HB07246: An Act Concerning Modifications To Campaign Finance Laws And State Elections Enforcement Commission Authority.

Legislative Summary

To make several changes concerning campaign finance laws and the State Elections Enforcement Commission, including redefining "organization expenditure", "solicit", "contribution" and "expenditure", modifying the contents of certain political advertising disclaimers, reducing the number of audits required to be conducted by said commission, restricting the timing of declaratory rulings by said commission, requiring legislative approval of commission guidance documents, amending procedures for contributions rejected as qualifying contributions for purposes of Citizens' Election Program grant applications, subjecting the commission executive director to nomination and legislative confirmation and providing that court-ordered restitution of funds to a committee are to be spent by such committee over a period of time equal to the time it took to raise such funds instead of all at once.