Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06849 Compare Versions

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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6849
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 3952
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10		-	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
11		-	~~ADMINISTRATION~~ AND ELECTIONS
	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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19	20		AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS'
20	21		RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO
21	22		THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS STATUTES.
22	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	24		Assembly convened:
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25	26		Section 1. Subdivision (9) of section 3-56a of the general statutes is 1
26	27		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
27	28		1, 2025): 3
28	29		(9) "Mineral" means gas; oil; other gaseous, liquid [,] and solid 4
29	30		hydrocarbons; oil shale; cement material; sand and gravel; road 5
30	31		material; building stone; chemical raw material; gemstone; fissionable 6
31	32		and nonfissionable ores; colloidal and other clay; steam and other 7
32	33		geothermal resource; or any other substance defined as a mineral by the 8
33	34		law of this state; 9
34	35		Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 4-8 of the general statutes is repealed 10
35	36		and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 11
36		-	(c) Each department head may appoint such deputies as may be 12 Raised Bill No. 6849
	37	+	(c) Each department head may appoint such deputies as may be 12
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41	44		necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department. 13
42	45		Each department head shall designate one deputy who shall, in the 14
43	46		absence or disqualification of the department head or upon the 15
44	47		department head's death, exercise the powers and duties of the 16
45	48		department head until the department head resumes his or her duties 17
46	49		or the vacancy is filled, as applicable. Such deputies shall serve at the 18
47	50		pleasure of the department head. Subject to the provisions of chapter 67, 19
48	51		each department head shall appoint such other employees as may be 20
49	52		necessary for the discharge of the department head's duties. 21
50	53		Sec. 3. Subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 9-4a of the general 22
51	54		statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 23
52	55		(Effective October 1, 2025): 24
53	56		(2) The name, party affiliation and contact information of each 25
54	57		candidate who is nominated or qualifies as a petitioning candidate for 26
55	58		election to the office of President of the United States, Vice-President of 27
56	59		the United States, senator in Congress, representative in Congress, 28
57	60		Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, 29
58	61		State Comptroller, Secretary of the State, state senator or state 30
59	62		representative at the state election. As used in this section, "contact 31
60	63		information" means any or all of the following information received by 32
61	64		the Secretary of the State in the course of the secretary's elections duties 33
62	65		or by the Federal Election Commission: A candidate's campaign mailing 34
63	66		address, telephone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address 35
64	67		and web site. The voter guide may provide contact information for a 36
65	68		candidate for the office of President of the United States, Vice-President 37
66	69		of the United States, senator in Congress or representative in Congress 38
67	70		by an electronic link to such information on the Federal Election 39
68	71		Commission's Internet web site; 40
69	72		Sec. 4. Subdivision (6) of subsection (b) of section 9-31l of the general 41
70	73		statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 42
71	74		(Effective October 1, 2025): 43
72		-	~~(6) The decision of the commission shall determine the person's right 44~~ Raised Bill No. 6849
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	81	+	(6) The decision of the commission shall determine the person's right 44
77	82		to be or remain an elector. If any such decision is adverse to such 45
78	83		individual's right, the commission shall order both registrars to remove 46
79	84		the elector's name from the town's active and inactive registry list and 47
80	85		any enrollment list. Any person whose name has been so removed may 48
81	86		reapply for admission as an elector with the registrars of voters of the 49
82	87		same town at any time. If such application is made within four years 50
83	88		after the commission's decision, both registrars may approve such 51
84	89		application only after they find that there has been a substantial change 52
85	90		in the circumstances that provided the basis for the commission's 53
86	91		decision and that the individual is eligible to be an elector. Registrars 54
87	92		who approve an individual's application for admission within this time 55
88	93		period without a substantial change in circumstances may be subject to 56
