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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 645
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2724
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING REVIEW AND DISMISSAL OF COMPLAINTS
BY THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 9-7a of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
(1) the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall (A) establish a 2
dormancy docket consisting of any complaint or enforcement action 3
that has not been acted upon in a certain amount of time, and (B) 4
prescribe the timeline and procedures for review of any such 5
complaint or enforcement action for dismissal due to such inaction, 6
and (2) the respondent or respondents to any such complaint or 7
enforcement action may bring an interlocutory appeal to the Superior 8
Court if such complaint or enforcement action has been ongoing for 9
two years and no hearing thereon has been held. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To establish procedures for the timely review and disposition of
certain election complaints.