General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6268
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3014
*03014HB06268PS_*
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6268
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3014
*03014HB06268PS_*
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT IMPOSING A MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE FOR ASSAULT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, EMERGENCY MEDICAL OR PUBLIC TRANSIT PERSONNEL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 53a-167c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):
(b) Assault of public safety, emergency medical or public transit personnel is a class C felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of two years which may not be suspended or reduced by the court, except the court may suspend the execution of such mandatory minimum sentence if, at the time of the commission of the offense, (1) such person was under the age of eighteen years, or (2) such person's mental capacity was significantly impaired, but not so impaired as to constitute a defense to prosecution. If any person who is confined in an institution or facility of the Department of Correction is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for assault of an employee of the Department of Correction under this section, such term shall run consecutively to the term for which the person was serving at the time of the assault.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2010 53a-167c(b)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2010
53a-167c(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To impose a mandatory minimum sentence for assault of public safety, emergency medical or public transit personnel.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ROBLES, 6th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. ROBLES, 6th Dist.
H.B. 6268