Bill Text: CT SB00227 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning State Elections Enforcement Commission Committee Review.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-17 - Moved to Foot of the Calendar, Senate [SB00227 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00227-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 227 | ||
February Session, 2014 |
LCO No. 1301 | ||
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS |
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Introduced by: |
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(GAE) |
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AN ACT CONCERNING STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION COMMITTEE REVIEW.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 9-7b of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(5) (A) To inspect or audit at any reasonable time and upon reasonable notice the accounts or records of any treasurer or principal treasurer, except as provided for in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, as required by chapter 155 or 157 and to audit any such election, primary or referendum held within the state; provided, (i) (I) not later than two months preceding the day of an election at which a candidate is seeking election, the commission shall complete any audit it has initiated in the absence of a complaint that involves a committee of the same candidate from a previous election, and (II) during the two-month period preceding the day of an election at which a candidate is seeking election, the commission shall not initiate an audit in the absence of a complaint that involves a committee of the same candidate from a previous election, and (ii) the commission shall not audit any caucus, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 9-372. (B) When conducting an audit after an election or primary, the commission shall randomly audit not more than fifty per cent of candidate committees, which shall be selected through the process of a lottery conducted by the commission, except that the [commissioner] commission shall audit all candidate committees for candidates for a state-wide office and may inspect bank statements of any candidate committee not audited pursuant to this subdivision. (C) The commission shall notify, in writing, any committee of a candidate for an office in the general election, or of any candidate who had a primary for nomination to any such office not later than May thirty-first of the year immediately following such election. In no case shall the commission audit any such candidate committee that the commission fails to provide notice to in accordance with this subparagraph;
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
9-7b(a)(5) |
Statement of Purpose:
To permit the State Elections Enforcement Commission to inspect the bank statements of any candidate committee that it is not auditing in order to ensure proper distribution of surplus funds or to discover major improprieties with campaign funds.
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