CHAPTER 150*
ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN FINANCING

This chapter applies to: (1) The election, and all primaries preliminary thereto, of all public officials, except presidential electors, United States senators and members in Congress, (2) any referendum question, and (3) persons who are candidates in a primary for convention delegates. This chapter also applies, except for the provisions of sections 9-333m to 9-333v, inclusive, to persons who are candidates in a primary for town committee members.
(1949 Rev., S. 1155; 1953, S. 810d; 1967, P.A. 592, S. 16; P.A. 75-571, S. 1, 34; P.A. 86-99, S. 1, 34; P.A. 87-264, S. 1; P.A. 91-351, S. 1, 28.)
History: 1967 act deleted "except as otherwise provided by law" and listed the exceptions as presidential electors, United States senator, members in Congress, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of the state, treasurer, comptroller, attorney general, sheriff, judge of probate, members of the general assembly and to all caucuses and primaries preliminary to any such election and deleted specific listing of offices to which the chapter applies, effective January 1, 1968; P.A. 75- 571 changed application of chapter to include all primaries preliminary to elections, deleted all previously listed exceptions following "members in Congress", added as exceptions "nominees as delegates to conventions and candidates for members of town committees" and further expanded application to any constitutional amendment, referendum question and any question to be voted upon at any election; P.A. 86-99 made technical amendment restructuring section for clarity; P.A. 87-264 applied chapter, except for sections indicated, to candidates in convention delegate or town committee member primaries; P.A. 91-351 added Subdiv. indicators and Subdiv. (3) which applied chapter to persons who are candidates in primary for convention delegates.
Cited. 6 CS 210.

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As used in this chapter:
(1) "Committee" means a party committee, political committee or a candidate committee organized, as the case may be, for a single primary, election or referendum, or for ongoing political activities, to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political party, any one or more candidates for public office or the position of convention delegate or town committee member or any referendum question.
(2) "Party committee" means a state central committee or a town committee. "Party committee" does not mean a party-affiliated or district, ward or borough committee which receives all of its funds from the state central committee of its party or from a single town committee with the same party affiliation. Any such committee so funded shall be construed to be a part of its state central or town committee for purposes of this chapter.
(3) "Political committee" means (A) a committee organized by a business entity or organization, (B) persons other than individuals, or two or more individuals organized or acting jointly conducting their activities in or outside the state, (C) a committee established by a candidate to determine the particular public office to which he shall seek nomination or election, and referred to in this chapter as an exploratory committee or (D) a committee established by or on behalf of a slate of candidates in a primary for the position of convention delegate, but does not mean a candidate committee or a party committee.
(4) "Candidate committee" means any committee designated by a single candidate, or established with the consent, authorization or cooperation of a candidate, for the purpose of a single primary or election and to aid or promote his candidacy alone for a particular public office or the position of town committee member, but does not mean a political committee or a party committee.
(5) "National committee" means the organization which according to the bylaws of a political party is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the party at the national level.
(6) "Organization" means all labor organizations, (A) as defined in the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as from time to time amended, or (B) as defined in subdivision (9) of section 31-101, employee organizations as defined in subsection (d) of section 5-270 and subdivision (6) of section 7-467, bargaining representative organizations for teachers, any local, state or national organization, to which a labor organization pays membership or per capita fees, based upon its affiliation or membership, and trade or professional associations which receive their funds exclusively from membership dues, whether organized in or outside of this state, but does not mean a candidate committee, party committee or a political committee.
(7) "Business entity" means the following, whether organized in or outside of this state: Stock corporations, banks, insurance companies, business associations, bankers associations, insurance associations, trade or professional associations which receive funds from membership dues and other sources, partnerships, joint ventures, private foundations, as defined in Section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended; trusts or estates; corporations organized under sections 38a-175 to 38a- 192, inclusive, 38a-199 to 38a-209, inclusive, and 38a-214 to 38a-225, inclusive, and chapters 594 to 597, inclusive; cooperatives, and any other association, organization or entity which is engaged in the operation of a business or profit-making activity; but does not include professional service corporations organized under chapter 594a and owned by a single individual, nonstock corporations which are not engaged in business or profit-making activity, organizations, as defined in subdivision (6) of this section, candidate committees, party committees and political committees as defined in this section. For purposes of this chapter, corporations which are component members of a controlled group of corporations, as those terms are defined in Section 1563 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, shall be deemed to be one corporation.
(8) "Individual" means a human being, a sole proprietorship, or a professional service corporation organized under chapter 594a and owned by a single human being.
(9) "Person" means an individual, committee, firm, partnership, organization, association, syndicate, company trust, corporation, limited liability company or any other legal entity of any kind but does not mean the state or any political or administrative subdivision of the state.
(10) "Candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination for election or election to public office whether or not such individual is elected, and for the purposes of this chapter an individual shall be deemed to seek nomination for election or election if he has (A) been endorsed by a party or become eligible for a position on the ballot at an election or primary or (B) solicited or received contributions or made expenditures or given his consent to any other person to solicit or receive contributions or make expenditures with the intent to bring about his nomination for election or election to any such office. "Candidate" also means a slate of candidates which is to appear on the ballot in a primary for the position of convention delegate. For the purposes of sections 9-333 to 9-333l, inclusive, and section 9-333w, "candidate" also means an individual who is a candidate in a primary for town committee members.
(11) "Campaign treasurer" means the individual appointed by a candidate or by the chairman of a party committee or a political committee to receive and disburse funds on behalf of the candidate or committee.
(12) "Deputy campaign treasurer" means the individual appointed by the candidate or by the chairman of a committee to serve in the capacity of the campaign treasurer if the campaign treasurer is unable to perform his duties.
(13) "Solicitor" means an individual appointed by a campaign treasurer of a committee to receive, but not to disburse, funds on behalf of the committee.
(14) "Referendum question" means a question to be voted upon at any election or referendum, including a proposed constitutional amendment.
(15) "Lobbyist" means a lobbyist as defined in subsection (l) of section 1-91.
(16) "Business with which he is associated" means any business in which the contributor is a director, officer, owner, limited or general partner or holder of stock constituting five per cent or more of the total outstanding stock of any class. Officer refers only to the president, executive or senior vice-president or treasurer of such business.
