General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6510
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3626
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6510
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3626
*03626_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICIALS AS PEACE OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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 Subdivision (9) of section 53a-3 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(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;
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 53a-3(9)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
53a-3(9)
Statement of Purpose:
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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