| 25 | | - | Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 9-706 of the general statutes is 1 |
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| 26 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2 |
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| 27 | | - | 1, 2019): 3 |
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| 28 | | - | (d) In accordance with the provisions of subsection (g) of this 4 |
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| 29 | | - | section, the commission shall review the application [,] and determine 5 |
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| 30 | | - | whether (1) the candidate committee for the applicant has received the 6 |
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| 31 | | - | required qualifying contributions, (2) in the case of an application for a 7 |
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| 32 | | - | grant from the fund for a primary campaign, the applicant has met the 8 |
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| 33 | | - | applicable condition under subsection (a) of this section for applying 9 |
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| 34 | | - | for such grant and complied with the provisions of subsections (b) and 10 |
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| 35 | | - | (c) of this section, (3) in the case of an application for a grant from the 11 |
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| 36 | | - | fund for a general election campaign, the applicant has met the 12 |
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| 37 | | - | applicable condition under subsection (a) of this section for applying 13 |
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| 38 | | - | for such moneys and complied with the provisions of subsections (b) 14 |
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| 39 | | - | and (c) of this section, and (4) in the case of an application by a minor 15 |
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| 40 | | - | Committee Bill No. 270 |
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| 43 | | - | LCO No. 3894 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | | - | party or petitioning party candidate for a grant from the fund for a 16 |
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| 46 | | - | general election campaign, the applicant qualifies as an eligible minor 17 |
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| 47 | | - | party candidate or an eligible petitioning party candidate, whichever is 18 |
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| 48 | | - | applicable. For each contribution received by the candidate committee 19 |
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| 49 | | - | of an applicant that the commission deems to not be a qualifying 20 |
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| 50 | | - | contribution, the commission shall advise such applicant of such 21 |
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| 51 | | - | determination and cite the reason under subsection (e) of section 9-704 22 |
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| 52 | | - | therefor. If the commission approves an application, the commission 23 |
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| 53 | | - | shall determine the amount of the grant payable to the candidate 24 |
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| 54 | | - | committee for the applicant pursuant to section 9-705 from the fund, 25 |
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| 55 | | - | and notify the State Comptroller and the candidate of such candidate 26 |
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| 56 | | - | committee, of such amount. If the timing of the commission's approval 27 |
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| 57 | | - | of the grant in relation to the Secretary of the State's determination of 28 |
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| 58 | | - | ballot status is such that the commission cannot determine whether the 29 |
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| 59 | | - | qualified candidate committee is entitled to the applicable full initial 30 |
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| 60 | | - | grant for the primary or election or the applicable partial grant for the 31 |
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| 61 | | - | primary or election, as the case may be, the commission shall approve 32 |
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| 62 | | - | the lesser applicable partial initial grant. The commission shall then 33 |
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| 63 | | - | authorize the payment of the remaining portion of the applicable grant 34 |
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| 64 | | - | after the commission has knowledge of the circumstances regarding 35 |
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| 65 | | - | the ballot status of the opposing candidates in such primary or 36 |
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| 66 | | - | election. Not later than two business days following notification by the 37 |
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| 67 | | - | commission, the State Comptroller shall draw an order on the State 38 |
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| 68 | | - | Treasurer for payment of any such approved amount to the qualified 39 |
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| 69 | | - | candidate committee from the fund. 40 |
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| 70 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 71 | | - | sections: |
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| 73 | | - | Section 1 July 1, 2019 9-706(d) |
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| 26 | + | That chapter 157 of the general statutes be amended to require that 1 |
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| 27 | + | the State Elections Enforcement Commission, when reviewing the 2 |
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| 28 | + | application of a candidate for a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund, 3 |
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| 29 | + | provide to such candidate (1) a list of each contribution to the 4 |
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| 30 | + | candidate committee of such candidate that said commission has not 5 |
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| 31 | + | deemed a qualifying contribution, and (2) an explanation for each such 6 |
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| 32 | + | contribution of why said commission has not deemed it a qualifying 7 |
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| 33 | + | contribution. 8 |
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