Bill Text: CT HB05939 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Increased Disclosure Of Independent Expenditures And Funds Used For Independent Expenditures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB05939 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05939-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5939

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 1274

 

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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. TERCYAK, 26th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED DISCLOSURE OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND FUNDS USED FOR INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.

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

That chapter 155 of the general statutes be amended to (1) redefine "covered transfer" to include a greater number of transfers of funds prior to the making of any independent expenditure, and (2) require the disclosure of (A) the amount of any independent expenditure made by any person, and (B) the source and amount of any covered transfer, as newly defined.

Statement of Purpose:

To expand the scope of information required to be disclosed when independent expenditures are made.

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