Bill Text: CT HB06546 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Federal Accounts Of State Central Committees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-26 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB06546 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06546-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6546
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 1293
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FEDERAL ACCOUNTS OF STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES.

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) prohibit any contribution or expenditure made from a federal account of a state central committee to a candidate seeking state or local office, and (2) levy a civil penalty on any such contribution or expenditure not greater than triple the amount of such contribution or expenditure.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit and penalize certain contributions or expenditures made by federal accounts of state central committees.