Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06368 Compare Versions

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1	1		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6368
2	2		January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3185
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4	4		Referred to Committee on Judiciary
5	5		Introduced by:
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8	8		General Assembly
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10	10		Raised Bill No. 6368
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12	12		January Session, 2011
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14	14		LCO No. 3185
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18	18		Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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20	20		Introduced by:
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24	24		AN ACT CONCERNING THE RETURN OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
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26	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28		Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 54-36a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
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30	30		(b) (1) Whenever property is seized in connection with a criminal arrest or seized pursuant to a search warrant without an arrest, the law enforcement agency seizing such property shall file, on forms provided for this purpose by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator, an inventory of the property seized. The inventory, together with the uniform arrest report, in the case of an arrest, shall be filed with the clerk of the court for the geographical area in which the criminal offense is alleged to have been committed; except, when the property is stolen property and, in the opinion of the law enforcement officer, does not exceed [two hundred fifty] five hundred dollars in value, or when an attempt was made to steal the property but the property at all times remained on the premises in a sealed container, the filing of an inventory shall not be required and such property may be returned to the owner. In the case of property seized in connection with a search warrant without an arrest, the inventory shall be attached to the warrant and shall be filed with the clerk of the court for the geographical area in which the search warrant was issued. If any criminal proceeding is transferred to another court location, then the clerk with whom the inventory is filed shall transfer such inventory to the clerk of the court location to which such action is transferred.
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35	35		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
36	36		Section 1 October 1, 2011 54-36a(b)(1)
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38	38		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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40	40		Section 1
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42	42		October 1, 2011
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44	44		54-36a(b)(1)
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	46	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	48	+	To permit more stolen property recovered by police to be returned to the rightful owner by raising the property value threshold that determines whether the police must file an inventory and retain the property.
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48		-	JUD Joint Favorable
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52		-	Joint Favorable
	50	+	[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.]