Bill Text: CT HB05101 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting The Increase Of Grants Under The Citizens' Election Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-04 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB05101 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05101-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5101

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 291

 

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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.

 

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE INCREASE OF GRANTS UNDER THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.

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

That subsection (d) of section 9-705 of the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit any increase, in accordance with any change in the consumer price index, in the amount of grants awarded under the Citizens' Election Program, and (2) credit to the resources of the General Fund any increase that would have resulted but for such prohibition.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit any increase in the amount of the grants awarded under the Citizens' Election Program.

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