(17) "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure that is made without the consent, knowing participation, or consultation of, a candidate or agent of the candidate committee. "Independent expenditure" does not include an expenditure (A) if there is any coordination or direction with respect to the expenditure between the candidate or the treasurer, deputy treasurer or chairman of his candidate committee and the person making the expenditure or (B) if, during the same election cycle, the individual making the expenditure serves or has served as the treasurer, deputy treasurer or chairman of the candidate committee.
(18) "Federal account" means a depository account that is subject to the disclosure and contribution limits provided under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended from time to time.
(19) "Public funds" means funds belonging to, or under the control of, the state or a political subdivision of the state.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 2, 34; P.A. 87-264, S. 2; 87-524, S. 1; 87-576, S. 1, 6; P.A. 89-211, S. 16; P.A. 91-351, S. 2, 28; P.A. 95-79, S. 18, 189; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 11, 19; P.A. 98-7, S. 1, 4; P.A. 99-12, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 87-264 amended Subdiv. (10) to include in definition of "candidate", in sections indicated, candidates in convention delegate or town committee member primaries; P.A. 87-524 added Subdivs. (15) and (16), defining "lobbyist" and "business with which he is associated"; P.A. 87-576 amended Subdiv. (7) to exclude professional service corporations from definition of "business entity" and amended Subdiv. (8) to include a professional service corporation in definition of "individual"; P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; P.A. 91-351 amended Subdiv. (1) to include a committee to aid or promote success or defeat of candidate for position of convention delegate or town committee member in definition of "committee", added Subpara. (D) to Subdiv. (3) to include committee established by or on behalf of slate of candidates in primary for position of convention delegate to definition of "political committee", amended Subdiv. (4) to include committee to aid or promote candidacy for position of town committee member to definition of "candidate committee" and amended Subdiv. (10) to include slate of candidates to appear on ballot in primary for position of convention delegate in definition of "candidate" for entire chapter; P.A. 95-79 redefined "person" to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 added Subdiv. (17) defining "independent expenditure", effective July 1, 1997, and applicable to elections and primaries held on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 98- 7 added Subdiv. (18) defining "federal account", effective January 1, 1999, and applicable to elections and primaries held on or after that date; P.A. 99-12 added Subdiv. (19) defining "public funds", effective January 1, 2000.
See notes to Sec. 9-335.

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(a) As used in this chapter, "contribution" means:
(1) Any gift, subscription, loan, advance, payment or deposit of money or anything of value, made for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or election, of any person or for the purpose of aiding or promoting the success or defeat of any referendum question or on behalf of any political party;
(2) A written contract, promise or agreement to make a contribution for any such purpose;
(3) The payment by any person, other than a candidate or campaign treasurer, of compensation for the personal services of any other person which are rendered without charge to a committee or candidate for any such purpose;
(4) An expenditure when made by a person with the cooperation of, or in consultation with, any candidate, candidate committee or candidate's agent or which is made in concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate, candidate committee or candidate's agent; or
(5) Funds received by a committee which are transferred from another committee or other source for any such purpose.
(b) As used in this chapter, "contribution" does not mean:
(1) A loan of money made in the ordinary course of business by a national or state bank;
(2) Any communication made by a corporation, organization or association to its members, owners, stockholders, executive or administrative personnel, or their families;
(3) Nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns by any corporation, organization or association aimed at its members, owners, stockholders, executive or administrative personnel, or their families;
(4) Uncompensated services provided by individuals volunteering their time;
(5) The use of real or personal property, and the cost of invitations, food or beverages, voluntarily provided by an individual to a candidate or on behalf of a state central or town committee, in rendering voluntary personal services for candidate or party- related activities at the individual's residence, to the extent that the cumulative value of the invitations, food or beverages provided by the individual on behalf of any single candidate does not exceed two hundred dollars with respect to any single election, and on behalf of all state central and town committees does not exceed four hundred dollars in any calendar year;
(6) The sale of food or beverage for use in a candidate's campaign or for use by a state central or town committee at a discount, if the charge is not less than the cost to the vendor, to the extent that the cumulative value of the discount given to or on behalf of any single candidate does not exceed two hundred dollars with respect to any single election, and on behalf of all state central and town committees does not exceed four hundred dollars in a calendar year;
(7) Any unreimbursed payment for travel expenses made by an individual who on the individual's own behalf volunteers the individual's personal services to any single candidate to the extent the cumulative value does not exceed two hundred dollars with respect to any single election, and on behalf of all state central or town committees does not exceed four hundred dollars in a calendar year;
(8) The payment, by a party committee, political committee or an individual, of the costs of preparation, display, mailing or other distribution incurred by the committee or individual with respect to any printed slate card, sample ballot or other printed list containing the names of three or more candidates;
(9) The donation of any item of personal property by an individual to a committee for a fund-raising affair, including a tag sale or auction, or the purchase by an individual of any such item at such an affair, to the extent that the cumulative value donated or purchased does not exceed fifty dollars;
(10) The purchase of advertising space which clearly identifies the purchaser, in a program for a fund-raising affair, provided the cumulative purchase of such space does not exceed two hundred fifty dollars from any single candidate or the candidate's committee with respect to any single election campaign or two hundred fifty dollars from any single party committee or other political committee in any calendar year if the purchaser is a business entity or fifty dollars for purchases by any other person;
(11) The payment of money by a candidate to the candidate's candidate committee;
(12) The donation of goods or services by a business entity to a committee for a fund-raising affair, including a tag sale or auction, to the extent that the cumulative value donated does not exceed one hundred dollars;
(13) The advance of a security deposit by an individual to a telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, for telecommunications service for a committee, provided the security deposit is refunded to the individual;
(14) The provision of facilities, equipment, technical and managerial support, and broadcast time by a community antenna television company, as defined in section 16- 1, for community access programming pursuant to section 16-331a, unless (A) the major purpose of providing such facilities, equipment, support and time is to influence the nomination or election of a candidate, or (B) such facilities, equipment, support and time are provided on behalf of a political party; or
(15) The sale of food or beverage by a town committee to an individual at a town fair, county fair or similar mass gathering held within the state, to the extent that the cumulative payment made by any one individual for such items does not exceed fifty dollars.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 3, 34; P.A. 87-576, S. 2, 6; P.A. 91-407, S. 35, 42; P.A. 92-246, S. 2, 5; P.A. 95-144, S. 5, 11; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 9, 19; P.A. 99-264; P.A. 02-130, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 87-576, in Subdiv. (9) of Subsec. (b), changed "thirty" to "fifty" and, in Subdiv. (10) of Subsec. (b), changed from purchase of single ticket to fund-raising affair to extent purchase price of ticket does not exceed fifteen dollars to purchase of "tickets" to any "single" fund-raising affair to extent "aggregate" purchase price of "all" such "tickets" does not exceed "thirty" dollars; P.A. 91-407 added Subdiv. (14) to Subsec. (b) excluding advance of security deposit to telephone company from definition of "contribution"; P.A. 92-246 amended Subdiv. (11) of Subsec. (b) to revise the exception from "contribution" for purchase of advertising space in a fund-raising affair program; P.A. 95-144 made technical changes; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 repealed Subdiv. (10) of Subsec. (b) re purchase of tickets to single fund-raising affair when aggregate price does not exceed thirty dollars, and renumbered remaining Subdivs., effective July 1, 1997, and applicable to elections and primaries held on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 99-264 amended Subsec. (b) by inserting new Subdiv. (14) re the provision of facilities, equipment, support and broadcast time by a community antenna television company for community access programming unless the purpose is to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or the facilities, equipment, support and time are provided on behalf of a political party; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical changes in Subdivs. (7), (10), (11) and (14) and by adding Subdiv. (15) re sale of food or beverage by town committee at a fair or similar mass gathering, effective January 1, 2003, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date.