89	94		a civil penalty imposed by the commission in accordance with 57
90	95		subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 9-7b if the commission 58
91	96		determines, following a written complaint filed with the commission 59
92	97		pursuant to [said] section 9-7b, that the registrars' action was without 60
93	98		good cause and constitutes a wilful violation of a prior order of the 61
94	99		commission. 62
95	100		Sec. 5. Subsection (b) of section 9-32 of the general statutes is repealed 63
96	101		and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 64
97	102		(b) No elector's name shall be removed from the registry list, 65
98	103		pursuant to section 9-35, unless (1) the elector confirms in writing that 66
99	104		the elector has moved out of the municipality, or (2) the elector has been 67
100	105		sent, by forwardable mail, a notice and a postage prepaid preaddressed 68
101	106		return card in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 69
102	107		1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, four years prior to 70
103	108		removal from the registry list and such elector has failed to respond and 71
104	109		has not restored the elector's name to the active registry list under 72
105	110		section 9-42 or voted in an election or primary in the municipality 73
106	111		during the period beginning on the date of the notice and ending four 74
107	112		years later. If a registrar or a registrar's designee conducts a telephone 75
108	113		canvass, a telephone call by any such person shall constitute an attempt 76
109		-	to contact the elector only if the elector's household has a published 77
110		-	telephone number and the telephone is in operating order. If a registrar, 78 Raised Bill No. 6849
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	120	+	to contact the elector only if the elector's household has a published 77
	121	+	telephone number and the telephone is in operating order. If a registrar, 78
115	122		or a registrar's designee, during a telephone canvass contacts a 79
116	123		telecommunication device for the deaf in an elector's household, such 80
117	124		call shall not constitute an attempt to contact the elector unless the 81
118	125		registrar, or the registrar's designee, uses a similar device or uses a 82
119	126		message relay center. No elector's name shall be removed from the 83
120	127		active registry list pursuant to [said] section 9-35 as a result of 84
121	128		information obtained during a telephone canvass, unless the registrar 85
122	129		believes such information is reliable and sufficient to enable the registrar 86
123	130		to determine if the elector is entitled to remain on the list under the 87
124	131		provisions of this chapter. 88
125	132		Sec. 6. Section 9-35c of the general statutes is repealed and the 89
126	133		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 90
127	134		Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 9-238, 9-406 and 9-436 91
128	135		and other provisions of the general statutes, the names of electors on the 92
129	136		inactive registry list compiled under section 9-35 shall not be counted 93
130	137		for purposes of computing the number of petition signatures required. 94
131	138		Each elector on such inactive registry list who, in the determination of 95
132	139		the registrars, has signed a petition pursuant to the general statutes, 96
133	140		giving the same address as appears on the inactive registry list, shall 97
134	141		forthwith be placed on the active registry list compiled under [said] 98
135	142		section 9-35. Each such elector shall be counted for purposes of future 99
136	143		computations of the number of signatures required on future petitions 100
137	144		issued for other electoral events. The names of electors on the inactive 101
138	145		registry list compiled pursuant to section 9-35 shall not be counted for 102
139	146		purposes of computing the minimum percentage of the number of 103
140	147		electors required in any charter or special act, if such charter or special 104
141	148		act requires approval of a referendum by a minimum percentage of 105
142	149		electors qualified on the last-completed registry list or has a similar 106
143	150		requirement. 107
144	151		Sec. 7. Section 9-153a of the general statutes is repealed and the 108
145		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 109
146		-	The form of absentee ballot application provided by any federal 110 Raised Bill No. 6849
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	158	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 109
	159	+	The form of absentee ballot application provided by any federal 110
151	160		department or agency, referred to in section 9-140, may be used only by 111
152	161		a person in any one of the following categories who is eligible to vote 112
153	162		and who expects to be unable to appear at his proper polling place for 113
154	163		any reason specified in section 9-135: (1) Members of the armed forces, 114
155	164		(2) the spouses and dependents of such members, (3) members of 115
156	165		religious groups or welfare agencies assisting members of the armed 116
157	166		forces, who are officially attached to and serving with the armed forces, 117
158	167		and their spouses and dependents, (4) civilian employees of the United 118
