Bill Text: CT HB05437 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Reducing Or Eliminating Certain Grants Under The Citizens' Election Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-11 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB05437 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05437-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 5437 |
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January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 680 | ||||
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS |
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Introduced by: |
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REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist. |
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AN ACT REDUCING OR ELIMINATING CERTAIN GRANTS UNDER THE CITIZENS' ELECTION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 157 of the general statutes be amended to reduce by twenty-five per cent any grant awarded from the Citizens' Election Fund to a candidate committee, except that in the case of a candidate committee for a candidate that is unopposed any such grant shall be eliminated.
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate grants under the Citizens' Election Program to candidate committees of unopposed candidates and reduce all other grants under said program by twenty-five per cent.