See notes to Sec. 9-335.

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(a) As used in this chapter, the term "expenditure" means:
(1) Any purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value, when made for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or election, of any person or for the purpose of aiding or promoting the success or defeat of any referendum question or on behalf of any political party;
(2) Any advertisement that (A) refers to one or more clearly identified candidates, (B) is broadcast by radio or television other than on a public access channel, or appears in a newspaper, magazine or on a billboard, and (C) is broadcast or appears during the ninety-day period preceding the date of an election, other than a commercial advertisement that refers to an owner, director or officer of a business entity who is also a candidate and that had previously been broadcast or appeared when the owner, director or officer was not a candidate; or
(3) The transfer of funds by a committee to another committee.
(b) The term "expenditure" does not mean:
(1) A loan of money, made in the ordinary course of business, by a state or national bank;
(2) A communication made by any corporation, organization or association to its members, owners, stockholders, executive or administrative personnel, or their families;
(3) Nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns by any corporation, organization or association aimed at its members, owners, stockholders, executive or administrative personnel, or their families;
(4) Uncompensated services provided by individuals volunteering their time;
(5) Any news story, commentary or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine or other periodical, unless such facilities are owned or controlled by any political party, committee or candidate;
(6) The use of real or personal property, and the cost of invitations, food or beverages, voluntarily provided by an individual to a candidate or on behalf of a state central or town committee, in rendering voluntary personal services for candidate or party- related activities at the individual's residence, to the extent that the cumulative value of the invitations, food or beverages provided by the individual on behalf of any single candidate for nomination or election does not exceed two hundred dollars with respect to any single election, and on behalf of all state central and town committees does not exceed four hundred dollars in a calendar year; or
(7) Any unreimbursed payment for travel expenses made by an individual who, on his own behalf, volunteers his personal services to any single candidate to the extent that the cumulative value does not exceed two hundred dollars with respect to any single election, and on behalf of all state or town committees does not exceed four hundred dollars in a calendar year.
(c) "Expense incurred but not paid" means any receipt of goods or services for which payment is required but not made or a written contract, promise or agreement to make an expenditure.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 4, 34; P.A. 99-275, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 99-275 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting new Subdiv. (2) including certain advertisements in the term "expenditure", and by renumbering former Subdiv. (2) as (3), effective July 1, 1999.
See notes to Sec. 9-335.

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Sec. 9-333d. Designation of campaign treasurer and depository institution. Certification. Persons authorized to receive contributions. Duties of campaign treasurer. Personal jurisdiction of State Elections Enforcement Commission over nonresidents. (a) Except with respect to an individual acting on his own, no contributions may be made, solicited or received and no expenditures may be made, directly or indirectly, in aid of or in opposition to the candidacy for nomination or election of any individual or any party or referendum question, unless (1) the candidate or chairman of the committee has filed a designation of a campaign treasurer and a depository institution situated in this state as the depository for the committee's funds or (2) the candidate or, in the event of a referendum question, a group of individuals has filed a certification in accordance with the provisions of section 9-333f or 9-333g, as the case may be. In the case of a political committee, the filing of the statement of organization by the chairman of such committee, in accordance with the provisions of section 9-333g shall constitute compliance with the provisions of this subsection.
(b) No contribution in aid of or in opposition to the candidacy of any person or to any party or referendum question shall be made at any time, except to the committee's campaign treasurer whose designation is on file with the proper authority, a solicitor, a candidate who is exempt from the requirement to form a candidate committee and has filed a certification, or a group of individuals which have joined solely to support or oppose a referendum question and have filed a certification.
(c) An individual who is designated as campaign treasurer of a committee shall be responsible for all duties required of him under this chapter until the committee is terminated. The campaign treasurer shall be relieved of such duties upon his permanent incapacity, resignation or replacement, provided a statement to that effect is filed with the proper authority, as provided in section 9-333e. In the event of the death of the campaign treasurer or after a statement has been filed concerning the campaign treasurer's incapacity, resignation or replacement, if a deputy campaign treasurer has been designated, the deputy campaign treasurer shall be responsible for all duties required of the campaign treasurer under this chapter until the candidate or chairman of the committee files with the proper authority a designation of a successor campaign treasurer. If a deputy campaign treasurer has not been designated, the candidate or chairman shall designate a successor campaign treasurer and file such designation with the proper authority not more than ten days after the death of the campaign treasurer or the filing of the statement of his incapacity, resignation or replacement.
