Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00774 Compare Versions

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1-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 774
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1+General Assembly Committee Bill No. 774
2+January Session, 2013 LCO No. 5324
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4+Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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18+Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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1224 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING VOTING RIGHTS TO PERSONS BEING RELEASED FROM DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.
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1426 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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1628 Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 9-46a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
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18-(d) The Commissioner of Correction shall establish procedures to inform [those persons who have] each person who has been convicted of a felony and committed to the custody of said commissioner for confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a community residence, [and are eligible] of such person's eligibility to have their electoral privileges restored or granted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and of the right and procedures to have such privileges restored. The Office of Adult Probation shall, within available appropriations, inform [such persons who are] any such person who is on probation on January 1, 2002, of [their] his or her right to become [electors] an elector and procedures to have [their] his or her electoral privileges restored, which shall be in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
30+(d) The Commissioner of Correction shall establish procedures to inform [those persons] each person who [have] has been convicted of a felony and committed to the custody of said commissioner for confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a community residence, [and are eligible] of such person's eligibility to have their electoral privileges restored or granted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, of the right and procedures to have such privileges restored. The Office of Adult Probation shall, within available appropriations, inform [such persons who are] any such person who is on probation on January 1, 2002, of their right to become [electors] an elector and procedures to have their electoral privileges restored, which shall be in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
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2335 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
2436 Section 1 October 1, 2013 9-46a(d)
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2638 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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46+Statement of Purpose:
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48+To ensure that any person convicted of a felony and committed to custody is informed of their eligibility to have his or her electoral privileges restored.
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50+[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.]
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54+Co-Sponsors: SEN. HARP, 10th Dist.; REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.
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58+SEN. HARP, 10th Dist.; REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.
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60+S.B. 774