Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00746 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 746
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2334
33 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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55 SEN. STILLMAN, 20th Dist.
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2121 AN ACT CONCERNING EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVE CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That section 54-65c of the general statutes be amended to require the court to vacate an order forfeiting a bail bond, and release a professional bondsman, surety bail bond agent and insurer from the bail bond, if (1) the principal on the bail bond is detained or incarcerated in another state, territory or country, (2) the state's attorney decides to seek extradition of the principal, and (3) the bondsman, agent or insurer has agreed to reimburse the Division of Criminal Justice for the costs of extradition.
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2929 To facilitate the return to this state of fugitive defendants in criminal cases who have absconded to another jurisdiction after forfeiting a bail bond by requiring the bondsman, as a condition of being released from the terms of the bond, to reimburse the Division of Criminal Justice for the costs incurred by the division in extraditing the defendant.