Connecticut 2024 Regular Session

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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 434
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 434
6	6		February Session, 2024
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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	14	+	Introduced by:
	15	+	(GAE)
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12	20		AN ACT INCREASING VARIOUS MONETARY THRESHOLDS UNDER
13	21		THE STATE CODES OF ETHICS.
14	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	23		Assembly convened:
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17	25		Section 1. Subdivision (5) of section 1-79 of the 2024 supplement to 1
18	26		the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
19	27		thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 3
20	28		(5) "Gift" means anything of value, which is directly and personally 4
21	29		received, unless consideration of equal or greater value is given in 5
22	30		return. "Gift" does not include: 6
23	31		(A) A political contribution otherwise reported as required by law or 7
24	32		a donation or payment as described in subdivision (9) or (10) of 8
25	33		subsection (b) of section 9-601a; 9
26	34		(B) Services provided by persons volunteering their time, if provided 10
27	35		to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political party, any 11
28	36		candidate or candidates for public office or the position of convention 12
29		-	delegate or town committee member or any referendum question; 13
	37	+	delegate or town committee member or any referendum question; 13 Raised Bill No. 434
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30	43		(C) A commercially reasonable loan made on terms not more 14
31	44		favorable than loans made in the ordinary course of business; 15
32		-	(D) A gift received from (i) an individual's spouse, fiancé or fiancée, 16 Substitute Bill No. 434
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	45	+	(D) A gift received from (i) an individual's spouse, fiancé or fiancée, 16
37	46		(ii) the parent, grandparent, brother or sister of such spouse or such 17
38	47		individual, or (iii) the child of such individual or the spouse of such 18
39	48		child; 19
40	49		(E) Goods or services (i) that are provided to a state agency or quasi-20
41	50		public agency (I) for use on state or quasi-public agency property, or (II) 21
42	51		that support an event or the participation by a public official or state 22
43	52		employee at an event, and (ii) that facilitate state or quasi-public agency 23
44	53		action or functions. As used in this subparagraph, "state property" 24
45	54		means property owned by the state or a quasi-public agency or property 25
46	55		leased to a state agency or quasi-public agency; 26
47	56		(F) A certificate, plaque or other ceremonial award costing less than 27
48		-	[one] two hundred ~~fifty~~ dollars; 28
	57	+	[one] two hundred dollars; 28
49	58		(G) A rebate, discount or promotional item available to the general 29
50	59		public; 30
51	60		(H) Printed or recorded informational material germane to state 31
52	61		action or functions; 32
53	62		(I) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 33
54	63		dollars in the aggregate per recipient in a calendar year, and consumed 34
55	64		on an occasion or occasions at which the person paying, directly or 35
56	65		indirectly, for the food or beverage, or [his] such person's representative, 36
57	66		is in attendance; 37
58	67		(J) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 38
59	68		dollars per person and consumed at a publicly noticed legislative 39
60	69		reception to which all members of the General Assembly are invited and 40
61	70		which is hosted not more than once in any calendar year by a lobbyist 41
62	71		or business organization. For the purposes of such limit, (i) a reception 42
63		-	hosted by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed to have also 43
	72	+	hosted by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed to have also 43 Raised Bill No. 434
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64	78		been hosted by the business organization which such lobbyist owns or 44
65	79		is employed by, and (ii) a reception hosted by a business organization 45
66	80		shall be deemed to have also been hosted by all owners and employees 46
67		-	of the business organization who are lobbyists. In making the 47 Substitute Bill No. 434
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	81	+	of the business organization who are lobbyists. In making the 47
72	82		calculation for the purposes of such [fifty-dollar] one-hundred-dollar 48
73	83		limit, the donor shall divide the amount spent on food and beverage by 49
74	84		the number of persons whom the donor reasonably expects to attend the 50
75	85		reception; 51
76	86		(K) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 52
77	87		dollars per person and consumed at a publicly noticed reception to 53
78	88		which all members of the General Assembly from a region of the state 54
79	89		are invited and which is hosted not more than once in any calendar year 55
80	90		by a lobbyist or business organization. For the purposes of such limit, (i) 56
81	91		a reception hosted by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed 57
82	92		to have also been hosted by the business organization which such 58
83	93		lobbyist owns or is employed by, and (ii) a reception hosted by a 59
84	94		business organization shall be deemed to have also been hosted by all 60
85	95		owners and employees of the business organization who are lobbyists. 61
86	96		In making the calculation for the purposes of such [fifty-dollar] one-62
87	97		hundred-dollar limit, the donor shall divide the amount spent on food 63
88	98		and beverage by the number of persons whom the donor reasonably 64
89	99		expects to attend the reception. As used in this subparagraph, "region of 65
90	100		the state" means the established geographic service area of the 66
91	101		organization hosting the reception; 67
92	102		(L) A gift, including, but not limited to, food or beverage or both, 68
93	103		provided by an individual for the celebration of a major life event, 69
94	104		provided any such gift provided by an individual who is not a member 70
95	105		of the family of the recipient does not exceed one thousand five hundred 71
96	106		dollars in value; 72
97		-	(M) Gifts costing less than [one] two hundred fifty dollars in the 73
98		-	aggregate or food or beverage provided at a hospitality suite at a 74
99		-	meeting or conference of an interstate legislative association, by a 75
100		-	person who is not a registrant or is not doing business with the state of 76
101		-	Connecticut; 77
102		-	(N) Admission to a charitable or civic event, including food and 78
103		-	beverage provided at such event, but excluding lodging or travel 79 Substitute Bill No. 434
	107	+	(M) Gifts costing less than [one] two hundred dollars in the aggregate 73
	108	+	or food or beverage provided at a hospitality suite at a meeting or 74
	109	+	conference of an interstate legislative association, by a person who is not 75
	110	+	a registrant or is not doing business with the state of Connecticut; 76 Raised Bill No. 434
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108		-	expenses, at which a public official or state employee participates in his 80
