Bill Text: CT HB05727 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Post-election Audit Procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-07 - Public Hearing 03/11 [HB05727 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05727-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5727

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 811

   

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. GIULIANO, 23rd Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING POST-ELECTION AUDIT PROCEDURES.

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

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to reform post-election audit procedures to provide that (1) after an audit, a town shall have a four-year exemption to relieve the town from holding a post-election audit, provided such town is a small town; and (2) registrars of voters shall no longer be held personally liable for fines for failure to comply with audit procedures. Instead, such fines shall be levied against the municipalities.

Statement of Purpose:

To reform post-election audit procedures.

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