See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333j. Statements to be filed by campaign treasurers. Treatment of surplus or deficit. (a) Filing dates. (1) Each campaign treasurer of a committee, other
than a state central committee, shall file a statement, sworn under penalty of false statement with the proper authority in accordance with the provisions of section 9-333e, (A)
on the tenth calendar day in the months of January, April, July and October, provided,
if such tenth calendar day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the statement shall be
filed on the next business day, (B) on the seventh day preceding each regular state
election, except that (i) in the case of a candidate or exploratory committee established
for an office to be elected at a municipal election, the statement shall be filed on the
seventh day preceding a regular municipal election in lieu of such date, and (ii) in the
case of a town committee, the statement shall be filed on the seventh day preceding each
municipal election in addition to such date, and (C) if the committee has made or received
a contribution or expenditure in connection with any other election, a primary or a
referendum, on the seventh day preceding the election, primary or referendum. The
statement shall be complete as of the last day of the month preceding the month in which
the statement is required to be filed, except that for the statement required to be filed
on the seventh day preceding the election, primary or referendum, the statement shall
be complete as of seven days immediately preceding the required filing day. The statement shall cover a period to begin with the first day not included in the last filed statement. In the case of a candidate committee, the statement required to be filed in January
shall be in lieu of the statement formerly required to be filed within forty-five days
following an election.
(2) Each campaign treasurer of a candidate committee, within thirty days following
any primary, and each campaign treasurer of a political committee formed for a single
primary, election or referendum, within forty-five days after any election or referendum
not held in November, shall file statements in the same manner as is required of them
under subdivision (1) of this subsection. If the campaign treasurer of a candidate committee established by a candidate, who is unsuccessful in the primary or has terminated his
candidacy prior to the primary, distributes all surplus funds within thirty days following
the scheduled primary and discloses the distribution on the postprimary statement, such
campaign treasurer shall not be required to file any subsequent statement unless the
committee has a deficit, in which case he shall file any required statements in accordance
with the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of this section.
(3) In the case of state central committees, (A) on the tenth calendar day in the
months of January, April and July, provided, if such tenth calendar day is a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday, on the next business day, and (B) on the twelfth day preceding
any election, the campaign treasurer of each such committee shall file with the proper
authority, a statement, sworn under penalty of false statement, complete as of the last
day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such statement is to be
filed in the case of statements required to be filed in January, April and July, and complete
as of the nineteenth day preceding an election, in the case of the statement required to
be filed on the twelfth day preceding an election, and in each case covering a period to
begin with the first day not included in the last filed statement.
(b) Exemption from filing requirements. The statements required to be filed under
subsection (a) of this section and subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection (e) of this section,
shall not be required to be filed by: (1) A candidate committee or political committee
formed for a single primary or election until such committee receives or expends an
amount in excess of one thousand dollars for purposes of the primary or election for
which such committee was formed; (2) a political committee formed solely to aid or
promote the success or defeat of any referendum question until such committee receives
or expends an amount in excess of one thousand dollars; or (3) a party or political
committee organized for ongoing political activities until such committee receives or
expends an amount in excess of one thousand dollars for the calendar year except the
statements required to be filed on the second Thursday in the month of January and on
the seventh day preceding any election shall be so filed. The provisions of this subsection
shall not apply to state central committees or to the statement required to be filed by an
exploratory committee upon its termination. A committee which is exempted from filing
statements under the provisions of this subsection shall file in lieu thereof a statement
sworn under penalty of false statement, indicating that the committee has not received
or expended an amount in excess of one thousand dollars.
(c) Content of statements. (1) Each statement filed under subsection (a), (e) or
(f) of this section shall include, but not be limited to: (A) An itemized accounting of each
contribution, if any, including the full name and complete address of each contributor and
the amount of the contribution; (B) in the case of anonymous contributions, the total
amount received and the denomination of the bills; (C) an itemized accounting of each
expenditure, if any, including the full name and complete address of each payee, including secondary payees whenever the primary or principal payee is known to include
charges which the primary payee has already paid or will pay directly to another person,
vendor or entity, the amount and the purpose of the expenditure, the candidate supported
or opposed by the expenditure, whether the expenditure is made independently of the
candidate supported or is an in-kind contribution to the candidate, and a statement of
the balance on hand or deficit, as the case may be; (D) an itemized accounting of each
expense incurred but not paid, provided if the expense is incurred by use of a credit
card, the accounting shall include secondary payees, and the amount owed to each such
payee; (E) the name and address of any person who is the guarantor of a loan to, or the
cosigner of a note with, the candidate on whose behalf the committee was formed, or
the campaign treasurer in the case of a party committee or a political committee or who
has advanced a security deposit to a telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, for
telecommunications service for a committee; (F) for each business entity or person
purchasing advertising space in a program for a fund-raising affair, the name and address
of the business entity or the name and address of the person, and the amount and aggregate amounts of such purchases; (G) for each individual who contributes in excess of
one hundred dollars but not more than one thousand dollars, in the aggregate, to the extent
known, the principal occupation of such individual and the name of the individual's
employer, if any; (H) for each individual who contributes in excess of one thousand
dollars in the aggregate, the principal occupation of such individual, the name of the
individual's employer, if any, and a statement indicating whether the individual or a
business with which he is associated has a contract with the state which is valued at
more than five thousand dollars; (I) for each itemized contribution made by a lobbyist,
the spouse of a lobbyist or any dependent child of a lobbyist who resides in the lobbyist's
household, a statement to that effect; and (J) for each individual who contributes in
excess of four hundred dollars in the aggregate to or for the benefit of any candidate's
campaign for nomination at a primary or election to the office of chief executive officer
of a town, city or borough, a statement indicating whether the individual or a business
with which he is associated has a contract with said municipality that is valued at more
than five thousand dollars. Each campaign treasurer shall include in such statement (i)
an itemized accounting of the receipts and expenditures relative to any testimonial affair
held under the provisions of section 9-333k or any other fund-raising affair, which is
referred to in subsection (b) of section 9-333b, and (ii) the date, location and a description
of the affair.
(2) Each contributor described in subparagraph (G), (H), (I) or (J) of subdivision
(1) of this subsection shall, at the time the contributor makes such a contribution, provide
the information which the campaign treasurer is required to include under said subparagraph in the statement filed under subsection (a), (e) or (f) of this section. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (2) of section 9-7b, any contributor described in subparagraph (G) of subdivision (1) of this subsection who does not provide such information
at the time the contributor makes such a contribution and any treasurer shall not be
subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of section 9-7b. If a campaign treasurer
receives a contribution from an individual which separately, or in the aggregate, is in
excess of one thousand dollars and the contributor has not provided the information
required by said subparagraph (H) or if a campaign treasurer receives a contribution
from an individual to or for the benefit of any candidate's campaign for nomination at
a primary or election to the office of chief executive officer of a town, city or borough,
which separately, or in the aggregate, is in excess of four hundred dollars and the contributor has not provided the information required by said subparagraph (J), the campaign
treasurer: (i) Within three business days after receiving the contribution, shall send a
request for such information to the contributor by certified mail, return receipt requested;
(ii) shall not deposit the contribution until the campaign treasurer obtains such information from the contributor, notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-333h; and (iii)
shall return the contribution to the contributor if the contributor does not provide the
required information within fourteen days after the treasurer's written request or the
end of the reporting period in which the contribution was received, whichever is later.
Any failure of a contributor to provide the information which the campaign treasurer is
required to include under said subparagraph (G) or (I), which results in noncompliance
by the campaign treasurer with the provisions of said subparagraph (G) or (I), shall be
a complete defense to any action against the campaign treasurer for failure to disclose
such information.
(3) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (2) of this subsection, each contributor who makes a contribution that separately, or in the aggregate, exceeds one
hundred dollars shall provide with the contribution a certification that the contributor
is not a principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor, as defined in
subsection (g) of section 9-333n. If a campaign treasurer receives such a contribution
and the contributor has not provided such certification, the campaign treasurer shall:
(A) Not later than three business days after receiving the contribution, send a request
for the certification to the contributor by certified mail, return receipt requested; (B) not
deposit the contribution until the campaign treasurer obtains the certification from the
contributor, notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-333h; and (C) return the contribution to the contributor if the contributor does not provide the certification not later
than fourteen days after the treasurer's written request or at the end of the reporting
period in which the contribution was received, whichever is later. If a campaign treasurer
deposits a contribution based on a certification that is later determined to be false and
the campaign treasurer did not know and should not have known that the certification
was false, the campaign treasurer's lack of knowledge of the false certification shall
be a complete defense in any action against the campaign treasurer for depositing the
contribution in violation of this subdivision.
(4) Contributions from a single individual to a campaign treasurer in the aggregate
totaling fifty dollars or less need not be individually identified in the statement, but a
sum representing the total amount of all such contributions made by all such individuals
during the period to be covered by such statement shall be a separate entry, identified
only by the words "total contributions from small contributors".
(5) Each statement filed by the campaign treasurer of a party committee, a legislative
caucus committee or a legislative leadership committee shall include an itemized accounting of each organization expenditure made by the committee.
(6) Statements filed in accordance with this section shall remain public records of
the state for five years from the date such statements are filed.
(d) Duplicate statement for candidate or chairman. Timely filing. At the time
of filing statements required under this section, the campaign treasurer of each candidate
committee shall send to the candidate a duplicate statement and the campaign treasurer of
each party committee and each political committee other than an exploratory committee
shall send to the chairman of the committee a duplicate statement. Each statement required to be filed under this section and subsection (g) of section 9-333l, shall be deemed
to be filed in a timely manner if it is delivered by hand to the office of the proper authority
before four-thirty o'clock p.m. or postmarked by the United States Postal Service before
midnight on the required filing day. If the day for any such filing falls on a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday, the statement shall be filed on the next business day thereafter.
(e) Distribution or expenditure from surplus funds. Reporting re deficits.
(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, in the event of a surplus the campaign treasurer of a candidate committee or of a political committee, other than a political
committee formed for ongoing political activities or an exploratory committee, shall
distribute or expend such surplus not later than ninety days after a primary which results
in the defeat of the candidate, an election or referendum not held in November or by
January thirty-first following an election or referendum held in November, in the following manner:
(A) Such committees may distribute their surplus to a party committee, or a political
committee organized for ongoing political activities, return such surplus to all contributors to the committee on a prorated basis of contribution, distribute all or any part of
such surplus to the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 or distribute
such surplus to any charitable organization which is a tax-exempt organization under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, provided
(i) no candidate committee may distribute such surplus to a committee which has been
established to finance future political campaigns of the candidate, and (ii) a candidate
committee which received moneys from the Citizens' Election Fund shall distribute
such surplus to such fund;
(B) Each such political committee established by an organization which received
its funds from the organization's treasury shall return its surplus to its sponsoring organization;
(C) (i) Each political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success or
defeat of any referendum question, which does not receive contributions from a business
entity or an organization, shall distribute its surplus to a party committee, to a political
committee organized for ongoing political activities, to a national committee of a political party, to all contributors to the committee on a prorated basis of contribution, to state
or municipal governments or agencies or to any organization which is a tax-exempt
organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any
subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to
time amended. (ii) Each political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success
or defeat of any referendum question, which receives contributions from a business
entity or an organization, shall distribute its surplus to all contributors to the committee
on a prorated basis of contribution, to state or municipal governments or agencies, or
to any organization which is tax-exempt under said provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a committee formed for a single
referendum shall not be required to expend its surplus not later than ninety days after
the referendum and may continue in existence if a substantially similar referendum
question on the same issue will be submitted to the electorate within six months after
the first referendum. If two or more substantially similar referenda on the same issue
are submitted to the electorate, each no more than six months apart, the committee shall
expend such surplus within ninety days following the date of the last such referendum;
(D) The campaign treasurer of the candidate committee of a candidate who is elected
to office may, upon the authorization of such candidate, expend surplus campaign funds
to pay for the cost of clerical, secretarial or other office expenses necessarily incurred
by such candidate in preparation for taking office; except such surplus shall not be
distributed for the personal benefit of any individual or to any organization; and
(E) The campaign treasurer of a candidate committee, or of a political committee,
other than a political committee formed for ongoing political activities or an exploratory
committee, shall, prior to the dissolution of such committee, either (i) distribute any
equipment purchased, including, but not limited to, computer equipment, to any recipient as set forth in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, or (ii) sell any equipment purchased, including but not limited to computer equipment, to any person for fair market
value and then distribute the proceeds of such sale to any recipient as set forth in said
subparagraph (A).
