Sec. 9-623. (Formerly Sec. 9-333y). Penalties.
Sec. 9-623. (Formerly Sec. 9-333y). Penalties. (a) Any person who knowingly
and wilfully violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than five
thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. The Secretary of the
State or the town clerk shall notify the State Elections Enforcement Commission of any
such violation of which said secretary or such town clerk may have knowledge. Any
such fine for a violation of any provision of this chapter applying to the office of the
Treasurer shall be deposited on a pro rata basis in any trust funds, as defined in section
3-13c, affected by such violation.
(b) (1) If any campaign treasurer fails to file any statement required by section 9-608, or if any candidate fails to file either (A) a statement for the formation of a candidate
committee as required by section 9-604, or (B) a certification pursuant to section 9-603
that the candidate is exempt from forming a candidate committee as required by section
9-604, within the time required, the campaign treasurer or candidate, as the case may
be, shall pay a late filing fee of one hundred dollars.
(2) In the case of any such statement or certification that is required to be filed with
the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the commission shall, not later than ten
days after the filing deadline is, or should be, known to have passed, notify by certified
mail, return receipt requested, the person required to file that, if such statement or certification is not filed not later than twenty-one days after such notice, the person is in
violation of section 9-603, 9-604 or 9-608.
(3) In the case of any such statement or certification that is required to be filed with
a town clerk, the town clerk shall forthwith after the filing deadline is, or should be,
known to have passed, notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the person
required to file that, if such statement or certification is not filed not later than seven
days after the town clerk mails such notice, the town clerk shall notify the State Elections
Enforcement Commission that the person is in violation of section 9-603, 9-604 or 9-608.
(4) The penalty for any violation of section 9-603, 9-604 or 9-608 shall be a fine
of not less than two hundred dollars or more than two thousand dollars or imprisonment
for not more than one year, or both.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 26, 34; P.A. 89-251, S. 64, 203; P.A. 93-192, S. 2, 3; 93-251, S. 4, 5; P.A. 95-60, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-119,
S. 10, 14; P.A. 00-43, S. 11, 19; P.A. 05-235, S. 11; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 41; P.A. 06-196, S. 56; P.A. 08-2, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 89-251 increased the late filing fee from $50 to $55; P.A. 93-192 deleted requirement that secretary of
the state and town clerk notify chief state's attorney and state's attorney of violations, effective July 1, 1993, and applicable
to violations committed on or after that date; P.A. 93-251 applied section to lobbyist statements required by Subsec. (g)
of Sec. 9-333l, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-60 divided section into Subsecs. and amended Subsec. (b) to clarify procedure
for notifying persons who have not filed and the State Elections Enforcement Commission, effective July 1, 1995; P.A.
96-119 required notification by secretary within 10 rather than 7 days after the filing deadline in Subsec. (b), effective
May 24, 1996; P.A. 00-43 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for deposit of penalties for violations involving the Treasurer's
office, effective May 3, 2000; P.A. 05-235 amended Subsec. (b) by dividing existing provisions into Subdivs. (1) to (4),
amending Subdiv. (1) to increase late filing fee from $55 to $100 and apply said fee to a candidate failing to file either a
statement for formation of candidate committee or a certification that candidate is exempt from forming candidate committee, amending Subdivs. (2), (3) and (4) to modify the notification procedure and deadlines for late filings and to make
conforming changes, and amending Subdiv. (4) to substitute fine of not less than $200 nor more than $2,000 for fine of
not more than $1,000, effective July 1, 2005; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 amended Subsec. (b) by changing "Secretary of
the State" to "State Elections Enforcement Commission" and making conforming and technical changes, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(4),
effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; Sec. 9-333y transferred to Sec. 9-623
in 2007; P.A. 08-2 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate references to statements filed by lobbyists and references to Sec. 9-610(g), effective April 7, 2008.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.