Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-611

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.
Section 9-611 - (Formerly Sec. 9-333m). Limits on contributions made by individuals to candidate committees, exploratory committees. When contributions by personal check or credit card required. Contributions by individuals less than eighteen years of age
(a) No individual shall make a contribution or contributions to, for the benefit of, or pursuant to the authorization or request of, a candidate or a committee supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary, or any candidate's campaign for election, to the office of (1) Governor, in excess of three thousand five hundred dollars; (2) Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, in excess of two thousand dollars; (3) chief executive officer of a town, city or borough, in excess of one thousand dollars; (4) state senator or probate judge, in excess of one thousand dollars; or (5) state representative or any other office of a municipality not previously included in this subsection, in excess of two hundred fifty dollars. The limits imposed by this subsection shall be applied separately to primaries and elections.
(b)
(1) No individual shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of, an exploratory committee, in excess of three hundred seventy-five dollars, if the candidate establishing the exploratory committee certifies on the statement of organization for the exploratory committee pursuant to subsection (c) of section 9-604 that the candidate will not be a candidate for the office of state representative. No individual shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of, any exploratory committee, in excess of two hundred fifty dollars, if the candidate establishing the exploratory committee does not so certify.
(2) No individual shall make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of, a political committee formed by a slate of candidates in a primary for the office of justice of the peace, in excess of two hundred fifty dollars.
(c) No individual shall make contributions to such candidates or committees which in the aggregate exceed thirty thousand dollars for any single election and primary preliminary to such election.
(d) No individual shall make a contribution to any candidate or committee, other than a contribution in kind, in excess of one hundred dollars except by personal check or credit card of that individual.
(e) No individual who is less than eighteen years of age shall make a contribution or contributions, in excess of thirty dollars to, for the benefit of, or pursuant to the authorization or request of:
(1) A candidate or a committee supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for nomination at a primary to any office;
(2) a candidate or a committee supporting or opposing any candidate's campaign for election to any office;
(3) an exploratory committee;
(4) any other political committee in any calendar year; or
(5) a party committee in any calendar year. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (2) of section 9-7b, any individual who is less than eighteen years of age who violates any provision of this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of section 9-7b.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-611

(P.A. 86-99, S. 14, 34; 86-240, S. 6, 12; P.A. 91-351, S. 13, 28; P.A. 92-246, S. 1, 5; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 13, 19; P.A. 00-99, S. 34, 154; P.A. 02-130, S. 10; P.A. 03-241, S. 13; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 30; P.A. 07-1, S. 2; P.A. 13-180, S. 19.)