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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5407
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 1839
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT DEFINING "DEPENDENT CHILD" FOR PURPOSES OF THE
STATE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND
CONCERNING THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OVER
NONRESIDENTS BY THE OFFICE OF STATE ETHICS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 1-79 of the general statutes is amended by adding 1
subdivision (22) as follows (Effective October 1, 2024): 2
(NEW) (22) "Dependent child" means any individual who is (A) a son, 3
daughter, stepson or stepdaughter of the filing individual, and (B) a 4
qualifying child, as defined in 26 USC 152, as amended from time to time, 5
of the filing individual. 6
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 1-101oo of the general statutes is 7
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 8
passage): 9
(a) [In addition to its jurisdiction over persons who are residents of 10
this state, the Office of State Ethics may] For the purposes of this part, 11
the exercise of personal jurisdiction by the Office of State Ethics over any 12 Raised Bill No. 5407
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nonresident person, or the agent of such nonresident person, is limited 13
to any such person or agent who makes a payment of money or gives 14
anything of value to a public official or state employee in violation of 15
section 1-101nn, or who is, or is seeking to be, prequalified under section 16
4a-100. 17
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2024 1-79(22)
Sec. 2 from passage 1-101oo(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To define "dependent child" for purposes of the State Code of Ethics for
public officials and clarify the ability of the Office of State Ethics to
exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresidents.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]