(d) (1) In addition to its jurisdiction over persons who are residents of this state, the State Elections Enforcement Commission may exercise personal jurisdiction over any nonresident person, or the agent of such nonresident person, who makes a payment of money, gives anything of value or makes a contribution or expenditure, in excess of two hundred dollars, to or for the benefit of any committee or candidate.
(2) Where personal jurisdiction is based solely upon this subsection, an appearance does not confer personal jurisdiction with respect to causes of action not arising from an act enumerated in this subsection.
(3) Any nonresident person or the agent of such person over whom the State Elections Enforcement Commission may exercise personal jurisdiction, as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of the State as the person's or agent's attorney and to have agreed that any process in any complaint, investigation or other matter conducted pursuant to section 9-7b and brought against the nonresident person, or said person's agent, may be served upon the Secretary of the State and shall have the same validity as if served upon such nonresident person or agent personally. The process shall be served upon the Secretary of the State by the officer to whom the same is directed by leaving with or at the office of the Secretary of the State, at least twelve days before any required appearance day of such process, a true and attested copy of such process, and by sending to the nonresident person or agent so served, at the person's or agent's last-known address, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, a like and attested copy with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the Secretary of the State. The Secretary of the State shall keep a record of each such process and the day and hour of service.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 5, 34; P.A. 91-351, S. 3, 28; P.A. 96-119, S. 11, 14; P.A. 02-130, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 91-351 merged former Subdiv. (2) into Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (a), thereby requiring that designation of a campaign treasurer be filed by the candidate or chairman of the committee, added new Subdiv. (2) to Subsec. (a) re filing of certification, and amended Subsec. (b) to apply prohibition to contributions re party or referendum question and include in the exception a candidate or group of individuals filing a certification; P.A. 96-119 added new Subsec. (c) re responsibilities and duration of term of campaign treasurer, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 02-130 added Subsec. (d) authorizing State Elections Enforcement Commission to exercise personal jurisdiction over certain nonresident persons and agents of such persons, effective May 10, 2002.

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(a) Statements filed by party committees, political committees formed to aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question proposing a constitutional convention, constitutional amendment or revision of the Constitution, individual lobbyists, and those political committees and candidate committees formed to aid or promote the success or defeat of any candidate for the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General, judge of probate and members of the General Assembly, shall be filed with the office of the Secretary of the State. A copy of each statement filed by a town committee shall be filed at the same time with the town clerk of the municipality in which the committee is situated. A political committee formed for a slate of candidates in a primary for the position of convention delegate shall file statements with both the Secretary of the State and the town clerk of the municipality in which the primary is to be held.
(b) Statements filed by political committees formed solely to aid or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question to be voted upon by the electors of a single municipality and those political committees or candidate committees formed to aid or promote the success or defeat of any candidate for public office, other than those enumerated in subsection (a), or the position of town committee member shall be filed only with the town clerk of the municipality in which the election or referendum is to be held. Each unsalaried town clerk shall be entitled to receive ten cents from the town for the filing of each such statement.
(c) A certification of a candidate who is exempt from the requirement of subsection (a) of section 9-333f to form a candidate committee shall be filed with the Secretary of the State if the candidate seeks an office enumerated in subsection (a) of this section, or with the town clerk of the municipality in which the election is to be held if the candidate seeks an office other than those enumerated. A certification of a group of individuals who have joined solely to aid or promote a referendum question and who are exempt from the requirement to form a political committee under section 9-333g shall be filed with the town clerk of each municipality in which the referendum is to be held.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 6, 34; P.A. 88-364, S. 15, 123; P.A. 91-351, S. 4, 28; P.A. 93-251, S. 2, 5; P.A. 00-99, S. 33, 154.)
History: P.A. 88-364 added language describing the candidate committee as one formed to aid or promote the success or defeat of any candidate for the office of governor or lieutenant governor, which had been omitted due to a composition error; P.A. 91-351 added provisions in Subsec. (a) re filing requirements for statements by a town committee and by a political committee formed for a slate of convention delegate candidates, amended Subsec. (b) to require statements filed by committees formed to aid or promote success or defeat of candidate for position of town committee member to be filed in municipality in which election held and added Subsec. (c) re filing requirements for certifications; P.A. 93-251 required statements by individual lobbyists to be filed with office of the secretary of the state, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000.

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Sec. 9-333f. Formation of committee by candidate. Exceptions. Exploratory committees. Convention delegate slates. (a) Each candidate for a particular public office or the position of town committee member shall form a single candidate committee for which he shall designate a campaign treasurer and a depository institution situated in this state as the depository for the committee's funds and shall file a committee statement containing such designations with the proper authority as required by section 9-333e. The candidate may also designate a deputy campaign treasurer on such committee statement. The campaign treasurer and any deputy campaign treasurer so designated shall sign a statement accepting such designation which the candidate shall include as part of, or file with, the committee statement.
(b) The formation of a candidate committee by a candidate and the filing of statements pursuant to section 9-333j shall not be required if the candidate files a certification with the proper authority required by section 9-333e, at any time prior to the acceptance of a contribution or making of an expenditure and any of the following conditions exist for the campaign: (1) The candidate is one of a slate of candidates whose campaigns are funded solely by a party committee or a political committee formed for a single election or primary and expenditures made on behalf of the candidate's campaign are reported by the committee sponsoring the candidate's candidacy; (2) the candidate finances the candidate's campaign entirely from personal funds and does not solicit or receive contributions, provided if said candidate personally makes an expenditure or expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars to, or for the benefit of, said candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary or election to an office or position, said candidate 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; or (3) the candidate does not receive or expend funds in excess of one thousand dollars. If the candidate no longer qualifies for the exemption under any of these conditions, the candidate shall comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, not later than three business days thereafter and shall provide the candidate's designated campaign treasurer with all information required for completion of the treasurer's statements and filings as required by section 9-333j. If the candidate no longer qualifies for the exemption due to the condition stated in the candidate's certification but so qualifies due to a different condition specified in this subsection, the candidate shall file an amended certification with the proper authority and provide the new condition for the candidate's qualification not later than three business days following the change in circumstances of the financing of the candidate's campaign. The filing of a certification under this subsection shall not relieve the candidate from compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The chairman of a political committee formed to support a single candidate for public office shall, not later than seven days after filing a statement of organization with the proper authority under section 9-333e, send the candidate a notice, by certified mail, of such filing. If a candidate (1) does not, within fourteen days after receiving such notice, disavow such committee, in writing, to the proper authority under section 9- 333e, or (2) disavows such committee within such period, but, at any time before such disavowal, accepts funds from the committee for his campaign, such committee shall be deemed to have been authorized by such candidate and shall constitute a candidate committee for the purposes of this chapter. No candidate shall establish, agree to or assist in establishing, or give his consent or authorization to establishing a committee other than a single candidate committee to promote his candidacy for any public office except that a candidate may establish a single political committee, for a single election or primary, for the sole purpose of determining whether to seek (A) nomination or election to the General Assembly, (B) a state office, as defined in subsection (e) of section 9-333l, or (C) nomination or election to any other public office. The candidate shall designate such purpose on the statement of organization. Not later than fifteen days after a public declaration by the candidate of his intention to seek nomination or election to the General Assembly, a state office, as so defined, or any other particular public office, the candidate shall form a single candidate committee.
