Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06091 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.
OldNewDifferences
11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6091
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1789
33 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
44 Introduced by:
55 REP. DARGAN, 115th Dist.
66
77 General Assembly
88
99 Proposed Bill No. 6091
1010
1111 January Session, 2011
1212
1313 LCO No. 1789
1414
1515 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1616
1717 Introduced by:
1818
1919 REP. DARGAN, 115th Dist.
2020
2121 AN ACT CONCERNING COURT ACTIONS FILED TO HARASS, STALK OR BANKRUPT AN INDIVIDUAL.
2222
2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
2424
2525 That title 51 of the general statutes be amended to (1) permit an individual, including, but not limited to, a victim of domestic violence or other crime, to file a written request with the Judicial Department that Judicial Department staff monitor the frequency and validity of actions filed in the Superior, Appellate and Supreme Courts against the individual in order to prevent the state courts from being used to harass, stalk or bankrupt the individual, and (2) require the judges of the Superior Court to adopt rules concerning the filing of actions by any person who has been determined to have filed an action to harass, stalk or bankrupt an individual, which rules may include, but need not be limited to, rules limiting the number of actions such person may file annually and defining the grounds upon which such actions may be filed.
2626
2727 Statement of Purpose:
2828
2929 To prevent the state judicial system from being misused and to protect victims of domestic violence and other crimes from being harassed, stalked or unjustifiably bankrupted through the courts.