Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06088 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6088
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1875
33 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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55 REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. SEN. HARP, 10th Dist. REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.
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1111 January Session, 2011
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1313 LCO No. 1875
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1515 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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1919 REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.
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2121 SEN. HARP, 10th Dist.
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2323 REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.
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2525 AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN CONVICTED AS DELINQUENT WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
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2727 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2929 That (1) section 17a-7a of the general statutes be amended to permit the Commissioner of Children and Families to waive the requirement for a new sixty-day evaluation of fitness and security risk after a child convicted as delinquent is transferred from one facility to another, and permit the commissioner to award a pass for a weekend of leave to a child who has exhibited good behavior, in order to facilitate the successful reentry of the child into the community or to a less restrictive facility, and (2) subsection (c) of section 17a-3 of the general statutes be amended to repeal the requirement that the Department of Children and Families keep children who are convicted as delinquent and will be committed to the Department of Children and Families and placed in the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in such facility for at least one year after their referral to the department.
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3131 Statement of Purpose:
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3333 To give the Commissioner of Children and Families the discretion to waive the requirement for a sixty-day evaluation of fitness and security and award passes for leave to children convicted as delinquent who transfer to a different facility, and repeal the requirement of a minimum one-year stay at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.