Bill Text: CT HB06669 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Appointment Of Members To The State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - File Number 594 [HB06669 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06669-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 6669
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 4818
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-7a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) There is established, within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300, a State Elections Enforcement Commission to consist of five members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party and at least one of whom shall not be affiliated with any political party.

(1) Of the members first appointed [hereunder] under this subsection, one shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives and shall hold office for a term of one year from July 1, 1974; one shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate and shall hold office for a term of three years from said July first; one shall be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and shall hold office for a term of one year from said July first; one shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and shall hold office for a term of three years from said July first [,] and one shall be appointed by the Governor, provided [that] such member shall not be affiliated with any political party, and shall hold office for a term of five years from said July first, except members appointed on or after July 1, [2011] 2012.

(2) On and after July 1, [2011] 2012, the first member appointed by each officeholder described in this subsection shall be appointed for a term of four years and nine months from July first of the year of appointment, provided if the first member appointed by an officeholder on or after July 1, 2012, is an appointment to fill a vacancy, such appointment shall be only for the unexpired term of the member whom he or she shall succeed, and the next member appointed by that officeholder shall be appointed for a term of four years and nine months from July first of the year of that member's appointment. After the initial appointments for full terms made on or after July 1, 2012, members shall be appointed for terms of [three] five years from [July] April first in the year of their appointment and shall be appointed by the person holding the same office as was held by the person making the original appointment, provided any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whom he or she shall succeed. [On and after July 1, 2011, no member may serve consecutive terms, except that any member serving on said date, may serve until a successor is appointed and has qualified.] All appointments shall be made with the consent of the state Senate and House of Representatives. No person who has served within the previous three years as a public official, other than as a member of the State Elections Enforcement Commission, or who has served within the previous three years as a political party officer, shall be appointed to membership on the commission. For purposes of this subsection, the term "public official" means an individual who holds or has held a state, district or municipal office as defined in section 9-372 but shall not include a justice of the peace or a notary public and the term "political party officer" means an officer or member of a national committee of a political party, state central or town committee, or any person employed by any such committee for compensation. The commission shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson and another member to serve as vice-chairperson. Each member of the commission shall be compensated at the rate of two hundred dollars per day for any day on which he participates in a regular commission meeting or hearing, and shall be paid by the state for his reasonable expenses, including necessary stenographic and clerical help.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	9-7a(a)

GAE

Joint Favorable