(2) Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, the campaign treasurer of the
candidate committee of a candidate who has withdrawn from a primary or election may,
prior to the primary or election, distribute its surplus to any organization which is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent
corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended,
or return such surplus to all contributors to the committee on a prorated basis of contribution.
(3) Not later than seven days after such distribution or not later than seven days
after all funds have been expended in accordance with subparagraph (D) of subdivision
(1) of this subsection, the campaign treasurer shall file a supplemental statement, sworn
under penalty of false statement, with the proper authority, identifying all further contributions received since the previous statement and explaining how any surplus has been
distributed or expended in accordance with this section. No surplus may be distributed
or expended until after the election, primary or referendum.
(4) In the event of a deficit, the campaign treasurer shall file a supplemental statement ninety days after an election, primary or referendum not held in November or on
the seventh calendar day in February, or the next business day if such day is a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday, after an election or referendum held in November, with the
proper authority and, thereafter, on the seventh day of each month following if on the
last day of the previous month there was an increase or decrease in the deficit in excess
of five hundred dollars from that reported on the last statement filed. The campaign
treasurer shall file such supplemental statements as required until the deficit is eliminated. If any such committee does not have a surplus or a deficit, the statement required
to be filed not later than forty-five days following any election or referendum not held
in November or on the seventh calendar day in January, or the next business day if such
day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, following an election or referendum held in
November, or not later than thirty days following any primary shall be the last required
statement.
(f) Dissolution of exploratory committee. If an exploratory committee has been
established by a candidate pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-333f, the campaign
treasurer of the committee shall file a notice of intent to dissolve it with the appropriate
authority not later than fifteen days after the candidate's declaration of intent to seek
nomination or election to a particular public office, except that in the case of an exploratory committee established by a candidate for purposes that include aiding or promoting
the candidate's candidacy for nomination or election to the General Assembly or a state
office, the campaign treasurer of the committee shall file such notice of intent to dissolve
the committee not later than fifteen days after the earlier of: (1) The candidate's declaration of intent to seek nomination or election to a particular public office, (2) the candidate's endorsement at a convention, caucus or town committee meeting, or (3) the candidate's filing of a candidacy for nomination under section 9-400 or 9-405. The campaign
treasurer shall also file a statement identifying all contributions received or expenditures
made by the exploratory committee since the previous statement and the balance on
hand or deficit, as the case may be. In the event of a surplus, the campaign treasurer
shall, not later than the filing of the statement, distribute the surplus to the candidate
committee established pursuant to said section, except that (A) in the case of a surplus
of an exploratory committee established by a candidate who intends to be a participating
candidate, as defined in section 9-703, in the Citizens' Election Program, the campaign
treasurer may distribute to the candidate committee only that portion of such surplus
that is attributable to contributions that meet the criteria for qualifying contributions for
the candidate committee under section 9-704 and shall distribute the remainder of such
surplus to the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701, and (B) in the case
of a surplus of an exploratory committee established for nomination or election to an
office other than the General Assembly or a state office (i) the campaign treasurer may
only distribute to the candidate committee for nomination or election to the General
Assembly or state office of such candidate that portion of such surplus which is in excess
of the total contributions which the exploratory committee received from lobbyists or
political committees established by lobbyists, during any period in which the prohibitions in subsection (e) of section 9-333l apply, and (ii) any remaining amount shall be
returned to all such lobbyists and political committees established by or on behalf of
lobbyists, on a prorated basis of contribution, or distributed to any charitable organization which is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United
States, as from time to time amended. If the candidate decides not to seek nomination
or election to any office, the campaign treasurer shall, within fifteen days after such
decision, comply with the provisions of this subsection and distribute any surplus in the
manner provided by this section for political committees other than those formed for
ongoing political activities, except that if the surplus is from an exploratory committee
established by the State Treasurer, any portion of the surplus that is received from a
principal of an investment services firm or a political committee established by such
firm shall be returned to such principal or committee on a prorated basis of contribution.
In the event of a deficit, the campaign treasurer shall file a statement thirty days after
the decision or declaration with the proper authority and, thereafter, on the seventh day
of each month following if on the last day of the previous month there was an increase
or decrease in such deficit in excess of five hundred dollars from that reported on the
last statement filed. The campaign treasurer shall file supplemental statements until the
deficit is eliminated. If the exploratory committee does not have a surplus or deficit, the
statement filed after the candidate's declaration or decision shall be the last required
statement. If a candidate certifies on the statement of organization for the exploratory
committee pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-333f that the candidate will not be a
candidate for the office of state representative and subsequently establishes a candidate
committee for the office of state representative, the campaign treasurer of the candidate
committee shall pay to the State Treasurer, for deposit in the General Fund, an amount
equal to the portion of any contribution received by said exploratory committee that
exceeded two hundred fifty dollars. As used in this subsection, "principal of an investment services firm" has the meaning set forth in subsection (f) of section 9-333n and
"state office" has the same meaning set forth in subsection (e) of section 9-333l.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 11, 34; P.A. 87-161; 87-524, S. 3, 7; 87-576, S. 4, 6; P.A. 88-83, S. 2, 3; P.A. 89-211, S. 17; P.A. 90-267, S. 3; P.A. 91-351, S. 11, 28; 91-407, S. 36, 42; P.A. 92-246, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-251, S. 3, 5; P.A. 94-143, S. 4, 6; June
18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 8, 16, 19; P.A. 02-130, S. 18; P.A. 03-223, S. 3-5; 03-241, S. 60, 62; P.A. 04-91, S. 2; P.A. 05-235, S. 24; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 25, 26.)
History: P.A. 87-161 amended Subpara. (A) of Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (e) to allow committees included under Subdiv.
(1) to distribute their surpluses to tax-exempt charitable organizations; P.A. 87-524, in Subsec. (c), amended Subdiv. (1)
by adding Subpara. (F), re an individual who contributes in excess of one thousand dollars in the aggregate, and Subpara.
(G), re itemized contributions by a lobbyist, added new Subdiv. (2) requiring contributors described in said Subparas. (F)
and (G) to provide required information to campaign treasurer and providing that failure to do so is complete defense to
action against campaign treasurer, and renumbered remaining Subdivs. accordingly; P.A. 87-576 amended Subdiv. (2) of
Subsec. (a) to set forth conditions under which campaign treasurer of candidate committee established by candidate shall
not be required to file any subsequent statement; P.A. 88-83 amended Subsec. (b) to raise the filing threshold for statements
from five hundred dollars or, in the case of a referendum question, from ten cents for each resident of the voting district
or districts, to one thousand dollars; P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 90-267
added provisions in Subsec. (f) re distribution of surplus of an exploratory committee established for nomination or election
to an office other than the general assembly; P.A. 91-351 divided Subsec. (a) into Subparas. and added clauses (i) and (ii)
of Subpara. (B) re exceptions to requirement that committees file on seventh day preceding an election, amended Subdiv.
(2) of Subsec. (c) by adding provisions re failure to provide required information in case of contribution in excess of one
thousand dollars, designated former Subpara. (C) of Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (e) as clause (i) and limited application of
clause (i) to political committee which does not receive contributions from a business entity or an organization and added
clause (ii) re political committee which receives such contributions, added new Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (e) re distribution
of surplus by candidate who withdraws prior to primary or election and renumbered former Subdivs. (2) and (3) of Subsec.
(e) as (3) and (4); P.A. 91-407 amended Subsec. (c) to require name and address of person who has advanced security
deposit to telephone company to be included in statement; P.A. 92-246 amended Subsec. (c) by inserting new Subpara.
(F) in Subdiv. (1) requiring reporting of purchases of advertising space in a fund-raising affair program and relettered
former Subparas. (F) and (G) accordingly; P.A. 93-251 inserted reference to Subsec. (g) of Sec. 9-333l in Subsec. (d),
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-143 amended Subsec. (e) by adding Subpara. (E) re distribution and sale of purchased
equipment in Subdiv. (1), effective January 1, 1995 and applicable to elections conducted on or after that date; June 18
Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 amended Subsec. (c)(1)(C) by requiring statement to include candidate supported or opposed by
expenditure and whether expenditure is independent or in-kind, amended Subsec. (c)(1) by inserting new Subpara. (G) re
reporting of occupation and employer of certain contributors and relettering remaining Subparas. and amended Subsec.
(c)(2) by exempting from Sec. 9-7b(2) any contributor who does not provide information required by Subsec. (c)(1)(G),
effective July 1, 1997, and applicable to elections and primaries held on or after January 1, 1998 and added provisions in
Subsec. (f) re surplus of an exploratory committee established for nomination or election to a state office, effective July
1, 1997; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (f) by adding exception re distribution of surplus from exploratory committee
established by State Treasurer and defining "principal of an investment services firm", effective January 1, 2003, and
applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date; P.A. 03-223 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to require that January,
April, July and October statements be filed on seventh calendar day of month instead of second Thursday, that statements
be complete as of last day of preceding month, except for statements required to be filed on seventh day preceding election,
primary or referendum and that January candidate committee statement be in lieu of statement formerly required to be
filed within forty-five days following election, and to eliminate exception re period covered by January party or political
committee statement, amended Subsec. (a)(2) to eliminate statement required within forty-five days following election
and to require political committee statement to be filed only after election or referendum "not held in November", amended
Subsec. (c)(1)(F) by eliminating requirement that statement include name of chief executive officer of business entity
purchasing advertising space in fund-raising affair program and further amended Subsec. (c)(1) by adding ", which is
referred to in subsection (b) of section 9-333b, and (ii) the date, location and a description of the affair", amended Subsec.
(e)(1) by applying ninety-day deadline for distribution or expenditure of surplus to an election or referendum "not held in
November" and providing for January thirty-first deadline for election or referendum held in November, and amended
Subsec. (e)(4) by applying ninety and forty-five day deadlines to elections, primaries and referenda "not held in November"
and providing February or January deadlines for elections and referenda held in November, effective July 1, 2003; P.A.
03-241 amended Subsec. (c)(1) by adding Subpara. (J) re disclosure of certain municipal contracts by certain contributors
to candidates for office of chief executive officer of a city, town or borough, amended Subsec. (c)(2) to extend provisions
to contributors and contributions described in Subsec. (c)(1)(J) and made technical changes, and, effective July 1, 2003,
amended Subsec. (e)(1) to allow continuation of committee formed for a single referendum if a substantially similar
referendum question will be submitted to electorate within six months in Subpara. (C) and to make technical changes; P.A.
04-91 amended Subsec. (c)(1)(C) and (D) by adding provisions requiring accounting to include secondary payees, effective
July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-235 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(A) to change deadlines for filing statements for a committee, other than
a state central committee, from seventh to tenth calendar day in January, April, July and October and amended Subsec.
(a)(3) to insert subparagraph designators and change deadlines for filing statements for state central committee from January
thirtieth, April tenth and July tenth to "the tenth calendar day in the months of January, April and July, provided, if such
tenth calendar day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, on the next business day", effective July 1, 2005; Oct. 25 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (c) by redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as Subdivs. (4) and (6), respectively,
adding new Subdiv. (3) re requirement of certification that contributor is not a principal of a state contractor or prospective
state contractor, changing "thirty dollars" to "fifty dollars" in redesignated Subdiv. (4) and adding Subdiv. (5) requiring
statement filed by party committee, legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee to include accounting
of each organization expenditure made by the committee, amended Subsec. (e) to make technical changes and, in Subdiv.
(1)(A), to authorize committees to distribute surplus to Citizens' Election Fund and require candidate committee receiving
moneys from the fund to distribute surplus to the fund, and amended Subsec. (f) to require separate deadline for filing
notice of intent to dissolve exploratory committee established by candidate for purposes including aiding or promoting
candidate's candidacy for nomination or election to General Assembly or a state office, to provide exception for distribution
of surplus of exploratory committee established by candidate who intends to be participating candidate in Citizens' Election
Program, to add provision re candidate who certifies on exploratory committee statement of organization that candidate
will not be candidate for office of state representative and subsequently establishes candidate committee for said office,
to define "state office" and to make technical changes, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on
or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333l. Expense sharing by committees. Candidate's expenditures. Use
of public funds by incumbent or for promotional campaign or advertisement. Prohibitions on certain lobbyist contributions and solicitations. (a) Any provision of
this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a candidate committee may join with one
or more candidate committees to establish a political committee for the purpose of
sponsoring one or more fund-raising events for those candidates. Any individual, other
than a candidate benefited, who is eligible and qualifies to serve in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (d) of section 9-333h may serve as the campaign treasurer or
deputy campaign treasurer of such a political committee. The statements required to be
filed by a political committee under this chapter shall apply to any political committee
established pursuant to this subsection. After all expenses of the political committee
have been paid by its campaign treasurer for each event, he shall distribute all remaining
funds from such event to the campaign treasurers of each of the candidate committees
which established the political committee. The distribution to each candidate committee
shall be made not later than fourteen days after the event, either in accordance with a prior
agreement of the candidates or, if no prior agreement was made, in equal proportions to
each candidate committee. Any contribution which is made to such political committee
shall, for purposes of determining compliance with the limitations imposed by this chapter, be deemed to have been made in equal proportions to each candidate's campaign
unless (1) a prior agreement was made by the candidates as to the disposition of remaining funds, and (2) those who contributed to the political committee were notified
of such disposition, in which case the contribution shall be deemed to have been made
to each candidate's campaign in accordance with the agreement.
(b) A candidate committee may pay its pro rata share of the expenses of operating
a campaign headquarters and of preparing, printing and disseminating any political
communication on behalf of that candidate and any other candidate or candidates. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-333r, a
candidate committee may reimburse a party committee for any expenditure such party
committee has incurred for the benefit of such candidate committee.
(c) A candidate may make any expenditure permitted by section 9-333i to aid or
promote the success of his campaign for nomination or election from his personal funds,
or the funds of his immediate family, which for the purposes of this chapter shall consist
of the candidate's spouse and issue. Any such expenditure shall not be deemed a contribution to any committee.
(d) (1) No incumbent holding office shall, during the three months preceding an
election in which he is a candidate for reelection or election to another office, use public
funds to mail or print flyers or other promotional materials intended to bring about his
election or reelection.
(2) No official or employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state shall
authorize the use of public funds for a television, radio, movie theater, billboard, bus
poster, newspaper or magazine promotional campaign or advertisement, which (A) features the name, face or voice of a candidate for public office, or (B) promotes the nomination or election of a candidate for public office, during the twelve-month period preceding the election being held for the office which the candidate described in this subdivision
is seeking.
(3) As used in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, "public funds" does not
include any grant or moneys paid to a qualified candidate committee from the Citizens'
Election Fund under sections 9-700 to 9-716, inclusive.
(e) For purposes of this subsection and subsection (f) of this section, the exclusions
to the term "contribution" in subsection (b) of section 9-333b shall not apply; the term
"state office" means the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State; and the term "state officer"
means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State
Treasurer or Secretary of the State. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the
contrary, during any regular session of the General Assembly, during any special session
of the General Assembly held between the adjournment of the regular session in an odd-numbered year and the convening of the regular session in the following even-numbered
year or during any reconvened session of the General Assembly held in an odd-numbered
year to reconsider vetoed bills, (1) no lobbyist or political committee established by or
on behalf of a lobbyist shall make or offer to make a contribution to or on behalf of,
and no lobbyist shall solicit a contribution on behalf of, (A) a candidate or exploratory
committee established by a candidate for nomination or election to the General Assembly or a state office or (B) a political committee (i) established for an assembly or
senatorial district, (ii) established by a member of the General Assembly or a state officer
or such member or officer's agent, or in consultation with, or at the request or suggestion
of, any such member, officer or agent, or (iii) controlled by such member, officer or
agent, to aid or promote the nomination or election of any candidate or candidates to
the General Assembly or a state office, and (2) no such candidate or political committee
shall accept such a contribution. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a
candidate committee established by a member of the General Assembly or a candidate
for nomination or election to the General Assembly, at a special election for the General
Assembly, from the date on which the candidate or the chairman of the committee files
the designation of a campaign treasurer and a depository institution under section 9-333d with the Secretary of the State, to the date on which the special election is held,
inclusive, or to an exploratory committee established by a member of the General Assembly to promote his candidacy for an office other than the General Assembly.
(f) A political committee established by two or more individuals under subparagraph (B) of subsection (3) of section 9-333a, other than a committee established solely
for the purpose of aiding or promoting any candidate or candidates for municipal office
or the success or defeat of a referendum question, shall be subject to the prohibition
on acceptance of lobbyist contributions under subsection (e) of this section unless the
campaign treasurer of the committee has filed a certification that the committee is not
established for an assembly or senatorial district, or by a member of the General Assembly or a state officer, or such member or officer's agent, or in consultation with, or at
the request or suggestion of, any such member, officer or agent, or controlled by such
member, officer or agent. The campaign treasurer of any political committee established
by or on behalf of a lobbyist shall file a certification to that effect. Such certifications
shall be filed with the office of the Secretary of the State, on forms prescribed by the
secretary, on or before November 15, 1994, for all such political committees in existence
on such date, or upon the registration of the committee, and on or before November
fifteenth biennially thereafter. The secretary shall provide to the State Elections Enforcement Commission on or before December 1, 1994, and biennially thereafter, a political
committee registration report. The report shall include a certified copy of each certification filed pursuant to this subsection prior to December first of the reporting year and
a certified copy of a list stating the name of each political committee registered pursuant
to section 9-333g prior to December first of the reporting year and the name and address
of the campaign treasurer of each such committee. In the case of any political committee
which registers or files a certification on or after December first of any even-numbered
year but prior to November first of the following even-numbered year, the secretary
shall provide the commission with a copy of each such registration or certification by
the close of the next business day following receipt. Such registration information or
certification shall also be included in the biennial political committee registration report
of the secretary to the commission. The commission shall prepare a list of all such
committees subject to the prohibitions under subsection (e) of this section, according
to the certifications filed, which shall be available prior to the opening of each regular
session of the General Assembly, and shall provide a copy of the list to the president
pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority
leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives and each state
officer. During each such regular session, the commission shall prepare a supplemental
list of committees which register after November fifteenth and are subject to such prohibitions, and the commission shall provide the supplemental list to such legislative leaders
and state officers. The filing of the certification by the campaign treasurer of the committee shall not impair the authority of the commission to act under section 9-7b. Any
lobbyist or campaign treasurer who acts in reliance on such lists in good faith shall have
an absolute defense in any action brought under subsection (e) and this subsection,
subsection (c) of section 9-333f, and subsection (f) of section 9-333j.
(g) Each lobbyist who is an individual and, in conjunction with members of his
immediate family, makes contributions to or purchases from committees exceeding one
thousand dollars in the aggregate during the twelve-month period beginning July 1,
1993, or July first in any year thereafter, shall file a statement, sworn under penalty of
false statement, with the State Elections Enforcement Commission in accordance with
the provisions of section 9-333e, on the second Thursday in July following the end of
such twelve-month period. The statement shall include: (1) The name of each committee
to which the lobbyist or a member of his immediate family has made a contribution and
the amount and date of each such contribution; and (2) the name of each committee
from which the lobbyist or member of his immediate family has purchased any item of
property or advertising space in a program in connection with a fund-raising event which
is not considered a contribution under subsection (b) of section 9-333b and the amount,
date and description of each such purchase. Each lobbyist who is an individual and who,
in conjunction with members of his immediate family, does not make contributions to
or purchases from committees exceeding one thousand dollars in the aggregate during
any such twelve-month period shall file a statement, sworn under penalty of false statement, with the State Elections Enforcement Commission in accordance with the provisions of section 9-333e, on the second Thursday in July, so indicating.
(h) No communicator lobbyist, member of the immediate family of a communicator
lobbyist, or political committee established or controlled by a communicator lobbyist
or a member of the immediate family of a communicator lobbyist shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of (1) an exploratory committee or a candidate
committee established by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer, Secretary of the State, state senator or state representative, (2) a political committee established
or controlled by any such candidate, (3) a legislative caucus committee or a legislative
leadership committee, or (4) a party committee.
(i) (1) No communicator lobbyist, immediate family member of a communicator
lobbyist, agent of a communicator lobbyist, or political committee established or controlled by a communicator lobbyist or any such immediate family member or agent shall
solicit (A) a contribution on behalf of a candidate committee or an exploratory committee
established by a candidate for the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer, Secretary of the State, state senator or state
representative, a political committee established or controlled by any such candidate,
a legislative caucus committee, a legislative leadership committee or a party committee,
or (B) the purchase of advertising space in a program for a fund-raising affair sponsored
by a town committee pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (10) of section 9-333b.
(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to the campaign of a communicator lobbyist, immediate family member of a communicator lobbyist or agent of a communicator lobbyist who is a candidate for public office.
(3) Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be subject to a
civil penalty, imposed by the State Elections Enforcement Commission, of not more
than five thousand dollars or twice the amount of any contribution solicited in violation
of this subsection, whichever is greater.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 13, 34; P.A. 90-267, S. 1 P.A. 91-351, S. 12, 28; P.A. 93-251, S. 1, 5; P.A. 94-132, S. 10; June 18 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 10, 14, 19; P.A. 99-12, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-223, S. 8; 03-241, S. 63; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 27-29.)
History: P.A. 90-267 added Subsec. (e) re prohibitions on certain contributions and the soliciting of such contributions
by lobbyists and political committees established by or on behalf of lobbyists, and Subsec. (f) re the implementation of
such prohibitions; P.A. 91-351 amended Subsec. (a) to allow political committee to be established for one or more fund-raising events instead of a single event; P.A. 93-251 amended Subsec. (e) to provide that exclusions to term "contribution"
in Subsec. (b) of Sec. 9-333b shall not apply for purposes of Subsecs. (e) and (f), amended Subsec. (f) to require (1)
secretary to prescribe political committee certification forms by November 15, 1994, instead of December 1, 1990, (2)
certifications to be filed by November fifteenth biennially instead of December first annually, (3) secretary to provide
political committee registration reports and copies of registrations and certifications to commission and (4) commission
to prepare supplemental list of committees registering after November fifteenth instead of December first, and added
Subsec. (g) re lobbyist statements, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-132 amended Subsec. (g) by deleting Subdiv. (1) which
had required statement to include name and address of persons on whose behalf one was a lobbyist and renumbered Subdivs.
(2) and (3) as (1) and (2); June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 amended Subsec. (e) by defining "state office" and "state officer"
and applied provisions of Subsecs. (e) and (f) to state officers, effective July 1, 1997, and amended Subsec. (g)(1) by
repealing reporting of ticket purchases in connection with fund-raising events, effective July 1, 1997, and applicable to
elections and primaries held on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 99-12 amended Subsec. (d) by designating existing provisions
as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) prohibiting authorization of use of public funds for candidate promotional campaigns
or advertisements, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 03-223 amended Subsec. (a) to require distribution of funds to be made
to each candidate committee "not later than fourteen days after the event", effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 03-241 amended
Subsec. (d)(2) by inserting "movie theater, billboard, bus poster," and by making a technical change, effective July 1,
2003; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (d) by changing "five-month" to "twelve-month" in Subdiv. (2) and
adding Subdiv. (3) re exclusion from term "public funds", effective January 1, 2006, and applicable to elections held on
or after that date, and amended Subsec. (g) by deleting definition of "immediate family" and changing "Secretary of
the State" to "State Elections Enforcement Commission", and added Subsecs. (h) and (i) prohibiting contributions by
communicator lobbyists, their immediate family members and political committees established or controlled by communicator lobbyists or such immediate family members, and prohibiting solicitations by such lobbyists, family members and
political committees and agents of such lobbyists and political committees established or controlled by such agents, effective
December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333m. Limits on contributions made by individuals to candidate committees, exploratory committees. When contributions by personal check or credit
card required. Contributions by individuals less than sixteen years of age. (a) No
individual shall make a contribution or contributions to, for the benefit of, or pursuant
to the authorization or request of, a candidate or a committee supporting or opposing
any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any candidate's campaign for
election, to the office of (1) Governor, in excess of three thousand five hundred dollars;
(2) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney
General, in excess of two thousand dollars; (3) chief executive officer of a town, city
or borough, in excess of one thousand dollars; (4) state senator or probate judge, in
excess of one thousand dollars; or (5) state representative or any other office of a municipality not previously included in this subsection, in excess of two hundred fifty dollars.
The limits imposed by this subsection shall be applied separately to primaries and elections.
(b) (1) No individual shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit
of, an exploratory committee, in excess of three hundred seventy-five dollars, if the
candidate establishing the exploratory committee certifies on the statement of organization for the exploratory committee pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-333f that the
candidate will not be a candidate for the office of state representative. No individual
shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of, any exploratory
committee, in excess of two hundred fifty dollars, if the candidate establishing the exploratory committee does not so certify.
(2) No individual shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit
of, a political committee formed by a slate of candidates in a primary for the office of
justice of the peace, in excess of two hundred fifty dollars.
(c) No individual shall make contributions to such candidates or committees which
in the aggregate exceed fifteen thousand dollars for any single election and primary
preliminary thereto.
(d) No individual shall make a contribution to any candidate or committee, other
than a contribution in kind, in excess of one hundred dollars except by personal check
or credit card of that individual.
(e) No individual who is less than sixteen years of age shall make a contribution
or contributions, in excess of thirty dollars to, for the benefit of, or pursuant to the
authorization or request of: (1) A candidate or a committee supporting or opposing any
candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary to any office; (2) a candidate or a
committee supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for election to any office;
(3) an exploratory committee; (4) any other political committee in any calendar year;
or (5) a party committee in any calendar year. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (2) of section 9-7b, any individual who is less than sixteen years of age who violates
any provision of this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of subdivision (2)
of section 9-7b.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 14, 34; 86-240, S. 6, 12; P.A. 91-351, S. 13, 28; P.A. 92-246, S. 1, 5; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S.
13, 19; P.A. 00-99, S. 34, 154; P.A. 02-130, S. 10; P.A. 03-241, S. 13; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 86-240 limited contributions by individuals to candidates for nomination or election to any municipal
office other than chief executive officer to two hundred fifty dollars; P.A. 91-351 inserted new Subsec. (b) re additional
allowable contributions to candidate committee which is solely financing convention delegate slate and relettered former
Subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d); P.A. 92-246 added Subsec. (e) requiring certain contributions by individuals to be by
personal check; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 added Subsec. (f) re restrictions on contributions by individuals less than
sixteen years of age, effective July 1, 1997, and applicable to elections and primaries held on or after January 1, 1998;
P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (e) to
allow a contribution in excess of one hundred dollars to be made by credit card, effective January 1, 2003, and applicable
to primaries and elections held on or after said date; P.A. 03-241 deleted former Subsec. (b) re convention delegate primaries,
redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (f) as Subsecs. (b) to (c), and amended redesignated Subsec. (b) by substituting "office
of justice of the peace" for "position of delegate to the same convention", effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to
primaries and elections held on or after that date; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing contribution
limit for office of Governor from two thousand five hundred to three thousand five hundred dollars, for other state offices
from one thousand five hundred to two thousand dollars, and for office of state senator or probate judge from five hundred
to one thousand dollars, and amended Subsec. (b) by dividing existing provisions into Subdivs. (1) and (2), amending
Subdiv. (1) to increase limit on contributions to exploratory committee from two hundred fifty to three hundred seventy-five dollars for candidate certifying that candidate will not be candidate for office of state representative, and making a
conforming change in Subdiv. (2), effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333n. Other contributions by individuals. Principals of investment services firms. Principals of state contractors or prospective state contractors. Lists.
Subcontracts study. State officials or employees. Legislative caucus staff members.
(a) No individual shall make a contribution or contributions in any one calendar year
in excess of five thousand dollars to the state central committee of any party, or for the
benefit of such committee pursuant to its authorization or request; or one thousand
dollars to a town committee of any political party, or for the benefit of such committee
pursuant to its authorization or request; or one thousand dollars to a legislative caucus
committee or legislative leadership committee, or seven hundred fifty dollars to any
other political committee other than (1) a political committee formed solely to aid or
promote the success or defeat of a referendum question, (2) an exploratory committee,
(3) a political committee established by an organization, or for the benefit of such committee pursuant to its authorization or request, or (4) a political committee formed by a
slate of candidates in a primary for the office of justice of the peace of the same town.
(b) No individual shall make a contribution to a political committee established by
an organization which receives its funds from the organization's treasury. With respect
to a political committee established by an organization which has complied with the
provisions of subsection (b) or (c) of section 9-333p, and has elected to receive contributions, no individual other than a member of the organization may make contributions
to the committee, in which case the individual may contribute not more than seven
hundred fifty dollars in any one calendar year to such committee or for the benefit of
such committee pursuant to its authorization or request.
(c) In no event may any individual make contributions to a candidate committee and
a political committee formed solely to support one candidate other than an exploratory
committee or for the benefit of a candidate committee and a political committee formed
solely to support one candidate pursuant to the authorization or request of any such
committee, in an amount which in the aggregate is in excess of the maximum amount
which may be contributed to the candidate.
(d) Any individual may make unlimited contributions or expenditures to aid or
promote the success or defeat of any referendum question, provided any individual who
makes an expenditure or expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars to promote the
success or defeat of any referendum question shall file statements according to the same
schedule and in the same manner as is required of a campaign treasurer of a political
committee under section 9-333j.
(e) (1) Any individual acting alone may, independent of any candidate, agent of
the candidate, or committee, make unlimited expenditures to promote the success or
defeat of any candidate's campaign for election, or nomination at a primary, to any
office or position. Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, any individual
who makes an independent expenditure or expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars
to promote the success or defeat of any candidate's campaign for election, or nomination
at a primary, to any such office or position shall file statements according to the same
schedule and in the same manner as is required of a campaign treasurer of a candidate
committee under section 9-333j.
(2) Any person who makes or obligates to make an independent expenditure or
expenditures, as defined in section 9-333a, intended to promote the success or defeat
of a candidate for the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State,
State Treasurer, State Comptroller, Attorney General, state senator or state representative, which exceeds one thousand dollars, in the aggregate, during a primary campaign
or a general election campaign, as defined in section 9-700, on or after January 1, 2008,
shall file a report of such independent expenditure to the State Elections Enforcement
Commission. The report shall be in the same form as statements filed under section 9-333j. If the person makes or obligates to make such independent expenditure or expenditures more than twenty days before the day of a primary or election, the person shall
file such report not later than forty-eight hours after such payment or obligation. If the
person makes or obligates to make such independent expenditure or expenditures twenty
days or less before the day of a primary or election, the person shall file such report not
later than twenty-four hours after such payment or obligation. The report shall be filed
under penalty of false statement.
(3) The independent expenditure report in subdivision (2) of this subsection shall
include a statement (A) identifying the candidate for whom the independent expenditure
or expenditures is intended to promote the success or defeat, and (B) affirming that the
expenditure is not a coordinated expenditure.
(4) Any person may file a complaint with the commission upon the belief that (A)
any such independent expenditure report or statement is false, or (B) any person who
is required to file an independent expenditure report under subdivision (2) of this subsection has failed to do so. The commission shall make a prompt determination on such a
complaint.
(5) (A) If a person fails to file a report required under subdivision (2) of this subsection for an independent expenditure or expenditures made or obligated to be made more
than twenty days before the day of a primary or election, the person shall be subject to
a civil penalty, imposed by the State Elections Enforcement Commission, of not more
than five thousand dollars. If a person fails to file a report required under subdivision
(2) of this subsection for an independent expenditure or expenditures made or obligated
to be made twenty days or less before the day of a primary or election, the person shall
be subject to a civil penalty, imposed by the State Elections Enforcement Commission,
of not more than ten thousand dollars. (B) If any such failure is knowing and wilful, the
person responsible for the failure shall also be fined not more than five thousand dollars
or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(f) (1) As used in this subsection and subsection (f) of section 9-333j, (A) "investment services" means investment legal services, investment banking services, investment advisory services, underwriting services, financial advisory services or brokerage
firm services, and (B) "principal of an investment services firm" means (i) an individual
who is a director of or has an ownership interest in an investment services firm to which
the State Treasurer pays compensation, expenses or fees or issues a contract, except for
an individual who owns less than five per cent of the shares of an investment services
firm which is a publicly traded corporation, (ii) an individual who is employed by such
an investment services firm as president, treasurer, or executive or senior vice president,
(iii) an employee of such an investment services firm who has managerial or discretionary responsibilities with respect to any investment services provided to the State Treasurer, (iv) the spouse or a dependent child of an individual described in this subparagraph,
or (v) a political committee established by or on behalf of an individual described in
this subparagraph.
(2) No principal of an investment services firm shall make a contribution to, or
solicit contributions on behalf of, an exploratory committee or candidate committee
established by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of State Treasurer
during the term of office of the State Treasurer who pays compensation, expenses or
fees or issues a contract to such firm. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply
only to contributions and the solicitation of contributions that are not prohibited under
subdivision (2) of subsection (g) of this section.
(3) Neither the State Treasurer, the Deputy State Treasurer, any unclassified employee of the office of the State Treasurer acting on behalf of the State Treasurer or
Deputy State Treasurer, any candidate for the office of State Treasurer, any member of
the Investment Advisory Council established under section 3-13b nor any agent of any
such candidate may solicit contributions on behalf of an exploratory committee or candidate committee established by a candidate for nomination or election to any public
office, a political committee or a party committee, from a principal of an investment
services firm. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply only to contributions and
the solicitation of contributions that are not prohibited under subdivision (3) of subsection (g) of this section.
(4) No member of the Investment Advisory Council appointed under section 3-13b shall make a contribution to, or solicit contributions on behalf of, an exploratory
committee or candidate committee established by a candidate for nomination or election
to the office of State Treasurer.
(5) The provisions of this subsection shall not restrict an individual from establishing an exploratory or candidate committee for the individual's own campaign or from
soliciting contributions for such committees from persons not prohibited from making
contributions under this subsection.
(g) (1) As used in this subsection and subsections (h) and (i) of this section:
(A) "Quasi-public agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-120.
(B) "State agency" means any office, department, board, council, commission, institution or other agency in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government.
(C) "State contract" means an agreement or contract with the state or any state
agency or any quasi-public agency, having a value of fifty thousand dollars or more, or
a combination or series of such agreements or contracts having a value of one hundred
thousand dollars or more in a fiscal year, for (i) the rendition of personal services, (ii)
the furnishing of any material, supplies or equipment, (iii) the construction, alteration
or repair of any public building or public work, (iv) the acquisition, sale or lease of any
land or building, (v) a licensing arrangement, or (vi) a grant, loan or loan guarantee.
(D) "State contractor" means a person, business entity or nonprofit organization
that enters into a state contract. Such person, business entity or nonprofit organization
shall be deemed to be a state contractor until the termination of said contract. "State
contractor" does not include a municipality or any other political subdivision of the state
or an employee in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government or a
quasi-public agency, whether in the classified or unclassified service and full or part-time, and only in such person's capacity as a state or quasi-public agency employee.
(E) "Prospective state contractor" means a person, business entity or nonprofit organization that (i) submits a bid in response to a bid solicitation by the state, a state agency
or a quasi-public agency, or a proposal in response to a request for proposals by the
state, a state agency or a quasi-public agency, until the contract has been entered into,
or (ii) holds a valid prequalification certificate issued by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under section 4a-100. "Prospective state contractor" does not include
a municipality or any other political subdivision of the state or an employee in the
executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government or a quasi-public agency,
whether in the classified or unclassified service and full or part-time, and only in such
person's capacity as a state or quasi-public agency employee.
(F) "Principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor" means (i) an
individual who is a member of the board of directors of, or has an ownership interest
in, a state contractor or prospective state contractor, which is a business entity, except
for an individual who (I) owns less than five per cent of the shares of any such state
contractor or prospective state contractor that is a publicly traded corporation, or (II) is
a member of the board of directors of a nonprofit organization qualified under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, (ii) an individual
who is employed by a state contractor or prospective state contractor, which is a business
entity, as president, treasurer or executive or senior vice president, (iii) an individual
who is the chief executive officer of a state contractor or prospective state contractor,
which is not a business entity, (iv) an employee of any state contractor or prospective
state contractor who has managerial or discretionary responsibilities with respect to a
state contract, (v) the spouse or a dependent child of an individual described in this
subparagraph, or (vi) a political committee established by or on behalf of an individual
described in this subparagraph.
(2) On and after December 31, 2006:
(A) No principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor, with regard
to a state contract, bid solicitation or request for proposals with or from a state agency
in the executive branch or a quasi-public agency or a holder of a valid prequalification
certificate, shall make a contribution to, or solicit contributions on behalf of (i) an exploratory committee or candidate committee established by a candidate for nomination or
election to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer, (ii) a political committee authorized to
make contributions or expenditures to or for the benefit of such candidates, or (iii) a
party committee;
(B) No principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor, with regard
to a state contract, bid solicitation or request for proposals with or from the General
Assembly or a holder of a valid prequalification certificate, shall make a contribution to,
or solicit contributions on behalf of (i) an exploratory committee or candidate committee
established by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of state senator or
state representative, (ii) a political committee authorized to make contributions or expenditures to or for the benefit of such candidates, or (iii) a party committee;
(C) If a principal of a state contractor makes or solicits a contribution prohibited
under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, the contracting state agency or quasi-public agency may, in the case of a state contract executed on or after December 7,
2005, void the existing contract with said contractor, and no state agency or quasi-public
agency shall award the state contractor a state contract or an extension or an amendment
to a state contract for one year after the election for which such contribution is made or
solicited. Each state contract shall include the provisions of subparagraph (A) or (B) of
this subdivision, whichever is applicable, and this subparagraph as conditions of the
contract; and
(D) If a principal of a prospective state contractor makes or solicits a contribution
prohibited under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, no state agency or quasi-public agency shall award the prospective state contractor the contract described in the
bid solicitation or request for proposals, or any other state contract for one year after
the election for which such contribution is made or solicited. Each state agency and
quasi-public agency shall include the provisions of subparagraph (A) or (B) of this
subdivision, whichever is applicable, and this subparagraph in each bid solicitation and
request for proposals issued by the agency, and the Commissioner of Administrative
Services shall include such provisions in each prequalification issued by said commissioner. The chief executive officer of each prospective state contractor shall: (i) Inform
each individual described in subparagraph (F) of subdivision (1) of this subsection with
regard to said prospective state contractor concerning the provisions of subparagraph
(A) or (B) of this subdivision, whichever is applicable, and this subparagraph, (ii) certify
in a sworn statement that no such individual will make or solicit a contribution in violation of the provisions of subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, whichever is applicable, and this subparagraph, and (iii) acknowledge in writing that if any such contribution is made or solicited, the prospective state contractor shall be disqualified from being
awarded the contract described in the bid solicitation or request for proposals or being
awarded any other state contract for one year after the election for which such contribution is made or solicited.
(3) (A) On and after December 31, 2006, neither the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer, any
candidate for any such office nor any agent of any such official or candidate may solicit
contributions on behalf of an exploratory committee or candidate committee established
by a candidate for nomination or election to any public office, a political committee or
a party committee, from a principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor
with regard to a state contract, bid solicitation or request for proposals with or from a
state agency in the executive branch or a quasi-public agency or a holder of a valid
prequalification certificate.
(B) On and after December 31, 2006, neither a member of the General Assembly,
any candidate for any such office nor any agent of any such official or candidate may
solicit contributions on behalf of an exploratory committee or candidate committee
established by a candidate for nomination or election to any public office, a political
committee or a party committee, from a principal of a state contractor or prospective
state contractor with regard to a state contract, bid solicitation or request for proposals
with or from the General Assembly or a holder of a valid prequalification certificate.
(4) The provisions of this subsection shall not restrict a principal of a state contractor
or prospective state contractor from establishing an exploratory or candidate committee
for said principal's own campaign or from soliciting contributions for such committees
from persons not prohibited from making contributions under this subsection.
(h) (1) Not later than July 1, 2006, each state agency and quasi-public agency shall
prepare and forward to the State Elections Enforcement Commission, on a form prescribed by said commission, a list of the state contracts for which the agency is a party
and a list of the principals of state contractors or prospective state contractors for (A)
such contracts, and (B) any bid solicitations, requests for proposals or prequalification
certificates issued by the agency. Not later than August 1, 2006, and monthly thereafter,
each state agency and quasi-public agency shall forward to said commission, on a form
prescribed by the commission, any changes additions or deletions to said lists.
(2) Not later than December 31, 2006, the State Elections Enforcement Commission
shall (A) compile a master list of principals of state contractors and prospective state
contractors for all state agencies and quasi-public agencies, based on the information
received under subdivision (1) of this subsection, (B) publish the master list on the
commission's Internet web site, and (C) provide copies of the master list to campaign
treasurers upon request. The commission shall update the master list every three months.
Any campaign treasurer who acts in reliance on such master list in good faith shall
have a complete defense in any action against the campaign treasurer for depositing a
contribution in violation of subsection (g) of this section.
(i) The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall study subcontracts for state
contracts and, not later than February 1, 2007, submit proposed legislation for extending
the provisions of this subsection to such subcontracts to the joint standing committee
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections.
(j) (1) As used in this subsection:
(A) "Quasi-public agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-120.
(B) "Unclassified service" has the same meaning as provided in section 5-196.
(2) On and after December 31, 2006:
(A) No executive head of a state agency in the executive branch, executive head of
a quasi-public agency, deputy of any such executive head, other full-time official or
employee of any such state agency or quasi-public agency who is appointed by the
Governor, other full-time official or employee of any such state agency or quasi-public
agency who is in the unclassified service, or member of the immediate family of any
such person, shall make a contribution or contributions (i) to, or for the benefit of, any
candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election to the office of Governor
or Lieutenant Governor, in excess of one hundred dollars for each such campaign, or
(ii) to a political committee established by any such candidate, in excess of one hundred
dollars in any calendar year;
(B) No official or employee of the office of the Attorney General, State Comptroller,
Secretary of the State or State Treasurer who is in the unclassified service, or member
of the immediate family of any such person, shall make a contribution or contributions
(i) to, or for the benefit of, any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or
election to the office in which such official or employee serves, in excess of one hundred
dollars for each such campaign, or (ii) to a political committee established by any such
candidate, in excess of one hundred dollars in any calendar year; and
(C) No member of a caucus staff for a major party in the Senate or House of Representatives, or member of the immediate family of such person, shall make a contribution
or contributions (i) to, or for the benefit of, any candidate's campaign for nomination
at a primary or election to the office of state senator or state representative, in excess
of one hundred dollars for each such campaign, (ii) to a political committee established
by any such candidate, in excess of one hundred dollars in any calendar year, or (iii) to
a legislative caucus committee or a legislative leadership committee, in excess of one
hundred dollars in any calendar year.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 15, 34; P.A. 91-351, S. 14, 19, 28; P.A. 95-188, S. 2; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 12, 19; P.A. 00-43, S. 18, 19; P.A. 02-130, S. 11; P.A. 03-241, S. 14; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 31, 32.)
History: P.A. 91-351 added Subdiv. (4) to Subsec. (a) to provide that one thousand dollar limit does not apply to
contributions to political committee formed by delegate slates and inserted "or position" in Subsec. (e); P.A. 95-188 added
Subsec. (f) re contributions for candidates for Treasurer by "investment services" firms or individuals associated with such
firms; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 amended Subsec. (d) by requiring individuals who make expenditures in excess of one
thousand dollars re referendum to file statements inserting "acting alone", substituting "candidate, agent of the candidate,
or committee" for "other person", substituting "to promote the success or defeat of" for "for the benefit of" and requiring
individuals who make independent campaign-related expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars to file statements,
effective July 1, 1997, and applicable to elections and primaries held on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 00-43 amended
Subsec. (f) by designating existing provisions as Subdivs. (1) and (2) and adding Subdivs. (3) to (5), inclusive, re campaign
contributions by members of the Investment Advisory Council and persons or firms doing business with the Treasurer,
effective May 3, 2000; P.A. 02-130 substantially revised Subsec. (f) re restrictions applicable to principals of investment
services firms, the State Treasurer, certain other public officials and employees, and candidates for the office of State
Treasurer and agents of such candidates, and made technical and conforming changes in said Subsec., effective May 10,
2002; P.A. 03-241 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change and substituting "office of justice of the peace of
the same town" for "position of delegate to the same convention", effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries
and elections held on or after that date; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) by establishing a one-thousand-dollar limit on contributions to a legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee and reducing limit on
contributions to other political committees from one thousand to seven hundred fifty dollars, amended Subsec. (b) to
increase limit on contributions to political committee established by organization from five hundred to seven hundred fifty
dollars, amended Subsec. (e) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1), making a conforming change therein, and
adding Subdivs. (2) to (5) re reporting of independent expenditures to promote success or defeat of candidate for state or
General Assembly office, complaints re such reporting and enforcement of requirement for such reporting, and amended
Subsec. (f) by providing that Subdivs. (2) and (3) apply only to contributions and solicitations not prohibited under Subsec.
(g)(2) and (3) and deleting provision that prohibition in Subdiv. (3) shall not apply to State Treasurer establishing exploratory
or candidate committee for any other public office, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or
after that date, and added Subsecs. (g) re prohibitions on principal of state contractor or prospective state contractor making
or soliciting contributions and on state elected official, candidate or agent or General Assembly member, candidate or
agent soliciting contributions from any such principal, (h) re requirements for compiling and distributing master list of
principals of state contractors and prospective state contractors, (i) re State Elections Enforcement Commission study of
subcontracts for state contracts and (j) re one-hundred-dollar limit on contributions by specified state and General Assembly
officials and employees and their immediate family members, effective December 7, 2005.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333o. Business entities. (a) Contributions or expenditures for candidate or party prohibited. No business entity shall make any contributions or expenditures to, or for the benefit of, any candidate's campaign for election to any public office
or position subject to this chapter or for nomination at a primary for any such office or
position, or to promote the defeat of any candidate for any such office or position. No
business entity shall make any other contributions or expenditures to promote the success
or defeat of any political party, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. No
business entity shall establish more than one political committee. A political committee
shall be deemed to have been established by a business entity if the initial disbursement
or contribution to the committee is made under subsection (b) of this section or by an
officer, director, owner, limited or general partner or holder of stock constituting five
per cent or more of the total outstanding stock of any class of the business entity.
(b) Transfers or disbursements to political committee. A business entity may
make reasonable and necessary transfers or disbursements to or for the benefit of a
political committee established by such business entity, for the administration of, or
solicitation of contributions to, such political committee. Nonmonetary contributions
by a business entity which are incidental in nature and are directly attributable to the
administration of such political committee shall be exempt from the reporting requirements of this chapter.
(c) Contributions or expenditures for referendum. The provisions of this section
shall not preclude a business entity from making contributions or expenditures to promote the success or defeat of a referendum question.
(d) Contribution limits for particular offices. A political committee organized
by a business entity shall not make a contribution or contributions to or for the benefit
of any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or any candidate's campaign for
election to the office of: (1) Governor, in excess of five thousand dollars; (2) Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, in excess
of three thousand dollars; (3) state senator, probate judge or chief executive officer
of a town, city or borough, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars; (4) state
representative, in excess of seven hundred fifty dollars; or (5) any other office of a
municipality not included in subdivision (3) of this subsection, in excess of three hundred
seventy-five dollars. The limits imposed by this subsection shall apply separately to
primaries and elections and contributions by any such committee to candidates designated in this subsection shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate
for any single election and primary preliminary thereto. Contributions to such committees shall also be subject to the provisions of section 9-333t in the case of committees
formed for ongoing political activity or section 9-333u in the case of committees formed
for a single election or primary.
(e) Contributions to political committees and party committees. No political
committee organized by a business entity shall make a contribution or contributions to
(1) a state central committee of a political party, in excess of seven thousand five hundred
dollars in any calendar year, (2) a town committee of any political party, in excess of
one thousand five hundred dollars in any calendar year, (3) an exploratory committee
in excess of three hundred seventy-five dollars, or (4) any other kind of political committee, in excess of two thousand dollars in any calendar year.
(f) Contributions for candidate for State Treasurer. As used in this subsection,
"investment services" means investment legal services, investment banking services,
investment advisory services, underwriting services, financial advisory services or brokerage firm services. No political committee established by a firm which provides investment services and to which the State Treasurer pays compensation, expenses or fees
or issues a contract shall make a contribution to, or solicit contributions on behalf of,
an exploratory committee or candidate committee established by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of State Treasurer during the term of office of the State
Treasurer who does business with such firm.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 16, 34; 86-240, S. 7, 12; P.A. 91-351, S. 15, 28; P.A. 95-188, S. 3; P.A. 00-99, S. 35, 154; P.A. 02-130,
S. 12; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 86-240 amended Subsec. (d) to limit contributions by political committee organized by a business entity
to candidate for nomination or election to at-large municipal office other than chief executive officer to two hundred fifty
dollars; P.A. 91-351 inserted references to "position" in Subsec. (a); P.A. 95-188 added Subsec. (f) re contributions for
candidates for Treasurer by "investment services" firms or individuals associated with such firms; P.A. 00-99 amended
Subsec. (d) by deleting former Subdiv. (3) re sheriffs and renumbering Subdivs. (4) to (6) as Subdivs. (3) to (5), effective
December 1, 2000; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing "legal services" with "investment legal services" and
making technical changes, effective May 10, 2002; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical
changes, prohibiting business entity from establishing more than one political committee and adding provision re when
political committee deemed established by business entity, amended Subsec. (d) by increasing contribution limit for office
of state senator, probate judge or municipal chief executive officer from one thousand to one thousand five hundred dollars,
for office of state representative from five hundred to seven hundred fifty dollars, and for any other office of a municipality
from two hundred fifty to three hundred seventy-five dollars and by deleting exploratory committee contribution limit, and
amended Subsec. (e) by deleting provision allowing political committee established by business entity to make unlimited
contributions to another such political committee, establishing seven-thousand-five-hundred-dollar limit on contributions
to state central committee and one-thousand-five-hundred-dollar limit on contributions to town committee and increasing
limit on contributions to exploratory committee from two hundred fifty dollars to three hundred seventy-five dollars,
effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333p. Organizations. (a) Formation of political committee. Method of
funding. An organization may make contributions or expenditures, other than those
made to promote the success or defeat of a referendum question, only by first forming
its own political committee. The political committee shall then be authorized to receive
funds exclusively from the organization's treasury or from voluntary contributions made
by its members, but not both, from another political committee or, from a candidate
committee distributing a surplus and (1) to make contributions or expenditures to, or
for the benefit of, a candidate's campaign or a political party, or (2) to make contributions
to another political committee. No organization shall form more than one political committee. A political committee shall be deemed to have been established by an organization if the initial contribution to the committee is made by the organization's treasury
or an officer or director of the organization.
(b) Change in method of funding. A political committee established by an organization may elect to alter the manner in which it is funded if it complies with the requirements of this subsection. The committee chairperson shall notify the repository with
which the committee's most recent statement of organization is filed, in writing, of the
committee's intent to alter its manner of funding. Within fifteen days after the date of
receipt of such notification, the campaign treasurer of such political committee shall
return any funds remaining in the account of the committee to the organization's treasury
after payment of each outstanding liability. Within seven days after the distribution and
payments have been made, the campaign treasurer shall file a statement with the same
repository itemizing each such distribution and payment. Upon such filing, the campaign
treasurer may receive voluntary contributions from any member of the organization
which established such committee subject to the limitations imposed in subsection (b)
of section 9-333n.
(c) Designation of funding method. The chairperson of each political committee
established by an organization on or after July 1, 1985, shall designate the manner in
which the committee shall be funded in the committee's statement of organization.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 17, 34; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 34.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 added provision in Subsec. (a) re when political committee deemed established
by an organization, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333q. Limits on contributions made by political committees established
by organizations. (a) No political committee established by an organization shall make
a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of, any candidate's campaign for
nomination at a primary or for election to the office of: (1) Governor, in excess of five
thousand dollars; (2) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, in excess of three thousand dollars; (3) chief executive officer
of a town, city or borough, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars; (4) state
senator or probate judge, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars; (5) state representative, in excess of seven hundred fifty dollars; or (6) any other office of a municipality not previously included in this subsection, in excess of three hundred seventy-five
dollars.
(b) No such committee shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the
benefit of, an exploratory committee, in excess of three hundred seventy-five dollars.
Any such committee may make unlimited contributions to a political committee formed
solely to aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question.
(c) The limits imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall apply separately to
primaries and elections and no such committee shall make contributions to the candidates designated in this section which in the aggregate exceed fifty thousand dollars for
any single election and primary preliminary thereto.
(d) No political committee established by an organization shall make contributions
in any one calendar year to, or for the benefit of, (1) the state central committee of a
political party, in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars; (2) a town committee,
in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars; or (3) any political committee, other
than an exploratory committee or a committee formed solely to aid or promote the
success or defeat of a referendum question, in excess of two thousand dollars.
(e) No political committee established by an organization shall make contributions
to the committees designated in subsection (d) of this section, which in the aggregate
exceed fifteen thousand dollars in any one calendar year. Contributions to a political
committee established by an organization shall also be subject to the provisions of section 9-333t in the case of a committee formed for ongoing political activity or section
9-333u in the case of a committee formed for a single election or primary.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 18, 34; 86-240, S. 8, 12; P.A. 00-99, S. 36, 154; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 86-240 limited contributions to candidate for nomination or election to at-large municipal office other
than chief executive officer to two hundred fifty dollars; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff in Subsec. (a)(3), effective
December 1, 2000; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing contribution limit for office of Governor
from two thousand five hundred to five thousand dollars, for other state offices from one thousand five hundred to three
thousand dollars, for office of municipal chief executive officer from one thousand to one thousand five hundred dollars,
for office of state senator or probate judge from five hundred to one thousand five hundred dollars, for office of state
representative from two hundred fifty to seven hundred fifty dollars and for any other office of municipality from two
hundred fifty to three hundred seventy-five dollars, amended Subsec. (b) to increase limit on contributions to exploratory
committee from two hundred fifty to three hundred seventy-five dollars and amended Subsec. (d) to increase limit on
contributions to state central committee from five thousand to seven thousand five hundred dollars and to a town committee
from one thousand to one thousand five hundred dollars, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held
on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333s. Contributions made or received by party committees. (a) A party
committee may make unlimited contributions to, or for the benefit of, any of the following: (1) Another party committee; (2) a national committee of a political party; or (3) a
committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office. A party committee may
also make contributions to a charitable organization which is a tax-exempt organization
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as from time to time amended,
or make memorial contributions. A town committee may also contribute to a scholarship
awarded by a high school on the basis of objective criteria.
(b) (1) No state central committee shall make a contribution or contributions to, for
the benefit of, or pursuant to the authorization or request of, a candidate or a committee
supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any
candidate's campaign for election, to the office of: (A) Governor, in excess of fifty
thousand dollars; (B) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, in excess of thirty-five thousand dollars; (C) state senator,
probate judge or chief executive officer of a town, city or borough, in excess of ten
thousand dollars; (D) state representative, in excess of five thousand dollars; or (E) any
other office of a municipality not previously included in this subsection, in excess of
five thousand dollars. The limits imposed by this subdivision shall apply separately to
primaries and elections.
(2) No state central committee shall make a contribution or contributions in any
one calendar year to, or for the benefit of (A) a legislative caucus committee or legislative
leadership committee, in excess of ten thousand dollars, or (B) any other political committee, other than an exploratory committee or a committee formed solely to aid or
promote the success or defeat of a referendum question, in excess of two thousand five
hundred dollars. No state central committee shall make contributions in excess of three
hundred seventy-five dollars to an exploratory committee.
(c) (1) No town committee shall make a contribution or contributions to, for the
benefit of, or pursuant to the authorization or request of, a candidate or a committee
supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any
candidate's campaign for election, to the office of: (A) Governor, in excess of seven
thousand five hundred dollars; (B) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, in excess of five thousand dollars; (C) state
senator, in excess of five thousand dollars; (D) state representative, probate judge or
chief executive officer of a town, city or borough, in excess of three thousand dollars;
or (E) any other office of a municipality not previously included in this subsection, in
excess of one thousand five hundred dollars. The limits imposed by this subdivision
shall apply separately to primaries and elections.
(2) No town committee shall make a contribution or contributions in any one calendar year to, or for the benefit of (A) a legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, in excess of two thousand dollars, or (B) any other political committee,
other than an exploratory committee or a committee formed solely to aid or promote
the success or defeat of a referendum question, in excess of one thousand five hundred
dollars. No town committee shall make contributions in excess of three hundred seventy-five dollars to an exploratory committee.
(d) A party committee may receive contributions from a federal account of a national
committee of a political party, but may not receive contributions from any other account
of a national committee of a political party or from a committee of a candidate for federal
or out-of-state office, for use in the election of candidates subject to the provisions of
this chapter.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 20, 34; P.A. 91-351, S. 17, 28; P.A. 98-7, S. 2, 4; P.A. 04-112, S. 2; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 91-351 substituted, in Subsec. (b), "for use in the election of candidates subject to the provisions of this
chapter" for "except in the distribution of a surplus as provided in Subsec. (c) of section 9-333j"; P.A. 98-7 amended
Subsec. (b) to prohibit a party committee from receiving contributions from a nonfederal account of a national committee
of a political party, effective January 1, 1999, and applicable to elections and primaries held on or after that date; P.A. 04-112 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision authorizing town committee to contribute to scholarship awarded by a high
school, effective July 1, 2004; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re authority of party
committee to make unlimited contributions to a candidate or political committee, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as
Subsec. (d) and added new Subsecs. (b) and (c) re limits on contributions by state central and town committees to candidate,
exploratory and political committees, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333t. Contributions made or received by political committees organized for ongoing political activities. (a) A political committee organized for ongoing
political activities may make unlimited contributions to, or for the benefit of, any national
committee of a political party; or a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state
office. Except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section, no such
political committee shall make a contribution or contributions in excess of two thousand
dollars to another political committee in any calendar year. No political committee
organized for ongoing political activities shall make a contribution in excess of three
hundred seventy-five dollars to an exploratory committee. If such an ongoing committee
is established by an organization or a business entity, its contributions shall be subject
to the limits imposed by sections 9-333o to 9-333q, inclusive. A political committee
organized for ongoing political activities may make contributions to a charitable organization which is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as from time to time amended, or make memorial contributions.
(b) No political committee organized for ongoing political purposes, except a legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, shall make a contribution
or contributions to, for the benefit of, or pursuant to the authorization or request of, a
candidate or a committee supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any candidate's campaign for election, to the office of: (1) Governor,
in excess of five thousand dollars; (2) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State,
Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, in excess of three thousand dollars; (3)
chief executive officer of a town, city or borough, in excess of one thousand five hundred
dollars; (4) state senator or probate judge, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars;
(5) state representative, in excess of seven hundred fifty dollars; or (6) any other office
of a municipality not previously included in this subsection, in excess of three hundred
seventy-five dollars. The limits imposed by this subsection shall apply separately to
primaries and elections.
(c) No political committee organized for ongoing political purposes, except a legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, shall make a contribution
or contributions in a calendar year to, or for the benefit of (1) the state central committee
of a political party, in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars; or (2) a town
committee of a political party, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars.
(d) (1) No legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee shall
make a contribution or contributions to, for the benefit of, or pursuant to the authorization
or request of, a candidate or a committee supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any candidate's campaign for election, to the office
of: (A) State senator, in excess of ten thousand dollars; or (B) state representative, in
excess of five thousand dollars. The limits imposed by this subdivision shall apply
separately to primaries and elections. No legislative caucus committee or legislative
leadership committee shall make a contribution or contributions to, for the benefit of,
or pursuant to the authorization or request of, a candidate or a committee supporting or
opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any candidate's
campaign for election, to any office not included in this subdivision.
(2) No legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee shall make
a contribution or contributions in any calendar year to, or for the benefit of, the state
central committee of a political party, in excess of ten thousand dollars.
(3) No legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee shall make
a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of, any committee except as provided
in this subsection.
(e) A political committee organized for ongoing political activities may receive
contributions from the federal account of a national committee of a political party, but
may not receive contributions from any other account of a national committee of a
political party or from a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 21, 34; P.A. 90-230, S. 77, 101; P.A. 98-7, S. 3, 4; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 37.)
History: P.A. 90-230 made technical change; P.A. 98-7 amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit a political committee organized
for ongoing political activities from receiving contributions from a nonfederal account of a national committee of a political
party, effective January 1, 1999, and applicable to elections and primaries held on or after that date; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A.
05-5 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re authority of political committee organized for ongoing political activities
to make unlimited contributions to a party or candidate committee and authority of political committee organized for
ongoing political activities to make unlimited contributions to another such committee, adding exception re Subsec. (d)(2)
and increasing limit on contributions to exploratory committee from two hundred fifty to three hundred seventy-five dollars,
redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (e), added new Subsecs. (b) and (c) re limits on contributions to candidates
and party committees by political committee organized for ongoing political purposes, except for legislative caucus or
leadership committee, and added new Subsec. (d) re limits on contributions by legislative caucus or leadership committee to
legislative candidates and party committees and prohibition on contributions to other candidates and committees, effective
December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333u. Contributions made or received by committees established for a
single primary or election. (a) No political committee established for a single primary
or election shall make contributions to a national committee, or a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office. If such a political committee is established by an
organization or a business entity, its contributions shall also be subject to the limitations
imposed by sections 9-333o to 9-333q, inclusive. Except as provided in subdivision (2)
of subsection (d) of this section, no political committee formed for a single election or
primary shall, with respect to such election or primary make a contribution or contributions in excess of two thousand dollars to another political committee, provided no such
political committee shall make a contribution in excess of three hundred seventy-five
dollars to an exploratory committee.
(b) No political committee established for a single primary or election, except a
legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, shall make a contribution or contributions to, for the benefit of, or pursuant to the authorization or request
of, a candidate or a committee supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for
nomination at a primary, or any candidate's campaign for election, to the office of: (1)
Governor, in excess of five thousand dollars; (2) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the
State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, in excess of three thousand dollars;
(3) chief executive officer of a town, city or borough, in excess of one thousand five
hundred dollars; (4) state senator or probate judge, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars; (5) state representative, in excess of seven hundred fifty dollars; or (6) any
other office of a municipality not previously included in this subsection, in excess of
three hundred seventy-five dollars. The limits imposed by this subsection shall apply
separately to primaries and elections.
(c) No political committee established for a single primary or election, except a
legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, shall make a contribution or contributions in a calendar year to, or for the benefit of (1) the state central
committee of a political party, in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars; or (2)
a town committee of a political party, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars.
(d) (1) No legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee shall
make a contribution or contributions to, for the benefit of, or pursuant to the authorization
or request of, a candidate or a committee supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any candidate's campaign for election, to the office
of: (A) State senator, in excess of ten thousand dollars; or (B) state representative, in
excess of five thousand dollars. The limits imposed by this subdivision shall apply
separately to primaries and elections. No legislative caucus committee or legislative
leadership committee shall make a contribution or contributions to, for the benefit of,
or pursuant to the authorization or request of, a candidate or a committee supporting or
opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any candidate's
campaign for election, to any office not included in this subdivision.
(2) No legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee shall make
a contribution or contributions in any calendar year to, or for the benefit of, the state
central committee of a political party, in excess of ten thousand dollars.
(3) No legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee shall make
a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of, any committee except as provided
in this subsection.
(e) A political committee established for a single primary or election shall not receive contributions from a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office
or from a national committee.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 22, 34; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 38.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re authority of political committee
established for a single election or primary to make unlimited contributions to a party or candidate committee, making a
conforming change, adding exception re Subsec. (d)(2) and increasing limit on contributions to exploratory committee
from two hundred fifty to three hundred seventy-five dollars, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (e), added new
Subsecs. (b) and (c) re limits on contributions to candidates and party committees by political committee established for
a single election or primary, except for legislative caucus or leadership committee, and added new Subsec. (d) re limits
on contributions by legislative caucus or leadership committee to legislative candidates and party committees and prohibition on contributions to other candidates and committees, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held
on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333w. Political advertising. (a) No individual shall make or incur any expenditure with the cooperation of, at the request or suggestion of, or in consultation with
any candidate, candidate committee or candidate's agent, and no candidate or committee
shall make or incur any expenditure for any written, typed or other printed communication, or any web-based, written communication, which promotes the success or defeat
of any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election or solicits funds
to benefit any political party or committee unless such communication bears upon its
face (1) the words "paid for by" and the following: (A) In the case of such an individual,
the name and address of such individual; (B) in the case of a committee other than a
party committee, the name of the committee and its campaign treasurer; or (C) in the
case of a party committee, the name of the committee, and (2) the words "approved by"
and the following: (A) In the case of an individual making or incurring an expenditure
with the cooperation of, at the request or suggestion of, or in consultation with any
candidate, candidate committee or candidate's agent, the name of such individual; or
(B) in the case of a candidate committee, the name of the candidate. No candidate or
candidate committee or exploratory committee established by a candidate shall make
or incur any expenditure for a mailing to promote the success of said candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election or the defeat of another candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election, unless the mailing contains a photograph
of the candidate conducting the mailing and said candidate's name in a font that is not
less than the size of the font used for the narrative of the mailing.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section:
(1) No candidate or candidate committee or exploratory committee established by
a candidate shall make or incur any expenditure for television advertising or Internet
video advertising, which promotes the success of said candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election or the defeat of another candidate's campaign for nomination
at a primary or election, unless (A) at the end of such advertising there appears simultaneously, for a period of not less than four seconds, (i) a clearly identifiable photographic
or similar image of the candidate making such expenditure, (ii) a clearly readable printed
statement identifying said candidate, and indicating that said candidate has approved
the advertising, and (iii) a simultaneous, personal audio message, in the following form:
"I am .... (candidate's name) and I approved this message", and (B) the candidate's
name and image appear in, and the candidate's voice is contained in, the narrative of
the advertising, before the end of such advertising;
(2) No candidate or candidate committee or exploratory committee established by
a candidate shall make or incur any expenditure for radio advertising or Internet audio
advertising, which promotes the success of said candidate's campaign for nomination
at a primary or election or the defeat of another candidate's campaign for nomination
at a primary or election, unless (A) the advertising ends with a personal audio statement
by the candidate making such expenditure (i) identifying said candidate and the office
said candidate is seeking, and (ii) indicating that said candidate has approved the advertising in the following form: "I am .... (candidate's name) and I approved this message",
and (B) the candidate's name and voice are contained in the narrative of the advertising,
before the end of such advertising; and
(3) No candidate or candidate committee or exploratory committee established by
a candidate shall make or incur any expenditure for automated telephone calls which
promote the success of said candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election
or the defeat of another candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election,
unless the candidate's name and voice are contained in the narrative of the call, before
the end of such call.
(c) No business entity, organization, association, committee, or group of two or
more individuals who have joined solely to promote the success or defeat of a referendum
question and is required to file a certification in accordance with subsection (d) of section
9-333g, shall make or incur any expenditure for any written, typed or other printed
communication which promotes the success or defeat of any referendum question unless
such communication bears upon its face the words "paid for by" and the following: (1)
In the case of a business entity, organization or association, the name of the entity,
organization or association and the name of its chief executive officer; (2) in the case
of a political committee, the name of the committee and the name of its campaign treasurer; (3) in the case of a party committee, the name of the committee; or (4) in the case
of such a group of two or more individuals, the name of the group as it appears on the
certification filed in accordance with subsection (d) of section 9-333g, and the name
and address of its agent.
(d) The provisions of subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to (1)
any editorial, news story, or commentary published in any newspaper, magazine or
journal on its own behalf and upon its own responsibility and for which it does not charge
or receive any compensation whatsoever, (2) any banner, (3) political paraphernalia
including pins, buttons, badges, emblems, hats, bumper stickers or other similar materials, or (4) signs with a surface area of not more than thirty-two square feet.
(e) The campaign treasurer of a candidate committee which sponsors any written,
typed or other printed communication for the purpose of raising funds to eliminate a
campaign deficit of that committee shall include in such communication a statement
that the funds are sought to eliminate such a deficit.
(f) The campaign treasurer of an exploratory committee or candidate committee
established by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Treasurer which
committee sponsors any written, typed or other printed communication for the purpose
of raising funds shall include in such communication a statement concerning the prohibitions set forth in subsection (n) of section 1-84, subsection (f) of section 9-333n and
subsection (f) of section 9-333o.
(g) In the event a campaign treasurer of a candidate committee is replaced pursuant
to subsection (c) of section 9-333d, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
the candidate committee from distributing any printed communication subject to the
provisions of this section that has already been printed or otherwise produced, even
though such communication does not accurately designate the successor campaign treasurer of such candidate committee.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 24, 34; P.A. 91-159, S. 1; 91-351, S. 18, 28; P.A. 92-246, S. 4, 5; P.A. 94-143, S. 5, 6; P.A. 95-188, S.
4; 95-276, S. 2, 3; P.A. 96-119, S. 13, 14; P.A. 05-188, S. 4; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 39.)
History: P.A. 91-159 added banners to list of items to which section does not apply; P.A. 91-351 amended Subsec. (a)
by applying disclosure requirements to incurring expenditures for a communication and to a communication soliciting
funds to benefit a political party or committee and by adding Subdiv. (4) re disclosure for individuals who join to promote
success or defeat of referendum question and file certification; P.A. 92-246 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting new Subdiv.
(3) requiring communication paid for or sponsored by party committee to bear only the name of the committee and relettering
former Subdivs. (3) and (4) accordingly; P.A. 94-143 amended Subsec. (a) by specifying that campaign literature must
contain the words "paid for by" or "sponsored by", amended Subsec. (b) by changing "this section does not apply" to "the
provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply", deleting "lawn or yard signs" from Subdiv. (3) and adding new
Subdiv. (4) re signs, and added new Subsec. (c) re raising funds to eliminate a campaign deficit, effective January 1, 1995,
and applicable to elections conducted on or after that date; P.A. 95-188 added Subsec. (d), subsequently relettered by the
Revisors as Subsec. (e), re contents of advertising for funds for candidates for Treasurer; P.A. 95-276 amended Subsec.
(a) and added Subsec. (b) to exempt certain individuals from the disclosure requirements of the section and relettered the
remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-119 added new Subsec. (f) re distribution of printed
communication that does not accurately designate successor campaign treasurer, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 05-188
amended Subsec. (a) by adding "or any web-based, written communication", adding new Subdiv. (2) re requirement that
printed or written communications include the words "approved by" and the name of the individual making or incurring
the expenditure for the communication or the name of the candidate, and making conforming changes, added new Subsec.
(b) re requirement that television, Internet video, radio and Internet audio advertising include identifying information and
a statement approving the message, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (f) as Subsecs. (c) to (g), effective January
1, 2006; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit candidate mailing expenditure unless the mailing
contains candidate's name and photograph, amended Subsec. (b)(1) and (2) by prohibiting candidate television, radio or
Internet audio or video advertising expenditure unless candidate's name, voice and image are used in the advertising, as
appropriate, and by making technical changes therein and added Subsec. (b)(3) prohibiting automated telephone call
expenditure unless candidate's name and voice contained in the call, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to
elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333x. Illegal practices. The following persons shall be guilty of illegal practices and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of section 9-333y:
(1) Any person who, directly or indirectly, individually or by another person, gives
or offers or promises to any person any money, gift, advantage, preferment, entertainment, aid, emolument or other valuable thing for the purpose of inducing or procuring
any person to sign a nominating, primary or referendum petition or to vote or refrain
from voting for or against any person or for or against any measure at any election,
caucus, convention, primary or referendum;
(2) Any person who, directly or indirectly, receives, accepts, requests or solicits
from any person, committee, association, organization or corporation, any money, gift,
advantage, preferment, aid, emolument or other valuable thing for the purpose of inducing or procuring any person to sign a nominating, primary or referendum petition or to
vote or refrain from voting for or against any person or for or against any measure at
any such election, caucus, primary or referendum;
(3) Any person who, in consideration of any money, gift, advantage, preferment,
aid, emolument or other valuable thing paid, received, accepted or promised to the
person's advantage or any other person's advantage, votes or refrains from voting for
or against any person or for or against any measure at any such election, caucus, primary
or referendum;
(4) Any person who solicits from any candidate any money, gift, contribution, emolument or other valuable thing for the purpose of using the same for the support, assistance, benefit or expenses of any club, company or organization, or for the purpose
of defraying the cost or expenses of any political campaign, primary, referendum or
election;
(5) Any person who, directly or indirectly, pays, gives, contributes or promises any
money or other valuable thing to defray or towards defraying the cost or expenses of
any campaign, primary, referendum or election to any person, committee, company,
club, organization or association, other than to a campaign treasurer, except that this
subdivision shall not apply to any expenses for postage, telegrams, telephoning, stationery, express charges, traveling, meals, lodging or photocopying incurred by any candidate for office or for nomination to office, so far as may be permitted under the provisions
of this chapter;
(6) Any person who, in order to secure or promote the person's own nomination or
election as a candidate, or that of any other person, directly or indirectly, promises to
appoint, or promises to secure or assist in securing the appointment, nomination or
election of any other person to any public position, or to any position of honor, trust or
emolument; but any person may publicly announce the person's own choice or purpose
in relation to any appointment, nomination or election in which the person may be called
to take part, if the person is nominated for or elected to such office;
(7) Any person who, directly or indirectly, individually or through another person,
makes a payment or promise of payment to a campaign treasurer in a name other than
the person's own, and any campaign treasurer who knowingly receives a payment or
promise of payment, or enters or causes the same to be entered in the person's accounts
in any other name than that of the person by whom such payment or promise of payment
is made;
(8) Any person who knowingly and wilfully violates any provision of this chapter;
(9) Any person who offers or receives a cash contribution in excess of one hundred
dollars to promote the success or defeat of any political party, candidate or referendum
question;
(10) Any person who solicits, makes or receives a contribution that is otherwise
prohibited by any provision of this chapter;
(11) Any department head or deputy department head of a state department who
solicits a contribution on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any candidate for state, district
or municipal office or any political party;
(12) Any municipal employee who solicits a contribution on behalf of, or for the
benefit of, any candidate for state, district or municipal office, any political committee
or any political party, from (A) an individual under the supervision of such employee,
or (B) the spouse or a dependent child of such individual; or
(13) Any person who makes a coordinated expenditure for a candidate without the
knowledge of said candidate. No candidate shall be civilly or criminally liable with
regard to any such coordinated expenditure.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 25, 34; P.A. 87-524, S. 4, 7; P.A. 99-147; P.A. 02-130, S. 14; P.A. 03-241, S. 66; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A.
05-5, S. 40.)
History: P.A. 87-524 deleted "or general assembly" in Subdivs. (1) and (2), thereby making provisions inapplicable to
vote at any general assembly; P.A. 99-147 amended Subdivs. (1) and (2) by adding reference to the signing of nominating,
primary or referendum petition, and making technical changes; P.A. 02-130 changed "corrupt practices" to "illegal practices" in the introductory clause and amended Subdiv. (9) by changing "fifty dollars" to "one hundred dollars", effective
January 1, 2003, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date; P.A. 03-241 added Subdiv. (12) re
contributions solicited by supervisory municipal employees, effective July 1, 2003; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 added
Subdiv. (13) re person making coordinated expenditure for candidate without candidate's knowledge, effective December
31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-333y. Penalties. (a) Any person who knowingly and wilfully violates any
provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned
not more than five years or both. The Secretary of the State or the town clerk shall
notify the State Elections Enforcement Commission of any such violation of which said
secretary or such town clerk may have knowledge. Any such fine for a violation of any
provision of this chapter applying to the office of the Treasurer shall be deposited on a
pro rata basis in any trust funds, as defined in section 3-13c, affected by such violation.
(b) (1) If any campaign treasurer or lobbyist fails to file the statements required by
section 9-333j or subsection (g) of section 9-333l, or if any candidate fails to file either
(A) a statement for the formation of a candidate committee as required by section 9-333f, or (B) a certification pursuant to section 9-333e that the candidate is exempt from
forming a candidate committee as required by section 9-333f, within the time required,
the campaign treasurer, lobbyist or candidate, as the case may be, shall pay a late filing
fee of one hundred dollars.
(2) In the case of any such statement or certification that is required to be filed with
the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the commission shall, not later than ten
days after the filing deadline is, or should be, known to have passed, notify by certified
mail, return receipt requested, the person required to file that, if such statement or certification is not filed not later than twenty-one days after such notice, the person is in
violation of section 9-333e, 9-333f or 9-333j or subsection (g) of section 9-333l.
(3) In the case of any such statement or certification that is required to be filed with
a town clerk, the town clerk shall forthwith after the filing deadline is, or should be,
known to have passed, notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the person
required to file that, if such statement or certification is not filed not later than seven
days after the town clerk mails such notice, the town clerk shall notify the State Elections
Enforcement Commission that the person is in violation of section 9-333e, 9-333f or 9-333j or subsection (g) of section 9-333l.
(4) The penalty for any violation of section 9-333e, 9-333f or 9-333j or subsection
(g) of section 9-333l shall be a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than
two thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 26, 34; P.A. 89-251, S. 64, 203; P.A. 93-192, S. 2, 3; 93-251, S. 4, 5; P.A. 95-60, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-119,
S. 10, 14; P.A. 00-43, S. 11, 19; P.A. 05-235, S. 11; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 41.)
History: P.A. 89-251 increased the late filing fee from fifty dollars to fifty-five dollars; P.A. 93-192 deleted requirement
that secretary of the state and town clerk notify chief state's attorney and state's attorney of violations, effective July 1,
1993, and applicable to violations committed on or after that date; P.A. 93-251 applied section to lobbyist statements
required by Subsec. (g) of Sec. 9-333l, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-60 divided section into Subsecs. and amended
Subsec. (b) to clarify procedure for notifying persons who have not filed and the State Elections Enforcement Commission,
effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-119 required notification by secretary within "ten" rather than "seven" days after the filing
deadline in Subsec. (b), effective May 24, 1996; P.A. 00-43 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for deposit of penalties for
violations involving the Treasurer's office, effective May 3, 2000; P.A. 05-235 amended Subsec. (b) by dividing existing
provisions into Subdivs. (1) to (4), amending Subdiv. (1) to increase late filing fee from fifty-five to one hundred dollars
and apply said fee to a candidate failing to file either a statement for formation of candidate committee or a certification
that candidate is exempt from forming candidate committee, amending Subdivs. (2), (3) and (4) to modify the notification
procedure and deadlines for late filings and to make conforming changes, and amending Subdiv. (4) to substitute fine of
"not less than two hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars" for fine of "not more than one thousand dollars",
effective July 1, 2005; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (b) by changing "Secretary of the State" to "State
Elections Enforcement Commission" and making conforming and technical changes, effective December 31, 2006, and
applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-346a. Preparation and distribution of forms; town clerk's fee. (a) The
State Elections Enforcement Commission shall prepare and print the forms required
for compliance with this chapter and distribute them upon request to candidates and
campaign treasurers.
(b) The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall, at the expense of the state,
prepare and print all forms for statements required to be returned under the provisions
of this chapter and shall furnish to each town clerk a sufficient supply of each of such
blank forms as are required to be filed with or returned to the town clerk. The town clerk
of each town shall, upon request, distribute to campaign treasurers the forms required
for compliance with this chapter and, if not salaried, shall be entitled to receive from
the town the sum of ten cents for each copy.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 27, 34; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 54.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 changed "Secretary of the State" to "State Elections Enforcement Commission",
effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.