OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa sSB-431 AN ACT CONCERNING REFERENDA, INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND CERTAIN OTHER POLITICAL SPENDING. AMENDMENT LCO No.: 6340 File Copy No.: 477 Senate Calendar No.: 329 Primary Analyst: LG 5/2/22 Contributing Analyst(s): (NF) OFA Fiscal Note Eliminates Fiscal Impact in Bill The amendment strikes section 1 through section 16 and its associated potential revenue gain for increased maximum penalties imposed by the State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) for failing to file certain independent expenditure reports. Therefore, the amendment eliminates the fiscal impact of the underlying bill. The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.