(d) A slate of candidates in a primary for the position of delegate to the same convention shall designate a chairperson to form a single political committee to comply with the requirements of section 9-333g, except if the individuals on the slate unanimously consent to have their campaign financed solely by a town committee or by the candidate committee of a candidate for state or district office to which they are committed, and such committee or candidate consents to such financing by filing a statement of consent with both the Secretary of the State and the town clerk of the municipality in which the primary is to be held.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 7, 34; P.A. 87-576, S. 3, 6; P.A. 88-83, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-267, S. 2; P.A. 91-351, S. 5, 28; P.A. 94-143, S. 1, 6; P.A. 95-87, S. 2; 95-144, S. 6; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 15, 19; P.A. 02-130, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 87-576 added provisions at beginning of Subsec. (c) re whether political committee formed to support single candidate shall be deemed to constitute candidate committee; P.A. 88-83 amended Subdiv. (3) of Subsec. (b) by substituting "one thousand" for "five hundred"; P.A. 90-267 amended Subsec. (c) by requiring candidate to designate whether exploratory committee is for determining whether to seek (A) nomination or election to the general assembly or (B) nomination or election to any public office other than general assembly; P.A. 91-351 amended Subsec. (a) to apply to candidate for town committee member, require designation of depository institution and require filing of committee statement containing designations, substantially amended Subsec. (b) re conditions for exemption from candidate committee and filing requirements, applied Subsec. (c) to committee formed to support candidate "for public office" and added Subsec. (d) re slate of candidates in primary for position of delegate to same convention; P.A. 94-143 amended Subsec. (b) by adding "at any time prior to the acceptance of a contribution or making of an expenditure", deleting requirement condition exist for the entire campaign, deleting provision re deadline for certifying existence of a condition, adding "under any of these conditions" re no longer qualifying for exemption and adding provision re change of condition for qualifying for exemption, effective January 1, 1995, and applicable to elections conducted on or after that date; P.A. 95-87 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring that campaign treasurer and deputy campaign treasurer sign statement accepting such designation and that statement be included with committee statement; P.A. 95-144 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision that deputy campaign treasurer serve only in event that campaign treasurer unable to perform his duties and made technical changes to Subsec. (b); June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 amended Subsec. (c) by inserting new Subpara. (B) authorizing single political committee for purpose of determining whether to seek a state office and relettering former Subpara. (B) as Subpara. (C), and amended Subpara. (C) so it applies to any other public office, and by deleting reference to the General Assembly, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality throughout, by requiring candidate to file statements under Sec. 9-333j if candidate personally makes campaign expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars in Subdiv. (2) and by changing "five hundred dollars" to "one thousand dollars" in Subdiv. (3), effective January 1, 2003, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date.
See notes to Sec. 9-348b.

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(a) The chairperson of each political committee shall designate a campaign treasurer and may designate a deputy campaign treasurer. The campaign treasurer and any deputy campaign treasurer so designated shall sign a statement accepting the designation. The chairperson of each political committee shall file a statement of organization along with the statement signed by the designated campaign treasurer and deputy campaign treasurer with the proper authority, within ten days after its organization, provided that the chairperson of any political committee organized within ten days prior to any primary, election or referendum in connection with which it intends to make any contributions or expenditures, shall immediately file a statement.
(b) The statement shall include: (1) The name and address of the committee; (2) a statement of the purpose of the committee; (3) the name and address of its campaign treasurer, and deputy campaign treasurer if applicable; (4) the name, address and position of its chairman, and other principal officers if applicable; (5) the name and address of the depository institution for its funds; (6) the name of each person, other than an individual, that is a member of the committee; (7) the name and party affiliation of each candidate whom the committee is supporting and the office or position sought by each candidate; (8) if the committee is supporting the entire ticket of any party, a statement to that effect and the name of the party; (9) if the committee is supporting or opposing any referendum question, a brief statement identifying the substance of the question; (10) if the committee is established by a business entity or organization, the name of the entity or organization; (11) if the committee is established by an organization, whether it will receive its funds from the organization's treasury or from voluntary contributions; (12) if the committee files reports with the Federal Elections Commission or any out- of-state agency, a statement to that effect including the name of the agency; (13) a statement indicating whether the committee is established for a single primary, election or referendum or for ongoing political activities; and (14) if the committee is established by or on behalf of a lobbyist, a statement to that effect and the name of the lobbyist.
(c) The chairman of each political committee shall report any addition to or change in information previously submitted in a statement of organization to the proper authority within ten days after the addition or change.
