General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1227
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 5052
*05052_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1227
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 5052
*05052_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF URBAN YOUTH DELINQUENCY AND VIOLENCE AND THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN WHO ILLEGALLY POSSESS FIREARMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Court Support Services Division within the Judicial Branch shall collaborate, within available resources, with one or more private providers in the city of Hartford that provides community-based services for children and families, in order to (1) inventory programs and services within the city of Hartford designed to promote positive youth development and reduce the number of youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system, and (2) design a process for identifying at-risk youth for referral to such programs. Such inventory shall indicate the types of services provided in such programs, including, but not limited to, screening and assessment, crisis intervention, family mediation, educational evaluations and advocacy, mental health treatment and services, including gender specific trauma treatment and services, resiliency skills building, access to positive social activities, short-term respite care and access to services available to children in the juvenile justice system. Such private provider may be a community-based service center that provides services for children and families pursuant to section 46b-149e of the general statutes. Not later than February 1, 2012, the Chief Court Administrator shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, specifying the programs inventoried and the process designed under this section.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) Any parent or guardian of a minor child who, knowing that such child possesses a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3 of the general statutes, and is ineligible to possess such firearm, fails to cause such child to relinquish such firearm shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, except that, if such child causes the injury or death of another person with such firearm, such parent or guardian shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2011 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Sec. 2
October 1, 2011
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a pilot program in the city of Hartford to inventory programs designed to reduce the number of youths who come into contact with the juvenile justice system, and provide for the criminal liability of parents or guardians of children who illegally possess firearms.
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