Any town clerk receiving any page of a nominating petition under sections 9-453a to 9-453s, inclusive, or section 9-216 shall complete such certifications as specified herein and shall file each such nominating petition page with the Secretary of the State within two weeks after it was so submitted to him. Any such town clerk who fails to so file such petition pages with the Secretary of the State by the time required shall pay a late filing fee of fifty dollars.
(1971, P.A. 806, S. 15; P.A. 77-537, S. 4, 5; P.A. 85-577, S. 17; P.A. 07-194, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 77-537 changed time for filing of petition pages with the secretary of the state from within “three” to “two” weeks following submission and added “and not later than seven weeks before the election”; P.A. 85-577 deleted requirement that nominating petition page be filed “not later than seven weeks before the election”; P.A. 07-194 added provision re payment of $50 late filing fee for town clerk's failure to timely file petition pages with Secretary of the State, effective July 5, 2007.