Bill Text: CT HB05052 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Expenditures By Party Committees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-07 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB05052 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05052-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5052
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 61
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. VAIL, 52nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING EXPENDITURES BY PARTY COMMITTEES.

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

That section 9-607 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit any party committee from making an expenditure (1) on behalf of a candidate for the office of Governor in an amount that exceeds two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and (2) on behalf of a candidate for any other state-wide office in an amount that exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars, provided such prohibition shall apply only to expenditures made on behalf of candidates participating in the Citizens' Election Program.

Statement of Purpose:

To limit the expenditures party committees may make on behalf of candidates participating in the Citizens' Election Program.