State Contractor Contribution Bans
Connecticut General Statutes § 9‐612 (f) (2) (B), provides in part that no state contractor, prospective state contractor, principal of a state contractor or
principal of a prospective state contractor, with regard to a state contract or state contract solicitation with or from the General Assembly or a holder, or
principal of a holder of a valid prequalification certificate, shall make a contribution . . . to a political committee authorized to make contributions or
expenditures to or for the benefit of such candidates. Legislative caucus committees and legislative leadership committees are authorized to contribute to
candidates for General Assembly. See General Statutes § 9-618 (d) (1).
$100 Lobbyist Contribution Limit
Connecticut General Statutes § 9‐610 (g) provides in part that no communicator lobbyist or member of the immediate family of a communicator lobbyist shall
make a contribution or contributions to, or for the benefit of a legislative caucus committee or a legislative leadership committee in excess of one hundred
dollars. In addition, during legislative session, lobbyists are prohibited from contributing to a legislative leadership and legislative caucus committee. See
General Statutes § 9‐610 (e).
“Public Official” Exemption
Please Note: The state contractor contribution ban does not apply to a principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor who is an elected public
official. See General Statutes § 9-612 (f) (4). Likewise, the communicator lobbyist contribution limit does not apply to a spouse or dependent child of a
communicator lobbyist who is an elected public official. See General Statutes § 9-610 (j).
Definition of Terms
“Individual contributor”: a human being, a sole proprietorship, or a professional service corporation organized under chapter 594a and owned by a single
human being. A sole proprietorship is a business in which one human being owns all the assets, owes all the liabilities, and operates in his or her personal
capacity. Any other type of business is not permitted to make a contribution, including LLCs. See General Statutes § 9-601 (9).
“State contract”: an agreement or contract with the state or any state agency or any quasi-public agency, let through a procurement process or otherwise,
having a value of fifty thousand dollars or more, or a combination or series of such agreements or contracts having a value of one hundred thousand dollars or
more in a calendar year, for (i) the rendition of services, (ii) the furnishing of any goods, material, supplies, equipment or any items of any kind,
(iii) the construction, alteration or repair of any public building or public work, (iv) the acquisition, sale or lease of any land or building, (v) a licensing
arrangement, or (vi) a grant, loan or loan guarantee. “State contract” does not include any agreement or contract with the state, any state agency or any
quasi-public agency that is exclusively federally funded, an education loan, a loan to an individual for other than commercial purposes or any agreement or
contract between the state or any state agency and the United States Department of the Navy or the United States Department of Defense. See General Statutes
§ 9-612 (f) (1) (C).
“State contractor”: a person, business entity or nonprofit organization that enters into a state contract. Such person, business entity or nonprofit organization
shall be deemed to be a state contractor until December thirty‐first of the year in which such contract terminates. “State contractor” does not include a
municipality or any other political subdivision of the state, including any entities or associations duly created by the municipality or political subdivision
exclusively amongst themselves to further any purpose authorized by statute or charter, or an employee in the executive or legislative branch of state government
or a quasi‐public agency, whether in the classified or unclassified service and full or part‐time, and only in such person’s capacity as a state or quasi‐public
agency employee. See General Statutes § 9‐612 (f) (1) (D).
“Prospective state contractor”: a person, business entity or nonprofit organization that (i) submits a response to a state contract solicitation by the state, a
state agency or a quasi‐public agency, or a proposal in response to a request for proposals by the state, a state agency or a quasi‐public agency, until the contract
has been entered into, or (ii) holds a valid prequalification certificate issued by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under section 4a‐100. ʺProspective
state contractorʺ does not include a municipality or any other political subdivision of the state, including any entities or associations duly created by the
municipality or political subdivision exclusively amongst themselves to further any purpose authorized by statute or charter, or an employee in the executive
or legislative branch of state government or a quasi‐public agency, whether in the classified or unclassified service and full or part‐time, and only in such
person’s capacity as a state or quasi‐public agency employee. See General Statutes § 9‐612 (f) (1) (E).
“Principal of a state contractor or prospective state contractor”: (i) an individual who is a member of the board of directors of, or has an ownership interest
of five per cent or more in a state contractor or prospective state contractor, which is a business entity, except for an individual who is a member of the board
of directors of a nonprofit organization, (ii) an individual who is employed by a state contractor or prospective state contractor, which is a business entity, as
president, treasurer or executive vice president, (iii) an individual who is the chief executive officer of a state contractor or prospective state contractor, which
is not a business entity, or if a state contractor or prospective state contractor has no such officer, then the officer who duly possesses comparable powers and
duties, (iv) an officer or an employee of any state contractor or prospective state contractor who has managerial or discretionary responsibilities with respect
to a state contract, or (v) the spouse or a dependent child who is eighteen years of age or older of an individual described in (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv). See General
Statutes § 9-612 (f) (1) (F).
“Communicator Lobbyist”: a lobbyist who communicates directly or solicits others to communicate with an official or his staff in the legislative or executive
branch of government or in a quasi-public agency for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action. A lobbyist, in turn, is generally defined
as a person who, in lobbying and in furtherance of lobbying, makes or agrees to make expenditures, or receives or agrees to receive compensation,
reimbursement, or both, and such compensation, reimbursement or expenditures are $3,000 or more in any calendar year or the combined amount thereof is
$3,000 or more in any such calendar year. See General Statutes § 1-91 (12) & (22) (as amended by P.A. 15-15).
“Immediate family” means: the spouse or a dependent child of an individual.
“Dependent Child” means: a child residing in an ind
