General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 367
February Session, 2012 *_____SB00367JUD___032812____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 367
February Session, 2012
*_____SB00367JUD___032812____*
AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC INDECENCY IN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) (a) A person is guilty of public indecency in a correctional institution when such person is in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction and confined in a correctional institution and performs a lewd exposure of such person's intimate parts, or an act of masturbation, which lewd exposure or act may reasonably be expected to be viewed by a reasonably identifiable employee of the Department of Correction. For the purposes of this subsection, "intimate parts" has the meaning provided in section 53a-65 of the general statutes, and "masturbation" has the meaning provided in section 53a-193 of the general statutes.
(b) Public indecency in a correctional institution is a class D felony. If any person who is confined in a correctional institution of the Department of Correction is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a violation of this section, such term shall run consecutively to the term for which such person was serving at the time of such violation.
Sec. 2. Subdivision (5) of section 54-250 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):
(5) "Nonviolent sexual offense" means (A) a violation of section 53a-73a or subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 53a-189a, [or] (B) a violation of any of the offenses specified in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision for which a person is criminally liable under section 53a-8, 53a-48 or 53a-49, or (C) a violation of section 1 of this act.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2012 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2012 54-250(5)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2012
New section
Sec. 2
July 1, 2012
54-250(5)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (a), "such person" was substituted for "a person" for accuracy, and in Subsec. (b), the final phrase was replaced by "such violation" for conciseness.
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