159	168		States in all categories serving outside the territorial limits of the several 119
160	169		states of the United States and the District of Columbia and their 120
161	170		spouses and dependents when residing with or accompanying them, 121
162	171		whether or not the employee is subject to the civil service laws and the 122
163	172		Federal Classification Act of 1949, and whether or not paid from funds 123
164	173		appropriated by the Congress, (5) citizens of the United States 124
165	174		temporarily residing outside of the territorial limits of the several states 125
166	175		of the United States and the District of Columbia and (6) overseas 126
167	176		citizens qualified to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 127
168	177		Absentee Voting Act, 100 Stat. 924, 42 USC 1973ff et seq., as amended 128
169	178		from time to time. Any such person may apply for an absentee ballot in 129
170	179		the manner provided in [said] section 9-140, either on the form 130
171	180		prescribed by the Secretary of the State under [said] section 9-140, or on 131
172	181		the application form provided by any federal department or agency 132
173	182		hereinbefore referred to. 133
174	183		Sec. 8. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-158c of the general 134
175	184		statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 135
176	185		(Effective October 1, 2025): 136
177	186		(a) (1) Not earlier than forty-five days before the election and not later 137
178	187		than the close of the polls on election day, each former resident who 138
179	188		desires to vote in a presidential election under sections 9-158a to 9-158m, 139
180	189		inclusive, may apply for a "presidential ballot" to the municipal clerk of 140
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181	196		the town in which such former resident is qualified to vote on the form 141
182	197		prescribed in section 9-158d. Application for a "presidential ballot" may 142
183	198		be made in person or absentee, in the manner provided for applying for 143
184		-	an absentee ballot under section 9-140, except as provided in [said] 144 Raised Bill No. 6849
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	199	+	an absentee ballot under section 9-140, except as provided in [said] 144
189	200		sections 9-158a to 9-158m, inclusive. 145
190	201		Sec. 9. Subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 9-163k of the general 146
191	202		statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 147
192	203		(Effective October 1, 2025): 148
193	204		(3) For a municipal election, each registrar of voters shall appoint at 149
194	205		least one absentee ballot coordinator for each two hundred persons who 150
195	206		voted by absentee ballot in the most recent municipal election. For a 151
196	207		municipal primary, each registrar of voters shall appoint at least one 152
197	208		absentee ballot coordinator for each two hundred persons who voted by 153
198	209		absentee ballot in the most recent municipal primary. [A registrar of 154
199	210		voter's] The appointment of an absentee ballot coordinator by a registrar 155
200	211		of voters shall not be effective until the registrar files the appointment 156
201	212		with the municipal clerk; 157
202	213		Sec. 10. Section 9-264 of the general statutes is repealed and the 158
203	214		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 159
204	215		An elector who requires assistance to vote, by reason of blindness, 160
205	216		disability or inability to write or to read the ballot, may be given 161
206	217		assistance by a person of the elector's choice, other than (1) the elector's 162
207	218		employer, (2) an agent of such employer, (3) an officer or agent of the 163
208	219		elector's union, or (4) a candidate for any office on the ballot, unless the 164
209	220		elector is a member of the immediate family of such candidate. The 165
210	221		person assisting the elector may accompany the elector into the voting 166
211	222		booth at the polling place, the location designated for same-day election 167
212	223		registration or the location designated for the conduct of early voting, 168
213	224		as applicable. Such person shall register such elector's vote upon the 169
214	225		ballot as such elector directs. Any person accompanying an elector into 170
215	226		the voting booth at the polling place or the location designated for 171
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216	233		election day registration who deceives any elector in registering the 172
217	234		elector's vote under this section or seeks to influence any elector while 173
218	235		in the act of voting, or who registers any vote for any elector or on any 174
219	236		question other than as requested by such elector, or who gives 175
220		-	information to any person as to what person or persons such elector 176 Raised Bill No. 6849
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225	238		voted for, or how such elector voted on any question, shall be guilty of 177
226	239		a class D felony. As used in this section, "immediate family" [means 178
227	240		"immediate family" as defined] has the same meaning as provided in 179
228	241		section 9-140b. 180
229	242		Sec. 11. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 9-311 of the general statutes 181
