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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 270
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFYING CONTRIBUT IONS UNDER THE
CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 9-706 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(d) In accordance with the provisions of subsection (g) of this 4
section, the commission shall review the application [,] and determine 5
whether (1) the candidate committee for the applicant has received the 6
required qualifying contributions, (2) in the case of an application for a 7
grant from the fund for a primary campaign, the applicant has met the 8
applicable condition under subsection (a) of this section for applying 9
for such grant and complied with the provisions of subsections (b) and 10
(c) of this section, (3) in the case of an application for a grant from the 11
fund for a general election campaign, the applicant has met the 12
applicable condition under subsection (a) of this section for applying 13
for such moneys and complied with the provisions of subsections (b) 14
and (c) of this section, and (4) in the case of an application by a minor 15
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party or petitioning party candidate for a grant from the fund for a 16
general election campaign, the applicant qualifies as an eligible minor 17
party candidate or an eligible petitioning party candidate, whichever is 18
applicable. For each contribution received by the candidate committee 19
of an applicant that the commission deems to not be a qualifying 20
contribution, the commission shall advise such applicant of such 21
determination and cite the reason under subsection (e) of section 9-704 22
therefor. If the commission approves an application, the commission 23
shall determine the amount of the grant payable to the candidate 24
committee for the applicant pursuant to section 9-705 from the fund, 25
and notify the State Comptroller and the candidate of such candidate 26
committee, of such amount. If the timing of the commission's approval 27
of the grant in relation to the Secretary of the State's determination of 28
ballot status is such that the commission cannot determine whether the 29
qualified candidate committee is entitled to the applicable full initial 30
grant for the primary or election or the applicable partial grant for the 31
primary or election, as the case may be, the commission shall approve 32
the lesser applicable partial initial grant. The commission shall then 33
authorize the payment of the remaining portion of the applicable grant 34
after the commission has knowledge of the circumstances regarding 35
the ballot status of the opposing candidates in such primary or 36
election. Not later than two business days following notification by the 37
commission, the State Comptroller shall draw an order on the State 38
Treasurer for payment of any such approved amount to the qualified 39
candidate committee from the fund. 40
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 9-706(d)
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.
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.; SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
S.B. 270