Bill Text: CT HB06156 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6156 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Joint Campaigning And Raising Of Funds By Candidates For Governor And Lieutenant Governor.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB06156 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06156-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6156*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2510
		02510
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. FREY, 111th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING JOINT CAMPAIGNING AND RAISING OF FUNDS BY CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

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

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to require (1) candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to seek such candidates' party's nomination jointly as a ticket, and (2) that any such candidates participating in the Citizens' Election Program campaigning jointly and as a ticket receive qualifying contributions through one candidate committee in order to qualify for a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund.

Statement of Purpose:

To require candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to jointly seek their party's nomination and jointly raise funds to qualify for the Citizens' Election Program.