230	243		are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 182
231	244		October 1, 2025): 183
232	245		(a) If, within three days after an election, it appears to the moderator 184
233	246		that there is a discrepancy in the returns of any voting district, such 185
234	247		moderator shall forthwith within said period summon, by written 186
235	248		notice delivered personally, the recanvass officials, consisting of at least 187
236	249		two checkers of different political parties and at least two absentee ballot 188
237	250		counters of different political parties who served at such election, and 189
238	251		the registrars of voters of the municipality in which the election was 190
239	252		held and such other officials as may be required to conduct such 191
240	253		recanvass. Such written notice shall require the clerk or registrars of 192
241	254		voters, as the case may be, to bring with them the depository envelopes 193
242	255		required by section 9-150a, the package of write-in ballots provided for 194
243	256		in section 9-310, the absentee ballot applications, the list of absentee 195
244	257		ballot applications, the registry list and the moderators' returns and 196
245	258		shall require such recanvass officials to meet at a specified time not later 197
246	259		than the fifth business day after such election to recanvass the returns of 198
247	260		a voting tabulator or voting tabulators or absentee ballots or write-in 199
248	261		ballots used in such district in such election. If any of such recanvass 200
249	262		officials are unavailable at the time of the recanvass, the registrar of 201
250	263		voters of the same political party as that of the recanvass official unable 202
251	264		to attend shall designate another elector having previous training and 203
252	265		experience in the conduct of elections to take [his] such recanvass 204
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253	272		official's place. Before such recanvass is made, such moderator shall give 205
254	273		notice, in writing, to the chairperson of the town committee of each 206
255	274		political party which nominated candidates for the election, and, in the 207
256	275		case of a state election, not later than twenty-four hours after a 208
257	276		determination is made regarding the need for a recanvass to the 209
258		-	Secretary of the State, of the time and place where such recanvass is to 210 Raised Bill No. 6849
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	277	+	Secretary of the State, of the time and place where such recanvass is to 210
263	278		be made; and each such chairperson may send party representatives to 211
264	279		be present at such recanvass. Such party representatives may observe, 212
265	280		but no one other than a recanvass official may take part in the recanvass. 213
266	281		If [any irregularity in the recanvass procedure is noted by such a party 214
267	282		representative, he] a party representative notes any irregularity in the 215
268	283		recanvass procedure, such party representative shall be permitted to 216
269	284		present evidence of such irregularity in any contest relating to the 217
270	285		election. 218
271	286		(b) The moderator shall determine the place or places where the 219
272	287		recanvass shall be conducted and, if such recanvass is held before the 220
273	288		tabulators are boxed and collected in the manner required by section 9-221
274	289		266, the moderator may [either] require that such recanvass of such 222
275	290		tabulators be conducted in each place where the tabulators are located, 223
276	291		or [he] the moderator may require that [they] such tabulators be 224
277	292		removed to one central place [,] where such recanvass shall be 225
278	293		conducted. All recanvassing procedures shall be open to public 226
279	294		observation, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section. 227
280	295		Such recanvass officials shall, in the presence of such moderator and 228
281	296		registrars of voters, make a record of the number on the seal and the 229
282	297		number on the protective counter, if one is provided, on each voting 230
283	298		tabulator specified by such moderator. Such registrars of voters in the 231
284	299		presence of such moderator shall turn over the keys of each such 232
285	300		tabulator to such recanvass officials, and such recanvass officials, in the 233
286	301		presence of such registrars of voters and moderator, shall immediately 234
287	302		proceed to recanvass the vote cast thereon, and shall then open the 235
288	303		package of absentee ballots and recanvass the vote cast thereon. In the 236
289	304		course of the recanvass of the absentee ballot vote the recanvass officials 237
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290	311		shall check all outer envelopes for absentee ballots against the inner 238
291	312		envelopes for such ballots and against the registry list to verify 239
292	313		postmarks, addresses and registry list markings and also to determine 240
293	314		whether the number of envelopes from which absentee ballots have 241
294	315		been removed is the same as the number of persons checked as having 242
295	316		voted by absentee ballot. The write-in ballots shall also be recanvassed 243