(d) A group of two or more individuals who have joined solely to promote the success or defeat of a referendum question shall not be required to file as a political committee, make such designations in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section or file statements pursuant to section 9-333j, if the group does not receive or expend in excess of one thousand dollars for the entire campaign and the agent of such individuals files a certification with the proper authority or authorities as required under section 9-333e before an expenditure is made. The certification shall include the name of the group, or the names of the persons who comprise the group, and the name and address of the agent which shall appear on any communication paid for or sponsored by the group as required by section 9-333w. If the group receives or expends in excess of one thousand dollars, the agent shall complete the statement of organization and file as a political committee not later than three business days thereafter. The agent shall provide the designated campaign treasurer with all information required for completion of the statements for filing as required by section 9-333j. The filing of a certification under this subsection shall not relieve the group from compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and the group shall be considered a political committee established solely for a referendum question for purposes of the limitations on contributions and expenditures.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 8, 34; P.A. 87-524, S. 2, 7; P.A. 88-296, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-351, S. 6, 28; P.A. 95-144, S. 7; P.A. 96-119, S. 8, 14; P.A. 02-130, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 87-524 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (14), re lobbyists; P.A. 88-296 added Subsec. (d) re information required on each check issued by campaign treasurer of a political committee to a committee; P.A. 91-351 inserted "or position" in Subdiv. (7) of Subsec. (b), transferred former Subsec. (d) to Subsec. (m) of Sec. 9-333i and added new Subsec. (d) re exemption from political committee and filing requirements for group of individuals joining to promote success or defeat of referendum question; P.A. 95-144 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision that deputy campaign treasurer 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; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (d) by changing "five hundred dollars" to "one thousand dollars" re applicable expenditure limit, effective January 1, 2003, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date.
See notes to Sec. 9-348b.

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Sec. 9-333h. Duties and qualifications of campaign treasurers. Appointment and duties of solicitors. (a) The campaign treasurer of each committee shall be responsible for (1) depositing, receiving and reporting all contributions and other funds in the manner specified in section 9-333j, (2) making and reporting expenditures, (3) reporting expenses incurred but not yet paid, (4) filing the statements required under section 9- 333j, and (5) keeping internal records of each entry made on such statements. The campaign treasurer of each committee shall deposit contributions in the committee's designated depository within seven days after receiving them. The campaign treasurer of each political committee or party committee which makes a contribution of goods to another committee shall send written notice to the campaign treasurer of the recipient committee before the close of the reporting period during which the contribution was made. The notice shall be signed by the campaign treasurer of the committee making the contribution and shall include the full name of such committee, the date on which the contribution was made, a complete description of the contribution and the value of the contribution. Any dispute concerning the information contained in such notice shall be resolved by the campaign treasurer of the recipient committee. Such resolution shall not impair in any way the authority of the State Elections Enforcement Commission under section 9-7b. The campaign treasurer of the recipient committee shall preserve each such notice received for the period prescribed by subsection (f) of section 9-333i.
(b) A contribution in the form of a check drawn on a joint bank account shall, for the purpose of allocation, be deemed to be a contribution made by the individual who signed the check. If a check is signed by more than one individual, the total amount of the check shall be divided equally among the cosigners for the purpose of allocation. If a committee receives an anonymous contribution of more than fifteen dollars the campaign treasurer shall immediately remit the contribution to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall deposit the contribution in the General Fund.
(c) The campaign treasurer of each committee, other than a political committee established by an organization which receives its funds from the organization's treasury, may appoint solicitors. If solicitors are appointed, the campaign treasurer shall receive and report all contributions made or promised to each solicitor. Each solicitor shall submit to the campaign treasurer a list of all contributions made or promised to him. The list shall be complete as of seventy-two hours immediately preceding midnight of the day preceding the dates on which the campaign treasurer is required to file a sworn statement as provided in section 9-333j. Lists shall be received by the campaign treasurer not later than twenty-four hours immediately preceding each required filing date. Each solicitor shall deposit all contributions with the campaign treasurer, within ten days after receipt. No solicitor shall expend any contributions received by him or disburse such contributions to any person other than the campaign treasurer.
(d) No person shall act as a campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer unless the person is an elector of this state, and a statement, signed by the chairman in the case of a party committee or political committee or by the candidate in the case of a candidate committee, designating the person as campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, has been filed in accordance with section 9-333e. In the case of a political committee, the filing of a statement of organization by the chairman of the committee, in accordance with the provisions of section 9-333g, shall constitute compliance with the filing requirements of this section. No provision of this subsection shall prevent the campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or solicitor of any committee from being the campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or solicitor of any other committee or prevent any committee from having more than one solicitor, but no candidate shall have more than one campaign treasurer. A candidate shall not serve as the candidate's own campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, except that a candidate who is exempt from forming a candidate committee under subsection (b) of section 9-333f and has filed a certification that the candidate is financing the candidate's campaign from the candidate's own personal funds or is not receiving or expending in excess of one thousand dollars may perform the duties of a campaign treasurer for the candidate's own campaign.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 9, 34; P.A. 91-351, S. 7, 28; P.A. 94-143, S. 2, 6; P.A. 96-119, S. 12, 14; P.A. 02-130, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 91-351 added provisions to Subsec. (a) re notice of contribution of goods from political or party committee to another committee and added conditions at end of Subsec. (d) for candidate to perform duties of campaign treasurer for his own campaign; P.A. 94-143 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. designations, adding "depositing" and "and other funds in the manner specified in section 9-333j" in Subdiv. (1), and adding Subdivs. (3) and (5) re reporting of expenses not yet paid and keeping internal records, effective January 1, 1995, and applicable to elections conducted on or after that date; P.A. 96-119 amended Subsec. (d) to delete provision requiring the designation statement to include the period for which the appointment is made, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (d) by changing expenditure limit in cases where candidate serves as his or her own campaign treasurer from "five hundred dollars" to "one thousand dollars" and by making technical changes, effective January 1, 2003, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date.
See notes to Secs. 9-348b, 9-348q.

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No financial obligation shall be incurred by a committee unless authorized by the campaign treasurer, except that certain expenditures of a candidate's personal funds may be reimbursed as provided in subsection (k) of this section.
(b) Nonliability for unauthorized debts. No candidate, campaign treasurer, or committee shall be liable for any debt incurred in aid of or in opposition to any political party, referendum question or the candidacy of any person or persons for said offices or positions unless such debt was incurred pursuant to an authorization issued under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Election day expenditures. On any day on which an election or primary is being held, the campaign treasurer of any committee which functions as a town committee may give a check to one individual in each voting district of the municipality in which the election or primary is being held. The check shall be drawn by the campaign treasurer against the committee's depository institution account to the order of such individual in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars. Such individual may use the proceeds of the check to make cash expenditures in such voting district for per diem allotments to campaign workers, or expenses incurred by campaign workers on election or primary day, including but not limited to, food, beverages, gasoline and other similar ordinary and necessary expenses. Such individual shall submit to the campaign treasurer, within forty-eight hours after the closing of the polls, a detailed accounting of all such expenditures. The campaign treasurer shall report the names of all such individuals and the expenditures made by them in accordance with the provisions of section 9-333j.
