Connecticut 2021 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00294 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2021

                     
 
LCO No. 948   	1 of 1 
 
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.