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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7129
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 5579
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRANSFER TO MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS
OF VOTING TABULATORS AND ACCESSORIES PURCHASED BY
THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-239 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) The fiscal authority in each municipality shall authorize payment 3
of the bill incurred for the purchase or lease or other method of 4
acquisition of an adequate number of voting tabulators incurred by the 5
officials who are responsible for providing the same under the 6
provisions of section 9-238. 7
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section 8
and section 9-238, the Secretary of the State may purchase directly from 9
the manufacturer of a voting tabulator approved under section 9-241 10
voting tabulators or voting tabulator accessories and subsequently 11
transfer ownership of any such voting tabulator or voting tabulator 12
accessory to the officials in one or more municipalities who are 13 Raised Bill No. 7129
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responsible for providing the same under the provisions of section 9-14
238. 15
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 9-239
GAE Joint Favorable