(d) Payment by treasurer. Except as provided in subsections (j) and (k) of this section, no payment in satisfaction of any financial obligation incurred by a committee shall be made by or accepted from any person other than the campaign treasurer and then only according to the tenor of an authorization issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(e) Method of payment. Petty cash fund. (1) Any such payment shall be by check drawn by the campaign treasurer, on the designated depository. Any payment in satisfaction of any financial obligation incurred by a party committee may also be made by debit card. (2) The campaign treasurer of each committee may draw a check, not to exceed one hundred dollars, to establish a petty cash fund and may deposit additional funds to maintain it, but the fund shall not exceed one hundred dollars at any time. All expenditures from a petty cash fund shall be reported in the same manner as any other expenditure.
(f) Preservation of internal records, checks and bank statements. The campaign treasurer shall preserve all internal records of transactions entered in reports filed pursuant to section 9-333j for four years from the date of the report in which the transactions were entered. If any checks are issued pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, the campaign treasurer who issues them shall preserve all cancelled checks and bank statements for four years from the date on which they are issued. If debit card payments are made pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, the campaign treasurer who makes said payments shall preserve all debit card slips and bank statements for four years from the date on which the payments are made. In the case of a candidate committee, the campaign treasurer or the candidate, if the candidate so requests, shall preserve all internal records, cancelled checks and bank statements for four years from the date of the last report required to be filed under subsection (a) of section 9-333j.
(g) Permissible expenditures. (1) As used in this subsection, (A) "the lawful purposes of his committee" means: (i) For a candidate committee or exploratory committee, the promoting of the nomination or election of the candidate who established the committee; (ii) for a political committee, the promoting of the success or defeat of candidates for nomination and election to public office or position subject to the requirements of this chapter, or the success or defeat of referendum questions, provided a political committee formed for a single referendum question shall not promote the success or defeat of any candidate, and provided further a political committee designated by the majority of the members of a political party who are also members of the state House of Representatives or the state Senate may expend funds to defray costs of its members for conducting legislative or constituency-related business which are not reimbursed or paid by the state; and (iii) for a party committee, the promoting of the party, the candidates of the party and continuing operating costs of the party, and (B) "immediate family" means a spouse or dependent child of a candidate who resides in the candidate's household.
(2) Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, any campaign treasurer, in accomplishing the lawful purposes of his committee, may pay the expenses of: (A) Advertising in electronic and print media; (B) any other form of printed advertising or communications including "thank you" advertising after the election; (C) campaign items, including, but not limited to, brochures, leaflets, flyers, invitations, stationery, envelopes, reply cards, return envelopes, campaign business cards, direct mailings, postcards, palm cards, "thank you" notes, sample ballots and other similar items; (D) political banners and billboards; (E) political paraphernalia, which is customarily given or sold to supporters including, but not limited to, campaign buttons, stickers, pins, pencils, pens, matchbooks, balloons, pads, calendars, magnets, key chains, hats, tee shirts, sweatshirts, frisbees, pot holders, jar openers and other similar items; (F) purchasing office supplies for campaign or political purposes, campaign photographs, raffle or other fund-raising permits required by law, fund-raiser prizes, postage, express mail delivery services, bulk mail permits, and computer supplies and services; (G) banking service charges to maintain campaign and political accounts; (H) subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals which enhance the candidacy of the candidate or party; (I) lease or rental of office space for campaign or political purposes and expenses in connection therewith including, but not limited to, furniture, parking, storage space, utilities and maintenance, provided a party committee or political committee organized for ongoing political activities may purchase such office space; (J) lease or rental of vehicles for campaign use only; (K) lease, rental or use charges of any ordinary and necessary campaign office equipment including, but not limited to, copy machines, telephones, postage meters, facsimile machines, computer hardware, software and printers, provided a party committee or political committee organized for ongoing political activities may purchase office equipment, and provided further that a candidate committee or a political committee, other than a political committee formed for ongoing political activities or an exploratory committee, may purchase computer equipment; (L) compensation for campaign or committee staff, fringe benefits and payroll taxes, provided the candidate and any member of his immediate family shall not receive compensation; (M) travel, meals and lodging expenses of speakers, campaign or committee workers, the candidate and the candidate's spouse for political and campaign purposes; (N) fund raising; (O) reimbursements to candidates and campaign or committee workers made in accordance with the provisions of section 9-333i for campaign-related expenses for which a receipt is received by the campaign treasurer; (P) campaign or committee services of attorneys, accountants, consultants or other professional persons for campaign activities, obtaining or contesting ballot status, nomination, or election, and compliance with this chapter; (Q) purchasing campaign finance reports; (R) repaying permissible campaign loans made to the committee that are properly reported and refunding contributions received from an impermissible source or in excess of the limitations set forth in this chapter; (S) conducting polls concerning any political party, issue, candidate or individual; (T) gifts to campaign or committee workers or purchasing flowers or other commemorative items for political purposes not to exceed fifty dollars to any one recipient in a calendar year or for the campaign, as the case may be; (U) purchasing tickets or advertising from charities, inaugural committees, or other civic organizations if for a political purpose, for any candidate, a candidate's spouse, a member of a candidate's campaign staff, or members of committees; (V) the inauguration of an elected candidate by that candidate's candidate committee; (W) hiring of halls, rooms, music and other entertainment for political meetings and events; (X) reasonable compensation for public speakers hired by the committee; (Y) transporting electors to the polls and other get-out-the-vote activities on election day, and (Z) any other necessary campaign or political expense.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a candidate from purchasing equipment from his personal funds and leasing or renting such equipment to his candidate committee or his exploratory committee, provided the candidate and his campaign treasurer sign a written lease or rental agreement. Such agreement shall include the lease or rental price, which shall not exceed the fair lease or rental value of the equipment. The candidate shall not receive lease or rental payments which in the aggregate exceed his cost of purchasing the equipment.
