General Assembly Raised Bill No. 198
February Session, 2012 LCO No. 1128
*01128_______VA_*
Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Introduced by:
(VA)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 198
February Session, 2012
LCO No. 1128
*01128_______VA_*
Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING DESECRATION OF WAR OR VETERANS' MEMORIALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 46a-58 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that if property is damaged as a consequence of such violation in an amount in excess of one thousand dollars, such person shall be guilty of a class D felony. The fine under this subsection shall be doubled and the court shall require full restitution for all costs of repair and replacement of the property damaged in violation of this section if that property is a war or veterans' memorial or monument.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 46a-58(e)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
46a-58(e)
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the penalties for the intentional desecration of war or veterans' memorials.
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