109		-	or her official capacity, provided such admission is provided by the 81
110		-	primary sponsoring entity; 82
111		-	(O) Anything of value provided by an employer of (i) a public official, 83
112		-	(ii) a state employee, or (iii) a spouse of a public official or state 84
113		-	employee, to such official, employee or spouse, provided such benefits 85
114		-	are customarily and ordinarily provided to others in similar 86
115		-	circumstances; 87
116		-	(P) Anything having a value of not more than [ten] twenty dollars, 88
117		-	provided the aggregate value of all things provided by a donor to a 89
118		-	recipient under this subdivision in any calendar year does not exceed 90
119		-	[fifty] one hundred dollars; 91
120		-	(Q) Training that is provided by a vendor for a product purchased by 92
121		-	a state or quasi-public agency that is offered to all customers of such 93
122		-	vendor; 94
123		-	(R) Travel expenses, lodging, food, beverage and other benefits 95
124		-	customarily provided by a prospective employer, when provided to a 96
125		-	student at a public institution of higher education whose employment 97
126		-	is derived from such student's status as a student at such institution, in 98
127		-	connection with bona fide employment discussions; or 99
128		-	(S) Expenses of a public official, paid by the party committee of which 100
129		-	party such official is a member, for the purpose of accomplishing the 101
130		-	lawful purposes of the committee. As used in this subparagraph, "party 102
131		-	committee" has the same meaning as provided in subdivision (2) of 103
132		-	section 9-601 and "lawful purposes of the committee" has the same 104
133		-	meaning as provided in subsection (g) of section 9-607. 105
134		-	Sec. 2. Subsection (i) of section 1-84 of the 2024 supplement to the 106
135		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 107
136		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 108
137		-	(i) (1) No public official or state employee or member of the official 109 Substitute Bill No. 434
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	116	+	(N) Admission to a charitable or civic event, including food and 77
	117	+	beverage provided at such event, but excluding lodging or travel 78
	118	+	expenses, at which a public official or state employee participates in his 79
	119	+	or her official capacity, provided such admission is provided by the 80
	120	+	primary sponsoring entity; 81
	121	+	(O) Anything of value provided by an employer of (i) a public official, 82
	122	+	(ii) a state employee, or (iii) a spouse of a public official or state 83
	123	+	employee, to such official, employee or spouse, provided such benefits 84
	124	+	are customarily and ordinarily provided to others in similar 85
	125	+	circumstances; 86
	126	+	(P) Anything having a value of not more than [ten] twenty dollars, 87
	127	+	provided the aggregate value of all things provided by a donor to a 88
	128	+	recipient under this subdivision in any calendar year does not exceed 89
	129	+	[fifty] one hundred dollars; 90
	130	+	(Q) Training that is provided by a vendor for a product purchased by 91
	131	+	a state or quasi-public agency that is offered to all customers of such 92
	132	+	vendor; 93
	133	+	(R) Travel expenses, lodging, food, beverage and other benefits 94
	134	+	customarily provided by a prospective employer, when provided to a 95
	135	+	student at a public institution of higher education whose employment 96
	136	+	is derived from such student's status as a student at such institution, in 97
	137	+	connection with bona fide employment discussions; or 98
	138	+	(S) Expenses of a public official, paid by the party committee of which 99
	139	+	party such official is a member, for the purpose of accomplishing the 100
	140	+	lawful purposes of the committee. As used in this subparagraph, "party 101
	141	+	committee" has the same meaning as provided in subdivision (2) of 102
	142	+	section 9-601 and "lawful purposes of the committee" has the same 103
	143	+	meaning as provided in subsection (g) of section 9-607. 104
	144	+	Sec. 2. Subsection (i) of section 1-84 of the 2024 supplement to the 105
	145	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 106
	146	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 107 Raised Bill No. 434
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142		-	or employee's immediate family or a business with which he is 110
143		-	associated shall enter into any contract with the state, valued at [one] 111
144		-	two hundred fifty dollars or more, other than a contract (A) of 112
145		-	employment as a state employee, (B) with the Technical Education and 113
146		-	Career System for students enrolled in a school in the system to perform 114
147		-	services in conjunction with vocational, technical, technological or 115
148		-	postsecondary education and training any such student is receiving at a 116
149		-	school in the system, subject to the review process under subdivision (2) 117
150		-	of this subsection, (C) with a public institution of higher education to 118
151		-	support a collaboration with such institution to develop and 119
152		-	commercialize any invention or discovery, or (D) pursuant to a court 120
153		-	appointment, unless the contract has been awarded through an open 121
154		-	and public process, including prior public offer and subsequent public 122
155		-	disclosure of all proposals considered and the contract awarded. In no 123
156		-	event shall an executive head of an agency, as defined in section 4-166, 124
157		-	including a commissioner of a department, or an executive head of a 125
158		-	quasi-public agency, or the executive head's immediate family or a 126
159		-	business with which he is associated enter into any contract with that 127
160		-	agency or quasi-public agency. Nothing in this subsection shall be 128
161		-	construed as applying to any public official who is appointed as a 129
162		-	member of the executive branch or as a member or director of a quasi-130
163		-	public agency and who receives no compensation other than per diem 131
164		-	payments or reimbursement for actual or necessary expenses, or both, 132
165		-	incurred in the performance of the public official's duties unless such 133
166		-	public official has authority or control over the subject matter of the 134
167		-	contract. Any contract made in violation of this subsection shall be 135
168		-	voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction if the suit is commenced 136
169		-	not later than one hundred eighty days after the making of the contract. 137
170		-	(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System 138
171		-	shall establish an open and transparent process to review any contract 139
172		-	entered into under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this 140
173		-	subsection. 141
174		-	Sec. 3. Subsection (o) of section 1-84 of the 2024 supplement to the 142
175		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 143 Substitute Bill No. 434
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	152	+	(i) (1) No public official or state employee or member of the official 108
	153	+	or employee's immediate family or a business with which he is 109
	154	+	associated shall enter into any contract with the state, valued at [one] 110
	155	+	two hundred dollars or more, other than a contract (A) of employment 111