296		-	at this time. Any party representative present shall have a right to view 244 Raised Bill No. 6849
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	317	+	at this time. Any party representative present shall have a right to view 244
301	318		each ballot as it is being recanvassed by the recanvass officials, so as to 245
302	319		be able to discern the markings on such ballot. All of the recanvass 246
303	320		officials shall use the same forms for tallies and returns as were used at 247
304	321		the original canvass and the absentee ballot counters shall also sign the 248
305	322		tallies. 249
306	323		Sec. 12. Section 9-311a of the general statutes is repealed and the 250
307	324		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 251
308	325		For purposes of this section, state, district and municipal offices shall 252
309	326		be as defined in section 9-372 except that the office of presidential elector 253
310	327		shall be deemed a state office. Forthwith after a regular or special 254
311	328		election for municipal office, or forthwith upon tabulation of the vote 255
312	329		for state and district offices by the Secretary of the State, when at any 256
313	330		such election the plurality of an elected candidate for an office over the 257
314	331		vote for a defeated candidate receiving the next highest number of votes 258
315	332		was either (1) less than a vote equivalent to one-half of one per cent of 259
316	333		the total number of votes cast for the office but not more than two 260
317	334		thousand votes, or (2) less than twenty votes, there shall be a recanvass 261
318	335		of the returns of the voting tabulator or voting tabulators and absentee 262
319	336		ballots used in such election for such office unless such defeated 263
320	337		candidate or defeated candidates, as the case may be, for such office file 264
321	338		a written statement waiving this right to such canvass with the 265
322	339		municipal clerk in the case of a municipal office, or with the Secretary of 266
323	340		the State in the case of a state or district office. In the case of state and 267
324	341		district offices, the Secretary of the State upon tabulation of the votes for 268
325	342		such offices shall notify the town clerks in the state or district, as the case 269
326	343		may be, of the state and district offices which qualify for an automatic 270
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327	350		recanvass and shall also notify each candidate for any such office. When 271
328	351		a recanvass is to be held, the municipal clerk shall promptly notify the 272
329	352		moderator, as defined in section 9-311, as amended by this act, who shall 273
330	353		proceed forthwith to cause a recanvass of such returns of the office in 274
331	354		question in the same manner as is provided in [said] section 9-311, as 275
332	355		amended by this act. In addition to the notice required under section 9-276
333	356		311, as amended by this act, the moderator shall before such recanvass 277
334		-	is made give notice in writing of the time when, and place where, such 278 Raised Bill No. 6849
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339	358		recanvass is to be made to each candidate for a municipal office which 279
340	359		qualifies for an automatic recanvass under this section. Nothing in this 280
341	360		section shall preclude the right to judicial proceedings on behalf of a 281
342	361		candidate under any provision of chapter 149. For the purposes of this 282
343	362		section, "the total number of votes cast for the office" means, in the case 283
344	363		of multiple openings for the same office, the total number of electors 284
345	364		checked as having voted in the state, district, municipality or political 285
346	365		subdivision, as the case may be. When a recanvass of the returns for an 286
347	366		office for which there are multiple openings is required by the 287
348	367		provisions of this section, the returns for all candidates for all openings 288
349	368		for the office shall be recanvassed. No one other than a recanvass official 289
350	369		shall take part in the recanvass. If [any irregularity in the recanvass 290
351	370		procedure is noted by a candidate, he] a candidate notes any irregularity 291
352	371		in the recanvass procedure, such candidate shall be permitted to present 292
353	372		evidence of such irregularity in any contest relating to the election. 293
354	373		Sec. 13. Subsection (b) of section 9-404c of the general statutes is 294
355	374		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 295
356	375		1, 2025): 296
357	376		(b) Upon the filing of all pages of a petition, the Secretary shall reject 297
358	377		any page of the petition which does not contain the certifications 298
359	378		required in section 9-404b or which the Secretary determines to have 299
360	379		been circulated in violation of any provision of said section, [9-404b,] 300
361	380		and shall immediately cause the number of certified signatures to be 301
362	381		tabulated. Petitions filed with the Secretary shall be preserved for a 302
363	382		period of three years and then may be destroyed. 303
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364	389		Sec. 14. Subparagraph (C) of subdivision (33) of section 9-601 of the 304
365	390		general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 305
