Bill Text: CT HB05277 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Knowing And Wilful Violation Of Chapter 155.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Public Hearing 03/03 [HB05277 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05277-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5277
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1083
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT CONCERNING A KNOWING AND WILFUL VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 155.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-623 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) Any person who knowingly and wilfully violates any provision of this chapter shall be [guilty of a class D felony] fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, unless a fine of a larger amount is otherwise provided for as a maximum fine under this chapter, in which case the larger amount shall be the maximum fine for such violation. The Secretary of the State or the town clerk shall notify the State Elections Enforcement Commission of any such violation of which said secretary or such town clerk may have knowledge. Any such fine for a violation of any provision of this chapter applying to the office of the Treasurer shall be deposited on a pro rata basis in any trust funds, as defined in section 3-13c, affected by such violation.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	9-623(a)

Statement of Purpose:

To reinstate changes made in public act 13-180 that were overridden by public act 13-258.

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