	156	+	as a state employee, (B) with the Technical Education and Career System 112
	157	+	for students enrolled in a school in the system to perform services in 113
	158	+	conjunction with vocational, technical, technological or postsecondary 114
	159	+	education and training any such student is receiving at a school in the 115
	160	+	system, subject to the review process under subdivision (2) of this 116
	161	+	subsection, (C) with a public institution of higher education to support 117
	162	+	a collaboration with such institution to develop and commercialize any 118
	163	+	invention or discovery, or (D) pursuant to a court appointment, unless 119
	164	+	the contract has been awarded through an open and public process, 120
	165	+	including prior public offer and subsequent public disclosure of all 121
	166	+	proposals considered and the contract awarded. In no event shall an 122
	167	+	executive head of an agency, as defined in section 4-166, including a 123
	168	+	commissioner of a department, or an executive head of a quasi-public 124
	169	+	agency, or the executive head's immediate family or a business with 125
	170	+	which he is associated enter into any contract with that agency or quasi-126
	171	+	public agency. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as applying 127
	172	+	to any public official who is appointed as a member of the executive 128
	173	+	branch or as a member or director of a quasi-public agency and who 129
	174	+	receives no compensation other than per diem payments or 130
	175	+	reimbursement for actual or necessary expenses, or both, incurred in the 131
	176	+	performance of the public official's duties unless such public official has 132
	177	+	authority or control over the subject matter of the contract. Any contract 133
	178	+	made in violation of this subsection shall be voidable by a court of 134
	179	+	competent jurisdiction if the suit is commenced not later than one 135
	180	+	hundred eighty days after the making of the contract. 136
	181	+	(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System 137
	182	+	shall establish an open and transparent process to review any contract 138
	183	+	entered into under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this 139
	184	+	subsection. 140
	185	+	Sec. 3. Subsection (o) of section 1-84 of the 2024 supplement to the 141 Raised Bill No. 434
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180		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 144
181		-	(o) If (1) any person (A) is doing business with or seeking to do 145
182		-	business with the department or agency in which a public official or 146
183		-	state employee is employed, or (B) is engaged in activities which are 147
184		-	directly regulated by such department or agency, and (2) such person or 148
185		-	a representative of such person gives to such public official or state 149
186		-	employee anything having a value of more than [ten] twenty dollars, 150
187		-	such person or representative shall, not later than ten days thereafter, 151
188		-	give such recipient and the executive head of the recipient's department 152
189		-	or agency a written report stating the name of the donor, a description 153
190		-	of the item or items given, the value of such items and the cumulative 154
191		-	value of all items given to such recipient during that calendar year. The 155
192		-	provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a political contribution 156
193		-	otherwise reported as required by law. 157
194		-	Sec. 4. Subdivision (6) of section 1-91 of the 2024 supplement to the 158
195		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 159
196		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 160
197		-	(6) "Expenditure" means any advance, conveyance, deposit, 161
198		-	distribution, transfer of funds, loan, payment, unless expressly 162
199		-	excluded; any payments for telephone, mailing, postage, printing and 163
200		-	other clerical or office services and materials; any paid communications, 164
201		-	costing [fifty] one hundred dollars or more in any calendar year, 165
202		-	disseminated by means of any printing, broadcasting or other medium, 166
203		-	provided such communications refer to pending administrative or 167
204		-	legislative action; any contract, agreement, promise or other obligation; 168
205		-	any solicitation or solicitations, costing [fifty] one hundred dollars or 169
206		-	more in the aggregate for any calendar year, of other persons to 170
207		-	communicate with a public official or state employee for the purpose of 171
208		-	influencing any legislative or administrative act and any pledge, 172
209		-	subscription of money or anything of value. "Expenditure" does not 173
210		-	include (A) the payment of a registrant's fee pursuant to section 1-95, (B) 174
211		-	any expenditure made by any club, committee, partnership, 175
212		-	organization, business, union, association or corporation for the 176 Substitute Bill No. 434
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	191	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 142
	192	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 143
	193	+	(o) If (1) any person (A) is doing business with or seeking to do 144
	194	+	business with the department or agency in which a public official or 145
	195	+	state employee is employed, or (B) is engaged in activities which are 146
	196	+	directly regulated by such department or agency, and (2) such person or 147
	197	+	a representative of such person gives to such public official or state 148
	198	+	employee anything having a value of more than [ten] twenty dollars, 149
	199	+	such person or representative shall, not later than ten days thereafter, 150
	200	+	give such recipient and the executive head of the recipient's department 151
	201	+	or agency a written report stating the name of the donor, a description 152
	202	+	of the item or items given, the value of such items and the cumulative 153
	203	+	value of all items given to such recipient during that calendar year. The 154
	204	+	provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a political contribution 155
	205	+	otherwise reported as required by law. 156
	206	+	Sec. 4. Subdivision (6) of section 1-91 of the 2024 supplement to the 157
	207	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 158
	208	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 159
	209	+	(6) "Expenditure" means any advance, conveyance, deposit, 160
	210	+	distribution, transfer of funds, loan, payment, unless expressly 161
	211	+	excluded; any payments for telephone, mailing, postage, printing and 162
	212	+	other clerical or office services and materials; any paid communications, 163
	213	+	costing [fifty] one hundred dollars or more in any calendar year, 164
	214	+	disseminated by means of any printing, broadcasting or other medium, 165
	215	+	provided such communications refer to pending administrative or 166
	216	+	legislative action; any contract, agreement, promise or other obligation; 167
	217	+	any solicitation or solicitations, costing [fifty] one hundred dollars or 168
	218	+	more in the aggregate for any calendar year, of other persons to 169
	219	+	communicate with a public official or state employee for the purpose of 170
	220	+	influencing any legislative or administrative act and any pledge, 171
