State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Connecticut > Title9 > Chap157 > Sec9-714Sec. 9-714. Independent expenditures: Payment of additional matching moneys to participating candidates. (a) The State Elections Enforcement Commission, (1) upon the receipt of a report under subsection (e) of section 9-612 that an independent expenditure has been made or obligated to be made, with the intent to promote the defeat of a participating candidate whose candidate committee has received a grant under section 9-705 for a primary campaign or a general election campaign, or (2) upon determining at the request of any such participating candidate that such an independent expenditure has been made or obligated to be made with such intent, shall immediately notify the State Comptroller that additional moneys, equal to the amount of the independent expenditure, shall be paid to the candidate committee of such participating candidate. Not later than two business days following notification by the commission, the State Comptroller shall draw an order on the State Treasurer for payment of such amount to said candidate committee from the Citizens' Election Fund.
(b) If, during the ninety-six-hour period beginning at five o'clock p.m. on the Thursday preceding the day of a primary or an election, the commission receives (1) a report under subsection (e) of section 9-612 that an independent expenditure has been made or obligated to be made, with the intent to promote the defeat of a participating candidate, or (2) a notice from a participating candidate that such an independent expenditure has been made or obligated to be made but not yet been reported to the commission, the commission shall expeditiously review the report or such notice, as the case may be, and notify the State Comptroller, who shall immediately wire or electronically transfer moneys from the fund, in the amount of such independent expenditures confirmed or estimated by the commission, to the qualified candidate committee of said participating candidate or to any person requested by the participating candidate.
(c) (1) The maximum aggregate amount of moneys that the qualified candidate committee of a participating candidate shall receive under subsections (a) and (b) of this section to match independent expenditures made, or obligated to be made, with the intent to promote the defeat of said participating candidate shall not exceed the amount of the applicable grant authorized under section 9-705 for the participating candidate for the primary campaign or general election campaign in which such independent expenditures are made or obligated to be made.
(2) The additional moneys under subsections (a) and (b) of this section to match independent expenditures shall be granted to the qualified candidate committee of a participating candidate opposed by a nonparticipating candidate only if the nonparticipating candidate's campaign expenditures, combined with the amount of the independent expenditures, exceed the amount of the applicable grant authorized under section 9-705 for the participating candidate for the primary campaign or general election campaign in which such independent expenditures are made or obligated to be made.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 15.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 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.
