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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7205
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 5627
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC
FINANCING OF MUNICIPAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CAMPAIGNS IN CERTAIN DISTRESSED MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE
2027 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, "distressed 1
municipality" has the same meaning as provided in section 32-9p of the 2
general statutes, and "population" means the estimated number of 3
people according to the most recent version of the State Register and 4
Manual prepared pursuant to section 3-90 of the general statutes. 5
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-192a of the general 6
statutes, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall establish a 7
pilot program for the public financing of campaigns of candidates for 8
the municipal office of chief executive officer, who agree to limit 9
campaign fund raising and expenditures, at the 2027 municipal election 10
in each distressed municipality with a population of less than twenty-11
five thousand. Public financing under such pilot program shall not be 12
deemed to be public funds for the purposes of subsection (d) of section 13
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9-610 of the general statutes. A candidate for the municipal office of chief 14
executive officer who decides not to participate in such program shall 15
be subject to the provisions of chapter 155 of the general statutes. 16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a pilot program for the public financing of municipal chief
executive officer campaigns in certain distressed municipalities for the
2027 municipal election.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]