	221	+	subscription of money or anything of value. "Expenditure" does not 172
	222	+	include (A) the payment of a registrant's fee pursuant to section 1-95, (B) 173
	223	+	any expenditure made by any club, committee, partnership, 174 Raised Bill No. 434
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217		-	purpose of publishing a newsletter or other release intended primarily 177
218		-	for its members, shareholders or employees, whether in written or 178
219		-	electronic form or made orally during a regularly noticed meeting, (C) 179
220		-	any expenditure made by any club, committee, partnership, 180
221		-	organization, business, union, association or corporation for the 181
222		-	purpose of transporting its members, shareholders or employees to or 182
223		-	from a specific site, where such members, shareholders or employees 183
224		-	received no other compensation or reimbursement for lobbying from 184
225		-	such club, committee, partnership, organization, business, union, 185
226		-	association or corporation, or (D) contributions, membership dues or 186
227		-	other fees paid to associations, nonstock corporations or tax-exempt 187
228		-	organizations under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 188
229		-	or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United 189
230		-	States, as from time to time amended. 190
231		-	Sec. 5. Subdivision (7) of section 1-91 of the 2024 supplement to the 191
232		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 192
233		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 193
234		-	(7) "Gift" means anything of value, which is directly and personally 194
235		-	received, unless consideration of equal or greater value is given in 195
236		-	return. "Gift" does not include: 196
237		-	(A) A political contribution otherwise reported as required by law or 197
238		-	a donation or payment described in subdivision (9) or (10) of subsection 198
239		-	(b) of section 9-601a; 199
240		-	(B) Services provided by persons volunteering their time, if provided 200
241		-	to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political party, any 201
242		-	candidate or candidates for public office or the position of convention 202
243		-	delegate or town committee member or any referendum question; 203
244		-	(C) A commercially reasonable loan made on terms not more 204
245		-	favorable than loans made in the ordinary course of business; 205
246		-	(D) A gift received from (i) the individual's spouse, fiancé or fiancée, 206
247		-	(ii) the parent, grandparent, brother or sister of such spouse or such 207 Substitute Bill No. 434
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	229	+	organization, business, union, association or corporation for the 175
	230	+	purpose of publishing a newsletter or other release intended primarily 176
	231	+	for its members, shareholders or employees, whether in written or 177
	232	+	electronic form or made orally during a regularly noticed meeting, (C) 178
	233	+	any expenditure made by any club, committee, partnership, 179
	234	+	organization, business, union, association or corporation for the 180
	235	+	purpose of transporting its members, shareholders or employees to or 181
	236	+	from a specific site, where such members, shareholders or employees 182
	237	+	received no other compensation or reimbursement for lobbying from 183
	238	+	such club, committee, partnership, organization, business, union, 184
	239	+	association or corporation, or (D) contributions, membership dues or 185
	240	+	other fees paid to associations, nonstock corporations or tax-exempt 186
	241	+	organizations under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 187
	242	+	or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United 188
	243	+	States, as from time to time amended. 189
	244	+	Sec. 5. Subdivision (7) of section 1-91 of the 2024 supplement to the 190
	245	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 191
	246	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 192
	247	+	(7) "Gift" means anything of value, which is directly and personally 193
	248	+	received, unless consideration of equal or greater value is given in 194
	249	+	return. "Gift" does not include: 195
	250	+	(A) A political contribution otherwise reported as required by law or 196
	251	+	a donation or payment described in subdivision (9) or (10) of subsection 197
	252	+	(b) of section 9-601a; 198
	253	+	(B) Services provided by persons volunteering their time, if provided 199
	254	+	to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political party, any 200
	255	+	candidate or candidates for public office or the position of convention 201
	256	+	delegate or town committee member or any referendum question; 202
	257	+	(C) A commercially reasonable loan made on terms not more 203
	258	+	favorable than loans made in the ordinary course of business; 204
	259	+	(D) A gift received from (i) the individual's spouse, fiancé or fiancée, 205 Raised Bill No. 434
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252		-	individual, or (iii) the child of such individual or the spouse of such 208
253		-	child; 209
254		-	(E) Goods or services (i) that are provided to a state agency or quasi-210
255		-	public agency (I) for use on state or quasi-public agency property, or (II) 211
256		-	that support an event or the participation by a public official or state 212
257		-	employee at an event, and (ii) that facilitate state or quasi-public agency 213
258		-	action or functions. As used in this subparagraph, "state property" 214
259		-	means property owned by the state or a quasi-public agency or property 215
260		-	leased to a state or quasi-public agency; 216
261		-	(F) A certificate, plaque or other ceremonial award costing less than 217
262		-	[one] two hundred fifty dollars; 218
263		-	(G) A rebate, discount or promotional item available to the general 219
264		-	public; 220
265		-	(H) Printed or recorded informational material germane to state 221
266		-	action or functions; 222
267		-	(I) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 223
268		-	dollars in the aggregate per recipient in a calendar year, and consumed 224
269		-	on an occasion or occasions at which the person paying, directly or 225
270		-	indirectly, for the food or beverage, or [his] such person's representative, 226
271		-	is in attendance; 227
272		-	(J) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 228
273		-	dollars per person and consumed at a publicly noticed legislative 229
274		-	reception to which all members of the General Assembly are invited and 230
275		-	which is hosted not more than once in any calendar year by a lobbyist 231
276		-	or business organization. For the purposes of such limit, (i) a reception 232
277		-	hosted by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed to have also 233
278		-	been hosted by the business organization which [he] such lobbyist owns 234
279		-	or is employed by, and (ii) a reception hosted by a business organization 235
280		-	shall be deemed to have also been hosted by all owners and employees 236
281		-	of the business organization who are lobbyists. In making the 237
282		-	calculation for the purposes of such [fifty-dollar] one-hundred-dollar 238 Substitute Bill No. 434
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	264	+
	265	+	(ii) the parent, grandparent, brother or sister of such spouse or such 206
