Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06510 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6510
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3626
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1212 January Session, 2013
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICIALS AS PEACE OFFICERS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. Subdivision (9) of section 53a-3 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
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3030 (9) "Peace officer" means a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or an organized local police department, a chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice, a state marshal while exercising authority granted under any provision of the general statutes, a judicial marshal in the performance of the duties of a judicial marshal, a conservation officer or special conservation officer, as defined in section 26-5, a constable who performs criminal law enforcement duties, a special policeman appointed under section 29-18, 29-18a or 29-19, an adult probation officer, an official of the Department of Correction authorized by the Commissioner of Correction to make arrests [in a correctional institution or facility] while in the performance of the official's duties, any investigator in the investigations unit of the office of the State Treasurer or any special agent of the federal government authorized to enforce the provisions of Title 21 of the United States Code;
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3535 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
3636 Section 1 October 1, 2013 53a-3(9)
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3838 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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4848 To enable Department of Correction officials, who are authorized by the Commissioner of Correction, to make arrests while in the performance of their duties.
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5050 [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]