366	391		thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 306
367	392		(C) A firm, partnership, corporation, association, organization or 307
368	393		other entity: 308
369	394		(i) With respect to which a foreign owner or a person described in 309
370		-	subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision holds, owns, controls or 310 Raised Bill No. 6849
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375	396		otherwise has a direct or indirect beneficial ownership of at least five 311
376	397		per cent of such entity's total equity or outstanding voting shares; 312
377	398		(ii) With respect to which two or more, in combination, foreign 313
378	399		owners or persons described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this 314
379	400		subdivision hold, own, control or otherwise have a direct or indirect 315
380	401		beneficial ownership of at least twenty per cent of such entity's total 316
381	402		equity or outstanding voting shares, excluding interests held in a widely 317
382	403		held, diversified fund; 318
383	404		(iii) With respect to which a foreign owner or individual described in 319
384	405		subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, as applicable, [of this 320
385	406		subdivision] participates directly or indirectly in decisions to engage in 321
386	407		any activity subject to the provisions of chapter 155 or 157; or 322
387	408		(iv) That is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(4) of the 323
388	409		Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding 324
389	410		internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to 325
390	411		time, and with respect to which at least twenty per cent of the income 326
391	412		received by such entity in the most recent taxable year derives from one 327
392	413		or more foreign owners. 328
393	414		Sec. 15. Subsection (a) of section 9-601d of the general statutes is 329
394	415		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 330
395	416		1, 2025): 331
396	417		(a) Any person, as defined in section 9-601, as amended by this act, 332
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397	424		may, unless otherwise restricted or prohibited by law, including, but not 333
398	425		limited to, any provision of this chapter or chapter 157, make unlimited 334
399	426		independent expenditures, as defined in section 9-601c, and accept 335
400	427		unlimited covered transfers, as defined in [said] section 9-601, as 336
401	428		amended by this act. Except as provided pursuant to this section, any 337
402	429		such person who makes or obligates to make an independent 338
403	430		expenditure or expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars, in the 339
404	431		aggregate, shall file statements according to the same schedule and in 340
405	432		the same manner as is required of a treasurer of a candidate committee 341
406		-	pursuant to section 9-608. 342 Raised Bill No. 6849
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411	434		Sec. 16. Section 9-750 of the general statutes, as amended by section 343
412	435		188 of public act 23-205, is repealed and the following is substituted in 344
413	436		lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 345
414	437		If, (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, or any fiscal year 346
415	438		thereafter, the amount of funds available under section 3-69a for deposit 347
416	439		in the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 is less than the 348
417	440		amount of funds required under [said] section 3-69a to be deposited in 349
418	441		said fund, resulting in an insufficiency in the amount of the deposit, or 350
419	442		(2) during an election cycle the amount of funds in the Citizens' Election 351
420	443		Fund is less than the amount of funds required to provide grants to each 352
421	444		qualified candidate committee pursuant to the provisions of this 353
422	445		chapter, resulting in an insufficiency in said fund, a portion of the 354
423	446		revenues from the tax imposed under chapter 208, equal to the amount 355
424	447		of any insufficiency described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this section, 356
425	448		shall be deposited in said fund to allow for the payment of grants 357
426	449		pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 358
427	450		Sec. 17. Subsection (b) of section 12-107e of the general statutes is 359
428	451		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 360
429	452		1, 2025): 361
430	453		(b) An owner of land included in any area designated as open space 362
431	454		land upon any plan as finally adopted may apply for its classification as 363
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432	461		open space land on any grand list of a municipality by filing a written 364
433	462		application for such classification with the assessor thereof not earlier 365
434	463		than thirty days before or later than thirty days after the assessment 366
435	464		date, provided in a year in which a revaluation of all real property in 367
436	465		accordance with section 12-62 becomes effective such application may 368
437	466		be filed not later than ninety days after such assessment date. The 369
438	467		assessor shall determine whether there has been any change in the area 370