	266	+	individual, or (iii) the child of such individual or the spouse of such 207
	267	+	child; 208
	268	+	(E) Goods or services (i) that are provided to a state agency or quasi-209
	269	+	public agency (I) for use on state or quasi-public agency property, or (II) 210
	270	+	that support an event or the participation by a public official or state 211
	271	+	employee at an event, and (ii) that facilitate state or quasi-public agency 212
	272	+	action or functions. As used in this subparagraph, "state property" 213
	273	+	means property owned by the state or a quasi-public agency or property 214
	274	+	leased to a state or quasi-public agency; 215
	275	+	(F) A certificate, plaque or other ceremonial award costing less than 216
	276	+	[one] two hundred dollars; 217
	277	+	(G) A rebate, discount or promotional item available to the general 218
	278	+	public; 219
	279	+	(H) Printed or recorded informational material germane to state 220
	280	+	action or functions; 221
	281	+	(I) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 222
	282	+	dollars in the aggregate per recipient in a calendar year, and consumed 223
	283	+	on an occasion or occasions at which the person paying, directly or 224
	284	+	indirectly, for the food or beverage, or [his] such person's representative, 225
	285	+	is in attendance; 226
	286	+	(J) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 227
	287	+	dollars per person and consumed at a publicly noticed legislative 228
	288	+	reception to which all members of the General Assembly are invited and 229
	289	+	which is hosted not more than once in any calendar year by a lobbyist 230
	290	+	or business organization. For the purposes of such limit, (i) a reception 231
	291	+	hosted by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed to have also 232
	292	+	been hosted by the business organization which [he] such lobbyist owns 233
	293	+	or is employed by, and (ii) a reception hosted by a business organization 234
	294	+	shall be deemed to have also been hosted by all owners and employees 235
	295	+	of the business organization who are lobbyists. In making the 236 Raised Bill No. 434
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284	297
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286	298
287		-	limit, the donor shall divide the amount spent on food and beverage by 239
288		-	the number of persons whom the donor reasonably expects to attend the 240
289		-	reception; 241
290		-	(K) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 242
291		-	dollars per person and consumed at a publicly noticed reception to 243
292		-	which all members of the General Assembly from a region of the state 244
293		-	are invited and which is hosted not more than once in any calendar year 245
294		-	by a lobbyist or business organization. For the purposes of such limit, (i) 246
295		-	a reception hosted by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed 247
296		-	to have also been hosted by the business organization which [he] such 248
297		-	lobbyist owns or is employed by, and (ii) a reception hosted by a 249
298		-	business organization shall be deemed to have also been hosted by all 250
299		-	owners and employees of the business organization who are lobbyists. 251
300		-	In making the calculation for the purposes of such [fifty-dollar] one-252
301		-	hundred-dollar limit, the donor shall divide the amount spent on food 253
302		-	and beverage by the number of persons whom the donor reasonably 254
303		-	expects to attend the reception. As used in this subparagraph, "region of 255
304		-	the state" means the established geographic service area of the 256
305		-	organization hosting the reception; 257
306		-	(L) A gift, including, but not limited to, food or beverage or both, 258
307		-	provided by an individual for the celebration of a major life event, 259
308		-	provided any such gift provided by an individual who is not a member 260
309		-	of the family of the recipient does not exceed one thousand five hundred 261
310		-	dollars in value; 262
311		-	(M) Gifts costing less than [one] two hundred fifty dollars in the 263
312		-	aggregate or food or beverage provided at a hospitality suite at a 264
313		-	meeting or conference of an interstate legislative association, by a 265
314		-	person who is not a registrant or is not doing business with the state of 266
315		-	Connecticut; 267
316		-	(N) Admission to a charitable or civic event, including food and 268
317		-	beverage provided at such event, but excluding lodging or travel 269
318		-	expenses, at which a public official or state employee participates in his 270 Substitute Bill No. 434
	299	+	LCO No. 3028 9 of 14
	300	+
	301	+	calculation for the purposes of such [fifty-dollar] one-hundred-dollar 237
	302	+	limit, the donor shall divide the amount spent on food and beverage by 238
	303	+	the number of persons whom the donor reasonably expects to attend the 239
	304	+	reception; 240
	305	+	(K) Food or beverage or both, costing less than [fifty] one hundred 241
	306	+	dollars per person and consumed at a publicly noticed reception to 242
	307	+	which all members of the General Assembly from a region of the state 243
	308	+	are invited and which is hosted not more than once in any calendar year 244
	309	+	by a lobbyist or business organization. For the purposes of such limit, (i) 245
	310	+	a reception hosted by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed 246
	311	+	to have also been hosted by the business organization which [he] such 247
	312	+	lobbyist owns or is employed by, and (ii) a reception hosted by a 248
	313	+	business organization shall be deemed to have also been hosted by all 249
	314	+	owners and employees of the business organization who are lobbyists. 250
	315	+	In making the calculation for the purposes of such [fifty-dollar] one-251
	316	+	hundred-dollar limit, the donor shall divide the amount spent on food 252
	317	+	and beverage by the number of persons whom the donor reasonably 253
	318	+	expects to attend the reception. As used in this subparagraph, "region of 254
	319	+	the state" means the established geographic service area of the 255
	320	+	organization hosting the reception; 256
	321	+	(L) A gift, including, but not limited to, food or beverage or both, 257
	322	+	provided by an individual for the celebration of a major life event, 258
	323	+	provided any such gift provided by an individual who is not a member 259
	324	+	of the family of the recipient does not exceed one thousand five hundred 260
	325	+	dollars in value; 261
	326	+	(M) Gifts costing less than [one] two hundred dollars in the aggregate 262
	327	+	or food or beverage provided at a hospitality suite at a meeting or 263
	328	+	conference of an interstate legislative association, by a person who is not 264
	329	+	a registrant or is not doing business with the state of Connecticut; 265
	330	+	(N) Admission to a charitable or civic event, including food and 266
	331	+	beverage provided at such event, but excluding lodging or travel 267
	332	+	expenses, at which a public official or state employee participates in his 268 Raised Bill No. 434
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320	334
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323		-	or her official capacity, provided such admission is provided by the 271
324		-	primary sponsoring entity; 272
325		-	(O) Anything of value provided by an employer of (i) a public official, 273
