CHAPTER 150a
COMPUTERIZATION OF CAMPAIGN
FINANCE STATEMENTS AND DATA
Table of Contents
Sec. 9-348ee. Filing of campaign finance statements in electronic form.
Sec. 9-348ff. Conversion of data from paper format to electronic format.
Sec. 9-348gg. Public access to computerized data from campaign finance statements.
Sec. 9-348ee. Filing of campaign finance statements in electronic form. (a) The
State Elections Enforcement Commission shall (1) create a software program or programs for the preparation of financial disclosure statements required by section 9-333j,
and (2) prescribe the standard reporting format and specifications for other software
programs created by vendors for such purpose. No software program created by a vendor
may be used for the electronic submission of such financial disclosure statements, until
the commission determines that the program provides for the standard reporting format,
and complies with the specifications, which are prescribed under subdivision (2) of this
subsection for vendor software programs. The commission shall provide training in the
use of the software program or programs created by the commission.
(b) The campaign treasurer of the candidate committee for each candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State who raises or spends two
hundred fifty thousand dollars or more during an election campaign shall file in electronic form all financial disclosure statements required by section 9-333j by either transmitting disks, tapes or other electronic storage media containing the contents of such
statements to the State Elections Enforcement Commission or transmitting the statements on-line to said commission. Each such campaign treasurer shall use either (1) a
software program created by the commission under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of
this section, for all such statements, or (2) another software program which provides
for the standard reporting format, and complies with the specifications, which are prescribed by the commission under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, for all
such statements. The commission shall accept any statement that uses any such software
program. Once any such candidate committee has raised or spent two hundred fifty
thousand dollars or more during an election campaign, all previously filed statements
required by said section 9-333j, which were not filed in electronic form shall be refiled in
such form, using such a software program, not later than the date on which the campaign
treasurer of the committee is required to file the next regular statement under said section
9-333j.
(c) (1) The campaign treasurer of the candidate committee for any other candidate,
as defined in section 9-333a, who is required to file the financial disclosure statements
required by section 9-333j with the commission, and (2) the campaign treasurer of any
political committee or party committee, may file in electronic form any financial disclosure statements required by said section 9-333j. Such filings may be made by either
transmitting disks, tapes or other electronic storage media containing the contents of
such statements to the proper authority under section 9-333e or transmitting the statements on-line to such proper authority. Each such campaign treasurer shall use either
(A) a software program created by the commission under subdivision (1) of subsection
(a) of this section, for all such statements filed in electronic form, or (B) another software
program which provides for the standard reporting format, and complies with the specifications, which are prescribed by the commission under subdivision (2) of subsection
(a) of this section, for all such statements filed in electronic form. The proper authority
under section 9-333e shall accept any statement that uses any such software program.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 1, 19; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 44.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 effective July 1, 1997 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b) the second occurrence of
the word "or" in the phrase "or (2) or another ..." was deleted editorially by the Revisors for grammatical accuracy); Oct.
25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 changed "Secretary of the State" to "State Elections Enforcement Commission", made conforming
and technical changes and deleted obsolete dates, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after
that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-348ff. Conversion of data from paper format to electronic format. The
State Elections Enforcement Commission shall, within available appropriations, convert
all data in statements required by section 9-333j that are filed in paper format on and
after such date, to an electronic format and be authorized to use a portion of the funds
for oversight of such conversion.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 2, 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 8, 51; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 45.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 required that conversion be within
available appropriations, rather than to the extent feasible, and authorized use of a portion of funds for conversion oversight,
effective July 1, 1999; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 changed "Secretary of the State" to "State Elections Enforcement
Commission" and deleted an obsolete date, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after
that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.
Sec. 9-348gg. Public access to computerized data from campaign finance
statements. The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall make all computerized
data from statements required by section 9-333j available to the public through (1)
computer terminals at the commission and, if feasible, at remote access locations, and
(2) the Internet or any other generally available on-line computer network.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 3, 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 9, 51; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 46.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 changed data availability date
from January 1, 1999, to January 1, 2000, effective July 1, 1999; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 changed "Secretary of the
State" to "State Elections Enforcement Commission" and deleted an obsolete date, effective December 31, 2006, and
applicable to elections held on or after that date.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.