Bill Text: CT HB05109 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5109 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Audits By The State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-02 - Public Hearing 03/06 [HB05109 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05109-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5109*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 162
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING AUDITS BY THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 9-7b of the general statutes be amended to exempt from random audit by the State Elections Enforcement Commission candidate committees that do not participate in the Citizens' Election Program and that receive contributions, or make expenditures, in an aggregate amount up to five thousand dollars, except that said commission may audit any such candidate committee upon written complaint filed with said commission.

Statement of Purpose:

To eliminate certain State Elections Enforcement Commission audits for candidate committees that raise or spend five thousand or fewer dollars.