General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5671
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1992
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. BUTLER, 72nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5671
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1992
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. BUTLER, 72nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN OF CAPITAL MURDER VICTIMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require (1) the Commissioner of Education to award scholarships to each student admitted to an institution of higher education who is a resident of this state and the child of a victim of a capital felony or the class A felony of murder with special circumstances, and (2) the Office of Victim Services, or, on review, a victim compensation commissioner, to order that psychiatric, psychological and social services and social rehabilitation services be provided to any child of the victim of a capital felony or the class A felony of murder with special circumstances upon the request of such child.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide college scholarships and counseling to children of capital murder victims.