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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 294
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 948
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFYING CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE
CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 9-704 of the general statutes be amended to require that, 1
if the treasurer of a candidate committee submits a contribution as part 2
of an application for a grant under the Citizens' Election Program and 3
the State Elections Enforcement Commission accordingly deems such 4
contribution not to be a qualifying contribution, said commission shall 5
return such contribution to such committee and such treasurer shall in 6
turn refund such contribution to the contributor. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To require that the State Elections Enforcement Commission return to a
campaign treasurer any contribution that does not qualify toward
receiving a grant under the Citizens' Election Program so that such
treasurer may return such contribution to the contributor.