439	468		designated as an area of open space land upon the plan of development 371
440	469		which adversely affects its essential character as an area of open space 372
441	470		land and, if the assessor determines that there has been no such change, 373
442	471		said assessor shall classify such land as open space land and include it 374
443		-	as such on the grand list. An application for classification of land as open 375 Raised Bill No. 6849
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	472	+	as such on the grand list. An application for classification of land as open 375
448	473		space land shall be made upon a form prescribed by the Commissioner 376
449	474		of Agriculture and shall set forth a description of the land, a general 377
450	475		description of the use to which it is being put, a statement of the 378
451	476		potential liability for tax under the provisions of [section] sections 12-379
452	477		504a to 12-504f, inclusive, and such other information as the assessor 380
453	478		may require to aid in determining whether such land qualifies for such 381
454	479		classification. Any advisory opinion issued by the Commissioner of 382
455	480		Agriculture pursuant to section 22-4c, stating that such land constitutes 383
456	481		open space land, shall be prima facie evidence that such land is classified 384
457	482		as open space land for purposes of this section. 385
458	483		Sec. 18. Subsection (b) of section 21a-7 of the general statutes is 386
459	484		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 387
460	485		1, 2025): 388
461	486		(b) With the exception of the Liquor Control Commission, each board 389
462	487		or commission within the Department of Consumer Protection under 390
463	488		section 21a-6 that makes a proposed final decision that is adverse to a 391
464	489		party, as described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, 392
465	490		shall submit such proposed final decision to the Commissioner of 393
466	491		Consumer Protection. Not later than thirty calendar days after receipt of 394
467	492		any such proposed final decision, the Commissioner of Consumer 395
468	493		Protection shall notify such board or commission that the commissioner 396
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469	500		shall render the final decision concerning such matter. Not later than 397
470	501		thirty days after receipt of any such proposed final decision, the 398
471	502		commissioner shall approve, modify or reject the proposed final 399
472	503		decision or remand the proposed final decision for further review or for 400
473	504		the taking of additional evidence. The commissioner shall notify the 401
474	505		board or commission in writing of the commissioner's decision and 402
475	506		include in such notification the rationale for such decision. The decision 403
476	507		of the commissioner shall be the final decision in accordance with 404
477	508		section 4-180 for purposes of reconsideration in accordance with section 405
478	509		4-181a or appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with section 4-183. 406
479	510		Sec. 19. Subsection (a) of section 25-156 of the general statutes is 407
480		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 408 Raised Bill No. 6849
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485	512		1, 2025): 409
486	513		(a) There is established the Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc., a 410
487	514		nonstock, nonprofit corporation, organized under the laws of the state 411
488	515		of Connecticut as a state chartered foundation. The Long Island Sound 412
489	516		Foundation, Inc. shall be a successor organization to the Long Island 413
490	517		Sound Assembly established under section 25-155 of the general 414
491	518		statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2023. 415
492	519		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
493	520		sections:
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495	522		Section 1 October 1, 2025 3-56a(9)
496	523		Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 4-8(c)
497	524		Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 9-4a(b)(2)
498	525		Sec. 4 October 1, 2025 9-31l(b)(6)
499	526		Sec. 5 October 1, 2025 9-32(b)
500	527		Sec. 6 October 1, 2025 9-35c
501	528		Sec. 7 October 1, 2025 9-153a
502	529		Sec. 8 October 1, 2025 9-158c(a)(1)
503	530		Sec. 9 October 1, 2025 9-163k(c)(3)
504	531		Sec. 10 October 1, 2025 9-264
505	532		Sec. 11 October 1, 2025 9-311(a) and (b)
506	533		Sec. 12 October 1, 2025 9-311a
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507	540		Sec. 13 October 1, 2025 9-404c(b)
508	541		Sec. 14 October 1, 2025 9-601(33)(C)
509	542		Sec. 15 October 1, 2025 9-601d(a)
510	543		Sec. 16 July 1, 2025 9-750
511	544		Sec. 17 October 1, 2025 12-107e(b)
512	545		Sec. 18 October 1, 2025 21a-7(b)
513	546		Sec. 19 October 1, 2025 25-156(a)
514	547
515		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	548	+	Statement of Purpose:
	549	+	To make minor and technical revisions to the government
	550	+	administration and elections statutes.
	551	+
	552	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	553	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	554	+	underlined.]
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