Sec. 9-609. (Formerly Sec. 9-333k). Party committees; designation as campaign treasurer. Limitation on multiple committees. Fund-raising events and testimonial affairs.
Sec. 9-609. (Formerly Sec. 9-333k). Party committees; designation as campaign treasurer. Limitation on multiple committees. Fund-raising events and testimonial affairs. (a) The chairman of each party committee shall designate a campaign
treasurer and may designate a deputy campaign treasurer, or in the case of a state central
committee, not more than two deputy campaign treasurers. The campaign treasurer
and any deputy campaign treasurers so designated shall sign a statement accepting the
designation, which shall be filed with the proper authority with the statement of designation required under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-602. No state central
committee or town committee shall establish a committee other than a single party
committee for purposes of this chapter. A party committee or a political committee
organized for ongoing political activities shall form no other political committees, except
that two or more such committees may join to form a political committee for the purpose
of a single fund-raising event.
(b) As used in this subsection, "testimonial affair" means an affair held in honor of
an individual who holds, or who is or was a candidate for nomination or election to, an
office subject to this chapter. No testimonial affair shall be held without the consent of
such person. No testimonial affair shall be held for a candidate, or for an individual who
holds any such office during the term of such office, except to raise funds on his behalf
for purposes authorized in this chapter. A testimonial affair which is held by an organization duly organized for charitable purposes shall be exempt from the provisions of this
chapter. A testimonial affair which is held for an individual upon his retirement from
public office shall also be exempt from the provisions of this chapter unless a deficit
exists from any such individual's campaigns for election or nomination to an office
subject to this chapter. Any fund-raising affair for any candidate or individual who holds
any such office for any purposes other than those authorized in this chapter shall be
prohibited. Any person who organizes such a fund-raising affair shall be in violation of
this section.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 12, 34; 86-240, S. 5, 12; P.A. 95-144, S. 8; P.A. 96-119, S. 9, 14.)
History: P.A. 86-240 amended Subsec. (a) to permit chairman of state central committee to appoint two deputy campaign
treasurers; P.A. 95-144 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision that deputy campaign treasurer or treasurers serve only
in event that campaign treasurer unable to perform his duties; P.A. 96-119 added provisions in Subsec. (a) to require the
designated campaign treasurer and deputy campaign treasurer to sign and file a statement accepting designation, effective
January 1, 1997; Sec. 9-333k transferred to Sec. 9-609 in 2007.