326		-	(ii) a state employee, or (iii) a spouse of a public official or state 274
327		-	employee, to such official, employee or spouse, provided such benefits 275
328		-	are customarily and ordinarily provided to others in similar 276
329		-	circumstances; 277
330		-	(P) Anything having a value of not more than [ten] twenty dollars, 278
331		-	provided the aggregate value of all things provided by a donor to a 279
332		-	recipient under this subdivision in any calendar year does not exceed 280
333		-	[fifty] one hundred dollars; or 281
334		-	(Q) Training that is provided by a vendor for a product purchased by 282
335		-	a state or quasi-public agency that is offered to all customers of such 283
336		-	vendor. 284
337		-	Sec. 6. Subdivision (12) of section 1-91 of the 2024 supplement to the 285
338		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 286
339		-	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 287
340		-	(12) "Lobbyist" means a person who in lobbying and in furtherance 288
341		-	of lobbying makes or agrees to make expenditures, or receives or agrees 289
342		-	to receive compensation, reimbursement, or both, and such 290
343		-	compensation, reimbursement or expenditures are three thousand 291
344		-	dollars or more in any calendar year or the combined amount thereof is 292
345		-	three thousand dollars or more in any such calendar year. "Lobbyist" 293
346		-	does not include: 294
347		-	(A) A public official, employee of a branch of state government or a 295
348		-	subdivision thereof, including an official or employee of a quasi-public 296
349		-	agency, or elected or appointed official of a municipality or his or her 297
350		-	designee other than an independent contractor, who is acting within the 298
351		-	scope of his or her authority or employment; 299
352		-	(B) A publisher, owner or an employee of the press, radio or 300 Substitute Bill No. 434
	336	+	LCO No. 3028 10 of 14
	337	+
	338	+	or her official capacity, provided such admission is provided by the 269
	339	+	primary sponsoring entity; 270
	340	+	(O) Anything of value provided by an employer of (i) a public official, 271
	341	+	(ii) a state employee, or (iii) a spouse of a public official or state 272
	342	+	employee, to such official, employee or spouse, provided such benefits 273
	343	+	are customarily and ordinarily provided to others in similar 274
	344	+	circumstances; 275
	345	+	(P) Anything having a value of not more than [ten] twenty dollars, 276
	346	+	provided the aggregate value of all things provided by a donor to a 277
	347	+	recipient under this subdivision in any calendar year does not exceed 278
	348	+	[fifty] one hundred dollars; or 279
	349	+	(Q) Training that is provided by a vendor for a product purchased by 280
	350	+	a state or quasi-public agency that is offered to all customers of such 281
	351	+	vendor. 282
	352	+	Sec. 6. Subdivision (12) of section 1-91 of the 2024 supplement to the 283
	353	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 284
	354	+	thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 285
	355	+	(12) "Lobbyist" means a person who in lobbying and in furtherance 286
	356	+	of lobbying makes or agrees to make expenditures, or receives or agrees 287
	357	+	to receive compensation, reimbursement, or both, and such 288
	358	+	compensation, reimbursement or expenditures are three thousand 289
	359	+	dollars or more in any calendar year or the combined amount thereof is 290
	360	+	three thousand dollars or more in any such calendar year. "Lobbyist" 291
	361	+	does not include: 292
	362	+	(A) A public official, employee of a branch of state government or a 293
	363	+	subdivision thereof, including an official or employee of a quasi-public 294
	364	+	agency, or elected or appointed official of a municipality or his or her 295
	365	+	designee other than an independent contractor, who is acting within the 296
	366	+	scope of his or her authority or employment; 297
	367	+	(B) A publisher, owner or an employee of the press, radio or 298 Raised Bill No. 434
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354	369
355		-	LCO 11 of 14
356	370
357		-	television while disseminating news or editorial comment to the general 301
358		-	public in the ordinary course of business; 302
359		-	(C) An individual representing himself or herself or another person 303
360		-	before the legislature or a state agency other than for the purpose of 304
361		-	influencing legislative or administrative action; 305
362		-	(D) Any individual or employee who receives no compensation or 306
363		-	reimbursement specifically for lobbying and who limits his or her 307
364		-	activities solely to formal appearances to give testimony before public 308
365		-	sessions of committees of the General Assembly or public hearings of 309
366		-	state agencies and who, if he or she testifies, registers his or her 310
367		-	appearance in the records of such committees or agencies; 311
368		-	(E) A member of an advisory board acting within the scope of his or 312
369		-	her appointment; 313
370		-	(F) A senator or representative in Congress acting within the scope of 314
371		-	his or her office; 315
372		-	(G) Any person who receives no compensation or reimbursement 316
373		-	specifically for lobbying and who spends no more than five hours in 317
374		-	furtherance of lobbying unless such person (i) exclusive of salary, 318
375		-	receives compensation or makes expenditures, or both, of three 319
376		-	thousand dollars or more in any calendar year for lobbying or the 320
377		-	combined amount thereof is three thousand dollars or more in any such 321
378		-	calendar year, or (ii) expends [fifty] one hundred dollars or more for the 322
379		-	benefit of a public official in the legislative or executive branch, a 323
380		-	member of his or her staff or immediate family; 324
381		-	(H) A communicator lobbyist who receives or agrees to receive 325
382		-	compensation, reimbursement, or both, the aggregate amount of which 326
383		-	is less than three thousand dollars from each client in any calendar year. 327
384		-	Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 1-96 of the general statutes is repealed 328
385		-	and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 329
386		-	(a) Each client lobbyist registrant shall file with the Office of State 330 Substitute Bill No. 434
	371	+	LCO No. 3028 11 of 14
	372	+
	373	+	television while disseminating news or editorial comment to the general 299
	374	+	public in the ordinary course of business; 300
	375	+	(C) An individual representing himself or herself or another person 301
	376	+	before the legislature or a state agency other than for the purpose of 302
	377	+	influencing legislative or administrative action; 303
	378	+	(D) Any individual or employee who receives no compensation or 304
	379	+	reimbursement specifically for lobbying and who limits his activities 305
	380	+	solely to formal appearances to give testimony before public sessions of 306
	381	+	committees of the General Assembly or public hearings of state agencies 307
	382	+	and who, if he or she testifies, registers his or her appearance in the 308
	383	+	records of such committees or agencies; 309
	384	+	(E) A member of an advisory board acting within the scope of his or 310
	385	+	her appointment; 311
	386	+	(F) A senator or representative in Congress acting within the scope of 312
