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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6473 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3774 | |
| 3 | 3 | *03774_______JUD* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (JUD) | |
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| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 6473 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2011 | |
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| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 3774 | |
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| 16 | 16 | *03774_______JUD* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
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| 22 | 22 | (JUD) | |
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| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING PERSISTENT DANGEROUS FELONY OFFENDERS. | |
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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. Subsection (h) of section 53a-40 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011): | |
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| 30 | 30 | (h) When any person has been found to be a persistent dangerous felony offender, the court, in lieu of imposing the sentence of imprisonment authorized by the general statutes for the crime of which such person presently stands convicted, shall (1) sentence such person to a term of imprisonment that is not (A) less than twice the minimum term of imprisonment authorized for such crime or (B) more than twice the maximum term of imprisonment authorized for such crime or forty years, whichever is greater, provided, if a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment is authorized for such crime, such sentence shall include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment that is twice such authorized mandatory minimum term of imprisonment, and (2) if such person has, at separate times prior to the commission of the present crime, been twice convicted of and imprisoned for any of the crimes enumerated in subsection (a) of this section, sentence such person to [a term of imprisonment that is not less than three times the minimum term of imprisonment authorized for such crime or more than life, provided, if a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment is authorized for such crime, such sentence shall include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment that is three times such authorized mandatory minimum term of imprisonment] life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. | |
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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 53a-40(h) | |
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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 | 53a-40(h) | |
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| 46 | 46 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 48 | 48 | To remove repeat violent offenders from the community by requiring a person convicted of a third violent offense to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. | |
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| 50 | 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.] |