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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1407
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1407
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 5501
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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10	19		AN ACT CONCERNING AUDITS CONDUCTED BY THE STATE
11	20		ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.
12	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
13	22		Assembly convened:
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15	24		Section 1. Subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 9-7b of the 1
16	25		general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
17	26		thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 3
18	27		(5) (A) To inspect or audit at any reasonable time and upon 4
19	28		reasonable notice the accounts or records of any treasurer or principal 5
20	29		treasurer, except as provided for in subparagraph (B) of this 6
21	30		subdivision, as required by chapter 155 or 157 and to audit any such 7
22	31		election, primary or referendum held within the state; provided, (i) (I) 8
23	32		not later than two months preceding the day of an election at which a 9
24	33		candidate is seeking election, the commission shall complete any audit 10
25	34		it has initiated in the absence of a complaint that involves a committee 11
26	35		of the same candidate from a previous election, and (II) during the two-12
27	36		month period preceding the day of an election at which a candidate is 13
28	37		seeking election, the commission shall not initiate an audit in the 14
29	38		absence of a complaint that involves a committee of the same candidate 15
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30	45		from a previous election, and (ii) the commission shall not audit any 16
31	46		caucus, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 9-372. 17
32	47		(B) When conducting an audit after an election or primary, the 18
33		-	commission shall randomly audit not more than fifty per cent of 19 Substitute Bill No. 1407
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	48	+	commission shall randomly audit not more than fifty per cent of 19
38	49		candidate committees, which shall be selected through the process of a 20
39	50		weighted lottery conducted by the commission that takes into account 21
40	51		the selection frequency of a district served by the office of state senator 22
41	52		or state representative, as applicable, for the immediately preceding 23
42	53		three regular elections for such office and increases or decreases the 24
43	54		likelihood that such district will be selected for audit based on such 25
44	55		selection frequency, except that the commissioner shall audit all 26
45	56		candidate committees for candidates for a state-wide office. Any such 27
46	57		lottery shall be duly noticed and open to the public. 28
47	58		(C) The commission shall notify, in writing, any committee of a 29
48	59		candidate for an office in the general election, or of any candidate who 30
49		-	had a primary for nomination to any such office~~, of its selection for an~~ 31
50		-	~~audit not later than May~~ thirty-first of the year immediately following 32
51		-	~~such election~~. In no case shall the commission audit any such ~~candidate~~ 33
52		-	committee that the commission fails to provide notice to in ~~accordance~~ 34
53		-	with this subparagraph. 35
	60	+	had a primary for nomination to any such office not later than May 31
	61	+	thirty-first of the year immediately following such election of its 32
	62	+	selection for an audit. In no case shall the commission audit any such 33
	63	+	candidate committee that the commission fails to provide notice to in 34
	64	+	accordance with this subparagraph. 35
54	65		(D) Not later than twelve months after the commission receives all 36
55	66		necessary information to conduct an audit described in subparagraph 37
56	67		(B) of this subdivision, the commission shall complete such audit and 38
57	68		issue its findings. Not later than January 1, 2026, and annually 39
58	69		thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the joint standing 40
59	70		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 41
60	71		relating to government oversight, in accordance with the provisions of 42
61	72		section 11-4a, concerning whether there were any audits during the 43
62	73		preceding calendar year that the commission was unable to complete 44
63	74		during such twelve-month period and, if so, the reasons for such 45
64	75		inability to complete such audits; 46
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65	82		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
66	83		sections:
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68	85		Section 1 July 1, 2025 9-7b(a)(5)
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70		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
71		-	In Subsec. (a)(5)(C), the first sentence was rewritten for clarity. Substitute Bill No. 1407
	87	+	Statement of Purpose:
	88	+	To require (1) the selection process for State Elections Enforcement
	89	+	Commission audits be open to the public, (2) the commission to
	90	+	complete and issue findings concerning a post-primary or post-election
	91	+	audit of a campaign not later than twelve months after receiving all
	92	+	necessary information, and (3) the commission to submit an annual
	93	+	report concerning all audits that were not completed within such
	94	+	twelve-month period.
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77		-	GOS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
	96	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	97	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	98	+	underlined.]
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