Substitute House Bill No. 5407
Public Act No. 24-128
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
is amended by adding subdivision (22) as follows (Effective October 1,
2024):
(NEW) (22) "Dependent child" means a qualifying child, as defined
in 26 USC 152, as amended from time to time, who is the son, daughter,
stepson or stepdaughter of the filing individual.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 1-101oo of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(a) [In addition to its jurisdiction over persons who are residents of
this state, the Office of State Ethics may] For the purposes of this part,
the exercise of personal jurisdiction by the Office of State Ethics over any
nonresident person, or the agent of such nonresident person, is limited
to any such person or agent who makes a payment of money or gives
anything of value to a public official or state employee in violation of Substitute House Bill No. 5407
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section 1-101nn, or who is, or is seeking to be, prequalified under section
4a-100.