Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01092 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1092
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12		-	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
13		-	~~ADMINISTRATION~~ AND ELECTIONS
	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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21	20		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E OFFICE OF STATE ETHICS.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. Section 1-81b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
27	26		The Office of State Ethics shall develop a plain language summary 3
28	27		of state ethics laws concerning (1) persons, firms and corporations 4
29	28		submitting bids or proposals for state contracts, and (2) state 5
30	29		contractors. The Office of State Ethics shall publish [said] such 6
31	30		summary on the Office of State Ethics' Internet web site. 7
32	31		Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 1-86d of the general statutes is 8
33	32		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 9
34	33		October 1, 2019): 10
35	34		(a) Any public official or state employee who establishes a legal 11
36	35		defense fund, or for whom a legal defense fund has been established, 12
37		-	shall file a report on [said] such fund with the Office of State Ethics not 13
38		-	later than the tenth day of January, April, July and October. Each such 14 Raised Bill No. 1092
	36	+	shall file a report on [said] such fund with the Office of State Ethics not 13 Raised Bill No. 1092
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	42	+	later than the tenth day of January, April, July and October. Each such 14
45	43		report shall include the following information for the preceding 15
46	44		calendar quarter: (1) The names of the directors and officers of the 16
47	45		fund, (2) the name of the depository institution for the fund, (3) an 17
48	46		itemized accounting of each contribution to the fund, including the full 18
49	47		name and complete address of each contributor and the amount of the 19
50	48		contribution, and (4) an itemized accounting of each expenditure, 20
51	49		including the full name and complete address of each payee and the 21
52	50		amount and purpose of the expenditure. The public official or state 22
53	51		employee shall sign each such report under penalty of false statement. 23
54	52		The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person who 24
55	53		has made a contribution to a legal defense fund before June 3, 2004. 25
56	54		Sec. 3. Section 1-94 of the general statutes is repealed and the 26
57	55		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 27
58	56		A lobbyist shall register with the Office of State Ethics pursuant to 28
59	57		this part if [it or he] such lobbyist: 29
60	58		(1) Receives or agrees to receive compensation or reimbursement for 30
61	59		actual expenses, or both, in a combined amount of three thousand 31
62	60		dollars or more in a calendar year for lobbying, whether that receipt of 32
63	61		compensation or reimbursement or agreement to receive such 33
64	62		compensation or reimbursement is solely for lobbying or the lobbying 34
65	63		is incidental to that person's regular employment; or 35
66	64		(2) Makes or incurs an obligation to make expenditures of three 36
67	65		thousand dollars or more in a calendar year for lobbying. 37
68	66		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
69	67		sections:
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71	69		Section 1 October 1, 2019 1-81b
72	70		Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 1-86d(a)
73	71		Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 1-94
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75		-	GAE Joint Favorable
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	78	+	Statement of Purpose:
	79	+	To make technical changes to provisions concerning the Office of State
	80	+	Ethics.
	81	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	82	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	83	+	not underlined.]
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