SB 1014 — AN ACT CONCERNING A MUNICIPAL ELECTION MONITOR FOR THE 2021 MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THE 2022 STATE ELECTION.

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44301014 ReferredSenate, toApril 14, 2021 The Committee on GOVERNMENTGovernment ADMINISTRATIONAdministration ANDand ELECTIONSElections Introducedreported by:through SEN.

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AN ACT CONCERNING A MUNICIPAL ELECTION MONITOR FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THE 2022 STATE ELECTION.

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455 Such municipality shall provide for such election monitor any office space, supplies, equipment and services necessary to properly carry out the duties and responsibilities of the position.

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455 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $ Secretary of the State GF - Cost 150,000 None Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill requires any municipality with a population of at least 140,000 to have an election monitor for the 2021 municipal election and the 2022 state election.

This bill requires that the Secretary of the State (SOS) to contract with such monitor until December 31, 2022, unless such contract is terminated prior to said date.

The bill also requires such municipality to provide the monitor with office space, supplies, equipment, and services necessary to carry out duties and responsibilities.

Based on the 2018 Annual Town and County Population for Connecticut produced by the Department of Public Health, only Bridgeport meets such population threshold.

It is estimated that the cost for an election monitor for two elections would be $150,000 based on the Secretary of State's experience in hiring an election monitor for Bridgeport for the 2020 election.

1https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Departments-and- Agencies/DPH/Population/Town-Pop/pop_towns2018pdf.pdf SB1014 / File No.

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455 The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above is only for the and 2022 elections.

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455 OLR Bill Analysis SB 1014 AN ACT CONCERNING A MUNICIPAL ELECTION MONITOR FOR THE 2021 MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THE 2022 STATE ELECTION.

SUMMARY The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Special Acts.

COMMITTEE ACTION Government Administration and Elections Committee Joint Favorable Yea 18 Nay 0 (03/29/2021) SB1014 / File No.

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