Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00340 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/19/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 340
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1451
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist. SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 340 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1451

Referred to Committee on Judiciary 

Introduced by:

SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist.

SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE JURISDICTION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to delay the implementation of "Raise-The-Age" legislation for youth seventeen years of age until 2013 in order to delay additional expenditures from the General Fund and provide municipal mandate relief, and to ensure that the delay of implementation not adversely impact any youth already in the juvenile justice system.

Statement of Purpose: 

To delay the implementation of "Raise-The-Age" legislation for youth seventeen years of age until 2013 in order to reduce state costs and provide municipal mandate relief.