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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5407
February Session, 2024
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 2024 supplement to the general statutes 1
is amended by adding subdivision (22) as follows (Effective October 1, 2
2024): 3
(NEW) (22) "Dependent child" means a qualifying child, as defined 4
in 26 USC 152, as amended from time to time, who is the son, daughter, 5
stepson or stepdaughter 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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 8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
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 Substitute Bill No. 5407
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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 Legislative Commissioners:
In the introductory language of Section 1, "of the 2024 supplement" was
added for accuracy and Section 1 was redrafted for clarity.
GAE Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO