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 seventh calendar day in the months of January, April, July and October, provided,
if such seventh 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, on each January thirtieth, April tenth
and July tenth, and 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) Contributions from a single individual to a campaign treasurer in the aggregate
totaling thirty 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".
(4) 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 to the contrary, 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 within 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, 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 no candidate committee may distribute such surplus to a committee which has been established to finance
future political campaigns of the candidate;
(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 within 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 to the contrary, 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) Within seven days after such distribution or within 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 within 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 within 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. 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 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, as defined in subsection (e) of section 9-333l, (1) the campaign treasurer
may only distribute to the candidate committee for nomination or election to the General
Assembly or state office, as so defined, 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 said subsection (e) of section 9-333l apply and (2) 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. As used in this subsection, "principal of an investment
services firm" has the meaning set forth in subsection (f) of section 9-333n.
(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.)
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.
See Sec. 1-2a re construing of references to "United States mail" or "postmark" to include references to any delivery
service designated by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Section 7502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any
successor to the code, as amended, and to any date recorded or marked as described in said Section 7502 by a designated
delivery service and construing of "registered or certified mail" to include any equivalent designated by the Secretary of
the Treasury pursuant to said Section 7502.
Sec. 9-333k. Party committees; designation as campaign treasurer. Limitation on multiple committees. Fund-raising events and testimonial affairs. (a) The
chairman of each party committee shall designate a campaign treasurer and may designate a deputy campaign treasurer, or in the case of a state central committee, not more
than two deputy campaign treasurers. The campaign treasurer and any deputy campaign
treasurers so designated shall sign a statement accepting the designation, which shall
be filed with the proper authority with the statement of designation required under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-333d. No state central committee or town committee shall establish a committee other than a single party committee for purposes of
this chapter. A party committee or a political committee organized for ongoing political
activities shall form no other political committees, except that two or more such committees may join to form a political committee for the purpose of a single fund-raising
event.
(b) As used in this subsection, "testimonial affair" means an affair held in honor of
an individual who holds, or who is or was a candidate for nomination or election to, an
office subject to this chapter. No testimonial affair shall be held without the consent of
such person. No testimonial affair shall be held for a candidate, or for an individual who
holds any such office during the term of such office, except to raise funds on his behalf
for purposes authorized in this chapter. A testimonial affair which is held by an organization duly organized for charitable purposes shall be exempt from the provisions of this
chapter. A testimonial affair which is held for an individual upon his retirement from
public office shall also be exempt from the provisions of this chapter unless a deficit
exists from any such individual's campaigns for election or nomination to an office
subject to this chapter. Any fund-raising affair for any candidate or individual who holds
any such office for any purposes other than those authorized in this chapter shall be
prohibited. Any person who organizes such a fund-raising affair shall be in violation of
this section.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 12, 34; 86-240, S. 5, 12; P.A. 95-144, S. 8; P.A. 96-119, S. 9, 14.)
History: P.A. 86-240 amended Subsec. (a) to permit chairman of state central committee to appoint two deputy campaign
treasurers; P.A. 95-144 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision that deputy campaign treasurer or treasurers serve only
in event that campaign treasurer unable to perform his duties; P.A. 96-119 added provisions in Subsec. (a) to require the
designated campaign treasurer and deputy campaign treasurer to sign and file a statement accepting designation, effective
January 1, 1997.
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. Statements to be filed by lobbyists. (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 five-month period preceding
the election being held for the office which the candidate described in this subdivision
is seeking.
(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) As used in this subsection, "immediate family" means any spouse or dependent
child who resides in a lobbyist's household. 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 Secretary of the State 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 Secretary of the State in accordance with the
provisions of section 9-333e, on the second Thursday in July, so indicating.
(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.)
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.
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 two thousand five hundred dollars;
(2) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney
General, in excess of one thousand five hundred 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 five hundred 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) No individual shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit
of, an exploratory committee or 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.)
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.
Sec. 9-333n. Other contributions by individuals. (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 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 five hundred
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) 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, provided 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.
(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.
(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, except that the prohibition in this subsection shall not apply to an incumbent State Treasurer who establishes an exploratory committee or candidate committee
for any public office other than State Treasurer.
(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.
(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.)
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.
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, or
to promote the success or defeat of any political party, except as provided in subsection
(b) of this section.
(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 dollars; (4) state representative, in
excess of five hundred dollars; or (5) any other office of a municipality not included in
subdivision (3) of this subsection, in excess of two hundred fifty dollars; or an exploratory committee, in excess of two hundred fifty 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. A political committee organized by a
business entity may make unlimited contributions to, or for the benefit of, another political committee organized by a business entity or to a party committee. No political committee organized by a business entity shall make a contribution to an exploratory committee in excess of two hundred fifty dollars. No such political committee shall make a
contribution or contributions in excess of two thousand dollars to any other kind of
political committee, in any one calendar year if organized for ongoing political activities,
or if formed for a single primary, election or referendum, with respect to such primary,
election or referendum.
(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.)
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.
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.
(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.)
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
two thousand five hundred dollars; (2) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State,
Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, in excess of one thousand five hundred
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 five hundred 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.
(b) No such committee shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the
benefit of, an exploratory committee, in excess of two hundred fifty 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 five thousand dollars; (2) a town committee, in excess of
one thousand 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.)
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.
Sec. 9-333r. Contributions made or received by candidate committees. (a) A
candidate committee shall not make contributions to, or for the benefit of, (1) a party
committee, (2) a political committee, (3) a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office, (4) a national committee, or (5) another candidate committee except that
(A) a pro rata sharing of certain expenses in accordance with subsection (b) of section
9-333l shall be permitted, and (B) after a political party nominates candidates for election
to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, whose names shall be so placed
on the ballot in the election that an elector will cast a single vote for both candidates,
as prescribed in section 9-181, an expenditure by a candidate committee established by
either such candidate that benefits the candidate committee established by the other such
candidate shall be permitted.
(b) A candidate committee shall not receive contributions from any national committee or from a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 19, 34; P.A. 91-351, S. 16, 28; P.A. 03-241, S. 15, 64.)
History: P.A. 91-351 inserted in Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (a) "except to a political committee which has been formed for
a slate of convention delegates in a primary"; P.A. 03-241 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating exception in Subdiv. (2)
for political committee formed for slate of convention delegates in primary, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to
primaries and elections held on or after that date, and by adding Subpara. (B) in Subdiv. (5) re expenditures by candidate
committees established by candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor who are nominated by same party and designating existing exception therein as Subpara. (A), effective July 1, 2003.
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 candidate committee; (3) a national committee
of a political party; (4) a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office; or
(5) a political committee. 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) 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.)
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.
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, a party
committee; any national committee of a political party; a candidate committee; or a
committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office. No such political committee
shall make a contribution or contributions in excess of two thousand dollars to another
political committee in any calendar year except that a political committee organized by
a business entity may make unlimited contributions to, or for the benefit of, another
political committee organized by a business entity. No political committee organized
for ongoing political activities shall make a contribution in excess of two hundred fifty
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) 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.)
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.
Sec. 9-333u. Contributions made or received by committees established for a
single primary or election. (a) A political committee established for a single primary
or election may make unlimited contributions to, or for the benefit of, a party committee
or a candidate committee, but no such political committee 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. 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 two hundred fifty dollars to an exploratory
committee.
(b) 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.)
Sec. 9-333v. Contributions made or received by committees formed to promote success or defeat of referendum questions. Reporting requirements. (a) A
political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum
question shall not make contributions to, or for the benefit of, a party committee, a
political committee, a national committee, a committee of a candidate for federal or
out-of-state office or a candidate committee, except in the distribution of a surplus, as
provided in subsection (e) of section 9-333j.
(b) A political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success or defeat of
a referendum question shall not receive contributions from a national committee or from
a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office.
(c) No person, as defined in subdivision (9) of section 9-333a, other than an individual or a committee, shall make a contribution to a political committee formed solely to
aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question, or to any other person,
as defined in subdivision (9) of section 9-333a, to aid or promote the success or defeat
of a referendum question, in excess of ten cents for each individual residing in the state
or political subdivision thereof in which such referendum question is to be voted upon,
in accordance with the last federal decennial census.
(d) Any such person other than an individual or a committee which makes expenditures or has expenses incurred but not paid in excess of one thousand dollars in the state
or political subdivision thereof in which a referendum question is to be voted upon, shall
file all designations and sworn financial statements required to be filed by political
committees and comply with all provisions of this chapter which apply to political
committees.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 23, 34; P.A. 87-576, S. 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 87-576 added "or has expenses incurred but not paid" in Subsec. (d).
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 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 the words "paid for by" and the following:
(1) In the case of such an individual, the name and address of such individual; (2) in the
case of a committee other than a party committee, the name of the committee and its
campaign treasurer; or (3) in the case of a party committee, the name of the committee.
(b) 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.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
(f) 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.)
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.
Subsec. (a):
Is narrowly tailored to serve compelling state interests and is valid and enforceable. 255 C. 78.
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; or
(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.
(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.)
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.
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) If any campaign treasurer or lobbyist fails to file the statements required by
section 9-333j or subsection (g) of section 9-333l, as the case may be, within the time
required, he shall pay a late filing fee of fifty-five dollars. In the case of a statement that
is required to be filed with the Secretary of the State, the secretary shall, within ten days
after the filing deadline, notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the person
required to file that, if such statement is not filed within twenty-one days after the deadline, the person is in violation of said section or subsection. If the person does not file
such statement within twenty-one days after the deadline, the secretary shall notify the
State Elections Enforcement Commission within twenty-eight days after the deadline.
In the case of a statement that is required to be filed with a town clerk, the town clerk
shall forthwith after the filing deadline notify by certified mail, return receipt requested,
the person required to file that, if such statement is not filed within seven days after
receiving such notice, the town clerk shall notify the State Elections Enforcement Commission that the person is in violation of said section or subsection. The penalty for any
violation of said section or subsection shall be a fine of not more than one 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.)
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.
Secs. 9-334 to 9-343. Forms for statements. Definitions. Principal campaign
treasurer and campaign treasurers, appointment, duties. Contributions. Filing of
statements and reports, fee. Contributions or expenditures by: Stock corporations
and other business organizations to candidates, parties, committees, organizations,
political committees established by organizations, individuals, party committees
and ongoing political committees, candidate committees, political committees
formed solely to aid or promote success or defeat of a constitutional amendment
or referendum question. Statement of organization by political committees, filing,
contents. Regulation of campaign expenditures, generally. Sections 9-334 to 9-343,
inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1156-1161, 1163-65; 1953, S. 811d-820d; 1957, P.A. 400, S. 1-3; 1961, P.A. 15; 263; 517, S. 74;
1963, P.A. 473; 1967, P.A. 592, S. 17-25; 1971, P.A. 736, S. 1; 844, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 67; P.A. 73-61, S. 1; P.A. 74-183,
S. 184, 291; 74-189, S. 2-9, 24; 74-213, S. 5, 9; 74-338, S. 81, 83, 94; P.A. 75-273, S. 1, 3; 75-571, S. 2-12, 33, 34; P.A.
76-154, S. 1; 76-157, S. 1, 2; 76-275, S. 6, 9; 76-435, S. 14, 82; P.A. 77-158; 77-201, S. 1, 2; 77-471, S. 1, 4; 77-583, S.
1; P.A. 79-616, S. 1, 2, 24; 79-620, S. 2; P.A. 80-272, S. 1, 2; 80-281, S. 16-19; 80-432, S. 2, 3; P.A. 81-325, S. 1; 81-357, S. 1-12, 27; 81-360, S. 1, 4; 81-395, S. 1-3, 9; 81-434, S. 2, 3; 81-472, S. 8, 159; P.A. 82-39, S. 1-3, 6-8, 12; 82-54,
S. 1, 6, 9; 82-122, S. 1, 2; 82-247, S. 13, 14; 82-472, S. 171, 172, 183; P.A. 83-336, S. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; 83-560, S. 1, 6; P.A.
84-437, S. 2, 4; 84-511, S. 8, 15; P.A. 85-270, S. 1, 2, 7; 85-598, S. 1, 2, 8, 10; P.A. 86-99, S. 33, 34; 86-240, S. 1, 2, 11, 12.)
Sec. 9-344. Transferred to Chapter 151, Sec. 9-364a.
Secs. 9-345 and 9-346. Penalties. Powers of state referees and judges. Sections
9-345 and 9-346 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1167, 1170; 1953, S. 822d, 823d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 97; 1972, P.A. 31; P.A. 74-183, S. 185, 291; 74-213, S. 6, 9; P.A. 75-571, S. 33, 34; P.A. 76-436, S. 351, 681; P.A. 86-99, S. 33, 34.)
Sec. 9-346a. Preparation and distribution of forms; town clerk's fee. (a) The
Secretary of the State shall prepare and print the forms required for compliance with
this chapter and distribute them upon request to candidates and campaign treasurers.
(b) The Secretary of the State 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.)
Sec. 9-346b. Powers of state referees and judges. Preservation of testimony.
Witnesses. Expenses of inquiry. (a) Any state referee or any judge of the Superior
Court may, upon the written request of any state's attorney or any assistant state's attorney, conduct an inquiry as to whether any crime has been committed concerning any
matters mentioned in such request, within the jurisdiction of such state's attorney or
assistant state's attorney making such request, and any such referee or judge, and any
such state's or assistant state's attorney, may compel the attendance of any person as a
witness by subpoena issued by him; and such person, having been sworn as a witness,
may be examined relative to any such matter under investigation. Such referee, judge
or attorney may also compel the production for examination at such inquiry of any books
or papers or any other thing which he may require in the conduct of such inquiry by
subpoena duces tecum issued by him. Such referee or judge may cause any person who
fails to appear before him as a witness, having been summoned, to be brought before
him by a capias issued by him; and any person in attendance as a witness who refuses
to be sworn as a witness, or who, being sworn, refuses to answer any proper question
propounded to him, and any person summoned who fails to appear before the referee
or judge, may be adjudged guilty of contempt and fined not more than twenty-five
dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. In any proceeding held under
the provisions of this section, if any witness objects to testifying or to producing any
book, paper or other thing on the ground that such testimony, book, paper or thing may
tend to degrade or incriminate him or render him liable to a penalty or forfeiture, and
such referee or judge directs or compels such witness to testify or to produce such book,
paper or thing, he shall not be prosecuted for any matter concerning which he has so
testified, or evidenced by such book, paper or thing so produced, except for perjury
committed in so testifying.
(b) In the conduct of any such inquiry the referee, judge, state's attorney or assistant
state's attorney may employ a competent stenographer to take notes of the examination
of any witness, and may furnish a transcript of such notes to any prosecuting officer
having jurisdiction of the subject matter of such inquiry. The referee or judge may require
the attendance and assistance, at any such inquiry and in procuring the attendance of
witnesses, of any state policeman, constable or police officer, who shall be allowed such
compensation as the referee or judge deems reasonable.
(c) The referee, judge, state's attorney or assistant state's attorney shall return to
the clerk of the superior court for the judicial district in which such inquiry is held an
account of all expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties imposed by this section
or required by this chapter, including witness fees, and shall endorse the same, if correct,
or such items of the account as are correct, and the endorsed sums shall be paid by the
state on the order of the clerk.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 28, 34; P.A. 00-99, S. 37, 154.)
History: P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff in Subsec. (b), effective December 1, 2000.
Cited. 222 C. 799, 815.
Secs. 9-347 to 9-348dd. Preservation of testimony and securing of witnesses.
Expenses of inquiry. Application of provisions. Formation of committees; designation and responsibilities of campaign treasurer and deputy treasurer; appointment
and responsibilities of solicitor. Contributions. Deposit of contributions; anonymous contributions, disposition. Authorization of expenditures; liability for debt
incurred; election day expenditures. Payment of authorized political expenses by
checks of authorized banks, petty cash fund, reimbursement of committee workers
for authorized expenditures from personal funds; preservation of records. Payment of permitted expenses by campaign treasurers; charitable and memorial contributions; honorariums for elected officials prohibited. Statements and reports
required of campaign treasurers, generally; disposition of surpluses. Who may
contribute for political purposes. Payment of election contest expenses. Acts prohibited as corrupt practices. Penalty. Forms, distribution, town clerk's fee. Testimonial affairs limited. Principal campaign treasurer for each candidate and campaign treasurer for each committee, duties. Committees: Party; political,
organized for ongoing political activities; political, established by organizations,
generally. Contributions from joint bank accounts. Limit on contributions to candidates by individuals; unlimited expenditures by individuals permitted. Limits on
contributions to committees by individuals. Limitation on campaign contributions
and expenditures; expenditures defined. Expenditures by candidate on behalf of
his own campaign, reimbursement of candidate by campaign treasurer for certain
expenses. Political advertising. Sections 9-347 to 9-348dd, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1168, 1169; 1953, S. 824d. 825d; 1967, P.A. 592, S. 1-15; 1971, P.A. 161, S. 1; 736, S. 2; 844, S. 2;
1972, P.A. 32; P.A. 73-61, S. 2; 73-604; P.A. 74-183, S. 186, 291; 74-189, S. 1, 11-24; 74-198, S. 1-6; 74-202, S. 1-7;
74-213, S. 7, 9; 74-338, S. 79, 80, 82, 83, 94; P.A. 75-273, S. 2, 3; 75-482, S. 1-5; 75-506, S. 1, 2; 75-571, S. 13-31, 33,
34; P.A. 76-154, S. 2, 3; 76-156, S. 1, 2; 76-264, S. 1-3; 76-270, S. 1, 2; 76-275, S. 1-5, 7, 9; P.A. 77-58; 77-64; 77-180;
77-471, S. 2, 3; 77-583, S. 2; 77-604, S. 57, 84; P.A. 78-51; 78-153, S. 31, 32; 78-280, S. 2, 16, 17, 127; P.A. 79-351; 79-377, S. 1, 2; 79-381, S. 1-4; 79-438; 79-616, S. 3, 4, 24; 79-620, S. 1; 79-631, S. 99, 111; P.A. 80-212, S. 2-4; 80-223;
80-271, S. 1-3; 80-281, S. 20-27, 31; 80-289, S. 1, 2; 80-483, S. 35, 186; P.A. 81-325, S. 2-16; 81-357, S. 13-27; 81-360, S. 2-4; 81-395, S. 4, 5, 8, 9; 81-467, S. 6, 8; 81-472, S. 121, 159; P.A. 82-39, S. 4, 5, 9-12; 82-54, S. 2-5, 7-9; 82-426, S. 8, 14; 82-472, S. 28, 183; P.A. 83-336, S. 5, 6; 83-410; 83-560, S. 2-6; P.A. 84-192, S. 1-3; 84-511, S. 9-15; P.A.
85-270, S. 3-7; 85-598, S. 3-7, 10; 85-613, S. 21, 154; P.A. 86-99, S. 33, 34; 86-240, S. 3, 4, 11, 12.)