(4) As used in this subdivision, expenditures for "personal use" include expenditures to defray normal living expenses for the candidate or the immediate family of the candidate and expenditures for the personal benefit of the candidate having no direct connection with, or effect upon, the campaign of the candidate. No goods, services, funds and contributions received by any committee under this chapter shall be used or be made available for the personal use of any candidate. No candidate or candidate committee shall use such goods, services, funds or contributions for any purpose other than campaign purposes permitted by this chapter or expenses incurred in preparation for taking office.
(h) Honoraria, gifts or compensation for elected public officials. No campaign treasurer of a political committee may provide an honorarium to, compensate or make a gift to, any elected public official who is subject to the provisions of this chapter, for any speaking engagement or other services rendered on behalf of such committee, except that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to: (1) Reimbursement for actual travel expenses or food and beverage for the personal consumption of such public official or members of his immediate family, in connection with the rendering of any such services by the public official; or (2) any contribution made to such public official in connection with his campaign for nomination or election to an office or position included in this chapter, which is reported in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Except as provided in this subsection, no such elected public official may receive any gift, honorarium or compensation from a political committee.
(i) Expenses for election contest. The right of any person to expend money for proper legal expenses in maintaining or contesting the results of any election shall not be affected or limited by the provisions of this chapter.
(j) Reimbursements to candidates and committee workers. A candidate or his committee worker shall be reimbursed by the campaign treasurer for any permissible expenditure which the candidate or committee worker has paid from his own personal funds if (1) the campaign treasurer authorized the expenditure, (2) the candidate or worker provides the campaign treasurer with a written receipt from the vendor proving his payment of the expenditure, and (3) in the case of a reimbursement to the candidate, a detailed accounting of the expenditure is included in the report of the campaign treasurer. The campaign treasurer shall preserve all such receipts for the same period of time as required in the case of cancelled checks, except that the campaign treasurer of a candidate committee may, upon request of the candidate, give such receipts to the candidate to keep for such period.
(k) Campaign expenses paid by candidate. A candidate shall report to his campaign treasurer each campaign expenditure of more than fifty dollars which he has made directly from his own personal funds, except those expenditures for his own telephone calls, travel and meals for which the candidate does not seek reimbursement from his committee, by the close of the reporting period in which the expenditures were made. The candidate shall indicate whether or not he expects reimbursement by the committee. The campaign treasurer shall report all such reimbursed and nonreimbursed expenditures as "campaign expenses paid by the candidate" on the sworn financial statements he is required to file in accordance with section 9-333j and in the same manner as committee expenditures.
(l) Political committee checks to committees. Each check issued by the campaign treasurer of a political committee to a candidate committee, party committee or another political committee (1) shall have typed, stamped, or printed other than by hand, on its face, the name and address of the political committee making the contribution and (2) shall legibly indicate the name of the campaign treasurer of the political committee.
(m) Obligations and restrictions imposed on certifying candidates. Any obligation or restriction imposed by this section and sections 9-333j, 9-333l, 9-333m, 9-333o, 9-333q, 9-333r, 9-333t, 9-333v, 9-333w, 9-333x and 9-333y on a campaign treasurer or a candidate committee shall be deemed to be imposed on any candidate who is exempt from forming a candidate committee and has filed a certification pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-333f with the proper authority.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 10, 34; P.A. 91-351, S. 8—10, 28; P.A. 94-143, S. 3, 6; P.A. 95-276, S. 1, 3; P.A. 02-130, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 91-351 inserted "or positions" in Subsec. (b) and "or position" in Subsec. (h), added Subsec. (m) re checks issued by political committee treasurer (formerly Subsec. (d) of Sec. 9-333g) and added Subsec. (n) re obligations and restrictions imposed on candidate who is exempt from forming candidate committee and has filed certification; P.A. 94- 143 amended Subsec. (f) by adding provisions re internal records and bank statements, amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (g) by adding "leasing" and provisions re purchasing space or equipment in Subpara. (D), deleting "or supplies" from Subpara. (D) and adding new Subpara. (M) re supplies, amended Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (g) by adding provision re candidate leasing or renting equipment to committee, amended Subsec. (j) by expanding subsection to candidate reimbursement, changing "committee expenditure" to "permissible expenditure", and adding subdivision designations and Subdiv. (3), deleted Subsecs. (k) and (l) re candidate reimbursement, added new Subsec. (k) re reporting of campaign expenses paid by the candidate, and relettered former Subsecs. (m) and (n) as (l) and (m), effective January 1, 1995, and applicable to elections conducted on or after that date; P.A. 95-276 amended Subsec. (g) by designating former provisions as Subdivs. (2) and (3), adding Subdiv. (1) defining "the lawful purposes of his committee" and "immediate family", revising list of items in Subdiv. (2) for which campaign treasurers may pay expenses, and adding Subdiv. (4) re restrictions on use of goods, services, funds and contributions received by committees, effective January 1, 1996; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (e) by allowing party committee to make payments by debit card and inserting Subdiv. designators and amended Subsec. (f) by requiring preservation of debit card slips and bank statements when debit card payments are made and making technical changes, effective January 1, 2003, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date.

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(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 second Thursday in the months of January, April, July and October, (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 seven days immediately preceding the required filing day, and shall cover a period to begin with the first day not included in the last filed statement except that the January statement, when filed by a party committee or a political committee organized for the purpose of ongoing political activities, shall cover all contributions made or received and all expenditures made as of midnight on December thirty-first of the preceding calendar year.
(2) Each campaign treasurer of a candidate committee, within forty-five days following any election and 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, 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) Contents 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, 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; (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 and the name of the chief executive officer 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; and (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. Each campaign treasurer shall include in such statement 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.
(2) Each contributor described in subparagraph (G), (H) or (I) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall, at the time he 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 he 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), 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 he 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, 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;
(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 the election, primary or referendum 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 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.)
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.
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.
See notes to Secs. 9-348b, 9-348h.

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(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.
See notes to Sec. 9-335.

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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 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, 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 "