurs in the appointed office of town clerk, the first 10
35	34		selectman or chief executive official of the town shall notify the 11
36	35		Secretary of the State of such vacancy. 12
37	36		Sec. 2. Section 7-19 of the general statutes is repealed and the 13
38	37		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 14 Raised Bill No. 7391
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45	43		Each town clerk may, unless otherwise provided by charter or 15
46	44		ordinance, appoint assistant town clerks, who, having taken the oath 16
47	45		provided for town clerks, shall, in the absence or inability of the town 17
48	46		clerk, have all the powers and perform all the duties of the town clerk. 18
49	47		[Within] Not later than ten days after a town clerk appoints an 19
50	48		assistant town clerk, the town clerk shall file a notice of such 20
51	49		appointment with the Secretary of the State, indicating the name and 21
52	50		address of the person appointed, the date and method of such 22
53	51		appointment and the law under which the appointment was made. 23
54	52		[Within] Not later than ten days after a vacancy occurs in the office of 24
55	53		assistant town clerk, the town clerk shall notify the Secretary of the 25
56	54		State of such vacancy. 26
57	55		Sec. 3. Section 9-4 of the general statutes is repealed and the 27
58	56		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 28
59	57		The Secretary of the State, in addition to other duties imposed by 29
60	58		law, shall, as [such commissioner] the Commissioner of Elections of 30
61	59		the state, (1) advise local election officials in connection with proper 31
62	60		methods of conducting elections and referenda as defined in 32
63	61		subsection (n) of section 9-1, and, upon request of a municipal official, 33
64	62		matters arising under chapter 99; (2) prepare regulations and 34
65	63		instructions for the conduct of elections, as designated by law; (3) 35
66	64		provide local election officials with a sufficient number of copies of 36
67	65		election laws pamphlets and materials necessary to the conduct of 37
68	66		elections; (4) distribute all materials concerning proposed laws or 38
69	67		amendments required by law to be submitted to the electors; (5) 39
70	68		recommend to local election officials the form of registration cards and 40
71	69		blanks; (6) determine, in the manner provided by law, the forms for the 41
72	70		preparation of voting tabulators, for the recording of the vote and the 42
73	71		conduct of the election and certification of election returns; (7) prepare 43
74	72		the ballot title or statement to be placed on the ballot for any proposed 44
75	73		law or amendment to the Constitution to be submitted to the electors 45
76	74		of the state; (8) certify to the several boards the form of official ballots 46
77		-	for state and municipal offices; (9) provide the form and manner of 47 Raised Bill No. 7391
	75	+	for state and municipal offices; (9) provide the form and manner of 47
	76	+	filing notification of vacancies, nomination and subsequent 48 Raised Bill No. 7391
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85	82		appointment to fill such vacancies; (10) prescribe, provide and 49
86	83		distribute absentee voting forms for use by the municipal clerks; (11) 50
87	84		examine and approve nominating petitions filed under section 9-453o; 51
88	85		and (12) distribute corrupt practices forms and provide instructions for 52
89	86		completing and filing [the same] such forms. 53
90	87		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
91	88		sections:
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93	90		Section 1 from passage 7-16a
94	91		Sec. 2 from passage 7-19
95	92		Sec. 3 from passage 9-4
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97		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	94	+	Statement of Purpose:
	95	+	To make technical revisions to provisions concerning the Secretary of
	96	+	the State.
	97	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	98	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	99	+	not underlined.]
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