General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5330
February Session, 2012 LCO No. 812
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5330
February Session, 2012
LCO No. 812
*00812_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS GRANTED TEMPORARY LEAVE BY THE PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY REVIEW BOARD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (10) of section 54-250 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
(10) "Release into the community" means, with respect to a conviction or a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor, a nonviolent sexual offense, a sexually violent offense or a felony found by the sentencing court to have been committed for a sexual purpose, (A) any release by a court after such conviction or finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, a sentence of probation or any other sentence under section 53a-28 that does not result in the offender's immediate placement in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction; (B) release from a correctional facility at the discretion of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, by the Department of Correction to a program authorized by section 18-100c or upon completion of the maximum term or terms of the offender's sentence or sentences, or to the supervision of the Court Support Services Division in accordance with the terms of the offender's sentence; or (C) temporary leave to an approved residence by the Psychiatric Security Review Board pursuant to section 17a-587, conditional release from a hospital for mental illness or a facility for persons with intellectual disability by the Psychiatric Security Review Board [on conditional release] pursuant to section 17a-588, or release upon termination of commitment to the Psychiatric Security Review Board.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2012 54-250(10)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2012
54-250(10)
Statement of Purpose:
To require a person found not guilty of a sexual offense by reason of mental disease or defect who is granted temporary leave to a residential setting by the Psychiatric Security Review Board to register as a sexual offender with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
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