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      Sec. 9-718. Organization expenditure by party committee, legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee for state senator or state representative. Limit for general election and primary campaign. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no party committee, legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, as defined in section 9-601, shall make an organization expenditure, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 9-601, for the benefit of a participating candidate or the candidate committee of a participating candidate in the Citizens' Election Program for the office of state senator in an amount that exceeds ten thousand dollars for the general election campaign.

      (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no party committee, legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, as defined in section 9-601, shall make an organization expenditure, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 9-601, for the purposes described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (25) of section 9-601 for the benefit of a participating candidate or the candidate committee of a participating candidate in the Citizens' Election Program for the office of state senator for the primary campaign.

      (c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no party committee, legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, as defined in section 9-601, shall make an organization expenditure, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 9-601, for the benefit of a participating candidate or the candidate committee of a participating candidate in the Citizens' Election Program for the office of state representative in an amount that exceeds three thousand five hundred dollars for the general election campaign.

      (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no party committee, legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee, as defined in section 9-601, shall make an organization expenditure, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 9-601, for the purposes described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (25) of section 9-601 for the benefit of a participating candidate or the candidate committee of a participating candidate in the Citizens' Election Program for the office of state representative for the primary campaign.

      (P.A. 06-137, S. 16.)

      History: P.A. 06-137 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.