	387	+	his or her office; 313
	388	+	(G) Any person who receives no compensation or reimbursement 314
	389	+	specifically for lobbying and who spends no more than five hours in 315
	390	+	furtherance of lobbying unless such person (i) exclusive of salary, 316
	391	+	receives compensation or makes expenditures, or both, of three 317
	392	+	thousand dollars or more in any calendar year for lobbying or the 318
	393	+	combined amount thereof is three thousand dollars or more in any such 319
	394	+	calendar year, or (ii) expends [fifty] one hundred dollars or more for the 320
	395	+	benefit of a public official in the legislative or executive branch, a 321
	396	+	member of his or her staff or immediate family; 322
	397	+	(H) A communicator lobbyist who receives or agrees to receive 323
	398	+	compensation, reimbursement, or both, the aggregate amount of which 324
	399	+	is less than three thousand dollars from each client in any calendar year. 325
	400	+	Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 1-96 of the general statutes is repealed 326
	401	+	and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 327
	402	+	(a) Each client lobbyist registrant shall file with the Office of State 328 Raised Bill No. 434
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388	404
389		-	LCO 12 of 14
390	405
391		-	Ethics between the first and tenth day of April, July and January a 331
392		-	financial report, signed under penalty of false statement. The April and 332
393		-	July reports shall cover its lobbying activities during the previous 333
394		-	calendar quarter and the January report shall cover its lobbying 334
395		-	activities during the previous two calendar quarters. In addition to such 335
396		-	reports, each client lobbyist registrant which attempts to influence 336
397		-	legislative action shall file, under penalty of false statement, interim 337
398		-	monthly reports of its lobbying activities for each month the General 338
399		-	Assembly is in regular session, except that no monthly report shall be 339
400		-	required for any month in which it neither expends nor agrees to expend 340
401		-	[one] two hundred fifty dollars or more in furtherance of lobbying. Such 341
402		-	interim monthly reports shall be filed with the Office of State Ethics no 342
403		-	later than the tenth day of the month following the last day of the month 343
404		-	reported. If the client lobbyist registrant is not an individual, an 344
405		-	authorized officer or agent of the client lobbyist registrant shall sign the 345
406		-	form. A communicator lobbyist for a municipality or any subdivision of 346
407		-	a municipality shall file the reports described in this subsection utilizing 347
408		-	the client lobbyist reporting schedule. 348
409		-	Sec. 8. Subsection (e) of section 1-96 of the general statutes is repealed 349
410		-	and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 350
411		-	(e) Each client lobbyist registrant financial report shall be on a form 351
412		-	prescribed by the board and shall state expenditures made and the 352
413		-	fundamental terms of contracts, agreements or promises to pay 353
414		-	compensation or reimbursement or to make expenditures in furtherance 354
415		-	of lobbying. Any such fundamental terms shall be reported once in the 355
416		-	monthly, quarterly or post-termination report next following the 356
417		-	entering into of such contract. Such financial report shall include an 357
418		-	itemized statement of each expenditure of [ten] twenty dollars or more 358
419		-	per person for each occasion made by the reporting registrant or a group 359
420		-	of registrants which includes the reporting registrant for the benefit of a 360
421		-	public official in the legislative or executive branch, a member of his or 361
422		-	her staff or immediate family, itemized by date, beneficiary, amount and 362
423		-	circumstances of the transaction. The requirement of an itemized 363
424		-	statement shall not apply to an expenditure made by a reporting 364 Substitute Bill No. 434
	406	+	LCO No. 3028 12 of 14
	407	+
	408	+	Ethics between the first and tenth day of April, July and January a 329
	409	+	financial report, signed under penalty of false statement. The April and 330
	410	+	July reports shall cover its lobbying activities during the previous 331
	411	+	calendar quarter and the January report shall cover its lobbying 332
	412	+	activities during the previous two calendar quarters. In addition to such 333
	413	+	reports, each client lobbyist registrant which attempts to influence 334
	414	+	legislative action shall file, under penalty of false statement, interim 335
	415	+	monthly reports of its lobbying activities for each month the General 336
	416	+	Assembly is in regular session, except that no monthly report shall be 337
	417	+	required for any month in which it neither expends nor agrees to expend 338
	418	+	[one] two hundred dollars or more in furtherance of lobbying. Such 339
	419	+	interim monthly reports shall be filed with the Office of State Ethics no 340
	420	+	later than the tenth day of the month following the last day of the month 341
	421	+	reported. If the client lobbyist registrant is not an individual, an 342
	422	+	authorized officer or agent of the client lobbyist registrant shall sign the 343
	423	+	form. A communicator lobbyist for a municipality or any subdivision of 344
	424	+	a municipality shall file the reports described in this subsection utilizing 345
	425	+	the client lobbyist reporting schedule. 346
	426	+	Sec. 8. Subsection (e) of section 1-96 of the general statutes is repealed 347
	427	+	and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 348
	428	+	(e) Each client lobbyist registrant financial report shall be on a form 349
	429	+	prescribed by the board and shall state expenditures made and the 350
	430	+	fundamental terms of contracts, agreements or promises to pay 351
	431	+	compensation or reimbursement or to make expenditures in furtherance 352
	432	+	of lobbying. Any such fundamental terms shall be reported once in the 353
	433	+	monthly, quarterly or post-termination report next following the 354
	434	+	entering into of such contract. Such financial report shall include an 355
	435	+	itemized statement of each expenditure of [ten] twenty dollars or more 356
	436	+	per person for each occasion made by the reporting registrant or a group 357
	437	+	of registrants which includes the reporting registrant for the benefit of a 358
	438	+	public official in the legislative or executive branch, a member of his 359
	439	+	staff or immediate family, itemized by date, beneficiary, amount and 360
	440	+	circumstances of the transaction. The requirement of an itemized 361
	441	+	statement shall not apply to an expenditure made by a reporting 362 Raised Bill No. 434
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426	443
427		-	LCO 13 of 14
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429		-	registrant or a group of registrants which includes the reporting 365
430		-	registrant for (1) the benefit of the members of the General Assembly at 366
431		-	an event that is a reception to which all such members are invited or all 367
432		-	members of a region of the state, as such term is used in subparagraph 368
433		-	(K) of subdivision (7) of section 1-91, as amended by this act, are invited, 369
