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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 270
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2712
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFYING CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE
CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 157 of the general statutes be amended to require that 1
the State Elections Enforcement Commission, when reviewing the 2
application of a candidate for a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund, 3
provide to such candidate (1) a list of each contribution to the 4
candidate committee of such candidate that said commission has not 5
deemed a qualifying contribution, and (2) an explanation for each such 6
contribution of why said commission has not deemed it a qualifying 7
contribution. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To require the State Elections Enforcement Commission to advise
candidates applying for grants under the Citizens' Election Program of
why certain contributions are not deemed qualifying contributions.