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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 271
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2798
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING AGGREGATE AMOUNTS OF 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 provide that, 1
after a candidate committee has received the aggregate amount of 2
qualifying contributions necessary for eligibility to receive a grant 3
from the Citizens' Election Fund, any additional qualifying 4
contribution received by such committee shall be returned in full to the 5
contributor thereof. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To require that qualifying contributions received in excess of the
aggregate amount thereof necessary for a grant under the Citizens'
Election Program be returned in full to the contributors of such excess
qualifying contributions.