434		-	unless the expenditure is [thirty] sixty dollars or more per person, or (2) 370
435		-	benefits personally and directly received by a public official or state 371
436		-	employee at a charitable or civic event at which the public official or 372
437		-	state employee participates in his or her official capacity, unless the 373
438		-	expenditure is [thirty] sixty dollars or more per person, per event. If the 374
439		-	compensation is required to be reported for an individual whose 375
440		-	lobbying is incidental to his or her regular employment, it shall be 376
441		-	sufficient to report a prorated amount based on the value of the time 377
442		-	devoted to lobbying. On the first financial report following registration 378
443		-	each client lobbyist registrant shall include any expenditures incident to 379
444		-	lobbying activities that were received or expended prior to registration 380
445		-	and not previously reported to the Office of State Ethics. 381
446		-	Sec. 9. Subsection (g) of section 1-96 of the general statutes is repealed 382
447		-	and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 383
448		-	(g) Each former registrant shall (1) report receipts or expenditures 384
449		-	incident to lobbying activities during [his] such registrant's period of 385
450		-	registration which are received or expended following termination of 386
451		-	registration and (2) report each expenditure of [ten] twenty dollars or 387
452		-	more per person for each occasion made by [him] such registrant for the 388
453		-	benefit of a public official or a member of such official's immediate 389
454		-	family or staff which occurs within six months after termination of 390
455		-	registration. 391
456		-	Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 1-96a of the general statutes is 392
457		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 393
458		-	1, 2024): 394
459		-	(a) Each registrant shall obtain and preserve all accounts, bills, 395
460		-	receipts and other documents necessary to substantiate the financial 396 Substitute Bill No. 434
	445	+	LCO No. 3028 13 of 14
	446	+
	447	+	registrant or a group of registrants which includes the reporting 363
	448	+	registrant for (1) the benefit of the members of the General Assembly at 364
	449	+	an event that is a reception to which all such members are invited or all 365
	450	+	members of a region of the state, as such term is used in subparagraph 366
	451	+	(K) of subdivision (7) of section 1-91, as amended by this act, are invited, 367
	452	+	unless the expenditure is [thirty] sixty dollars or more per person, or (2) 368
	453	+	benefits personally and directly received by a public official or state 369
	454	+	employee at a charitable or civic event at which the public official or 370
	455	+	state employee participates in his official capacity, unless the 371
	456	+	expenditure is [thirty] sixty dollars or more per person, per event. If the 372
	457	+	compensation is required to be reported for an individual whose 373
	458	+	lobbying is incidental to his or her regular employment, it shall be 374
	459	+	sufficient to report a prorated amount based on the value of the time 375
	460	+	devoted to lobbying. On the first financial report following registration 376
	461	+	each client lobbyist registrant shall include any expenditures incident to 377
	462	+	lobbying activities that were received or expended prior to registration 378
	463	+	and not previously reported to the Office of State Ethics. 379
	464	+	Sec. 9. Subsection (g) of section 1-96 of the general statutes is repealed 380
	465	+	and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 381
	466	+	(g) Each former registrant shall (1) report receipts or expenditures 382
	467	+	incident to lobbying activities during [his] such registrant's period of 383
	468	+	registration which are received or expended following termination of 384
	469	+	registration and (2) report each expenditure of [ten] twenty dollars or 385
	470	+	more per person for each occasion made by [him] such registrant for the 386
	471	+	benefit of a public official or a member of such official's immediate 387
	472	+	family or staff which occurs within six months after termination of 388
	473	+	registration. 389
	474	+	Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 1-96a of the general statutes is 390
	475	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 391
	476	+	1, 2024): 392
	477	+	(a) Each registrant shall obtain and preserve all accounts, bills, 393
	478	+	receipts and other documents necessary to substantiate the financial 394 Raised Bill No. 434
461	479
462	480
463		-	LCO 14 of 14
464	481
465		-	reports required by section 1-96, as amended by this act, for a period of 397
466		-	three years from the date of the filing of the report referring to such 398
467		-	financial matters, provided this section shall apply to each expenditure 399
468		-	for the benefit of a public official of [ten] twenty dollars or more and all 400
469		-	other expenditures of [fifty] one hundred dollars or more. 401
470		-	Sec. 11. Section 1-96e of the general statutes is repealed and the 402
471		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 403
472		-	Each registrant who pays or reimburses a public official or state 404
473		-	employee [ten] twenty dollars or more for necessary expenses, as 405
474		-	defined in section 1-79, as amended by this act, shall, within forty-five 406
475		-	days, file a statement with the Office of State Ethics indicating the name 407
476		-	of such individual and the amount of the expenses. 408
	482	+	LCO No. 3028 14 of 14
	483	+
	484	+	reports required by section 1-96, as amended by this act, for a period of 395
	485	+	three years from the date of the filing of the report referring to such 396
	486	+	financial matters, provided this section shall apply to each expenditure 397
	487	+	for the benefit of a public official of [ten] twenty dollars or more and all 398
	488	+	other expenditures of [fifty] one hundred dollars or more. 399
	489	+	Sec. 11. Section 1-96e of the general statutes is repealed and the 400
	490	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 401
	491	+	Each registrant who pays or reimburses a public official or state 402
	492	+	employee [ten] twenty dollars or more for necessary expenses, as 403
	493	+	defined in section 1-79, as amended by this act, shall, within forty-five 404
	494	+	days, file a statement with the Office of State Ethics indicating the name 405
	495	+	of such individual and the amount of the expenses. 406
477	496		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
478	497		sections:
479	498
480	499		Section 1 October 1, 2024 1-79(5)
481	500		Sec. 2 October 1, 2024 1-84(i)
482	501		Sec. 3 October 1, 2024 1-84(o)
483	502		Sec. 4 October 1, 2024 1-91(6)
484	503		Sec. 5 October 1, 2024 1-91(7)
485	504		Sec. 6 October 1, 2024 1-91(12)
486	505		Sec. 7 October 1, 2024 1-96(a)
487	506		Sec. 8 October 1, 2024 1-96(e)
488	507		Sec. 9 October 1, 2024 1-96(g)
489	508		Sec. 10 October 1, 2024 1-96a(a)
490	509		Sec. 11 October 1, 2024 1-96e
491	510
492		-	GAE Joint Favorable Subst.
	511	+	Statement of Purpose:
	512	+	To increase various monetary thresholds for violations under the state
	513	+	codes of ethics.
	514	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	515	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	516	+	underlined.]
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