Sec. 9-620. (Formerly Sec. 9-333v). Contributions made or received by committees formed to promote success or defeat of referendum questions. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 9-620. (Formerly Sec. 9-333v). Contributions made or received by committees formed to promote success or defeat of referendum questions. Reporting
requirements. (a) A political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success
or defeat of a referendum question shall not make contributions to, or for the benefit of,
a party committee, a political committee, a national committee, a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office or a candidate committee, except in the distribution
of a surplus, as provided in subsection (e) of section 9-608.
(b) A political committee formed solely to aid or promote the success or defeat of
a referendum question shall not receive contributions from a national committee or from
a committee of a candidate for federal or out-of-state office.
(c) No person, as defined in subdivision (9) of section 9-601, other than an individual
or a committee, shall make a contribution to a political committee formed solely to aid
or promote the success or defeat of a referendum question, or to any other person, as
defined in subdivision (9) of section 9-601, to aid or promote the success or defeat of
a referendum question, in excess of ten cents for each individual residing in the state or
political subdivision thereof in which such referendum question is to be voted upon, in
accordance with the last federal decennial census.
(d) Any such person other than an individual or a committee which makes expenditures or has expenses incurred but not paid in excess of one thousand dollars in the state
or political subdivision thereof in which a referendum question is to be voted upon, shall
file all designations and sworn financial statements required to be filed by political
committees and comply with all provisions of this chapter which apply to political
committees.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 23, 34; P.A. 87-576, S. 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 87-576 added "or has expenses incurred but not paid" in Subsec. (d); Sec. 9-333v transferred to Sec. 9-620 in 2007.