CT SB00228

State Elections Enforcement Commission may establish a pilot program to assist town clerks in up to 20 municipalities with campaign finance filing repository duties under Connecticut General Statutes section 9-603.

Municipalities must apply through their town's legislative body and be selected by the commission based on established criteria; selected municipalities transfer some or all filing repository duties to the state commission.

Commission may waive late filing fees for candidates and treasurers in participating municipalities, notwithstanding existing penalty provisions.

Pilot program terminates on April 7, 2016.

Commission must conduct a study analyzing costs to municipalities for maintaining filing repositories and town clerk capacity for centralized filing, reporting findings and legislative recommendations by February 1, 2017 to the joint standing committee on elections.