Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01122 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1122
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4430
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVES.
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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. Section 54-65c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
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3030 A court shall vacate an order forfeiting a bail bond and release the professional bondsman, as defined in section 29-144, the surety bail bond agent and the insurer, as both terms are defined in section 38a-660, if (1) the principal on the bail bond is detained or incarcerated in another state, territory or country, (2) the professional bondsman, the surety bail bond agent or the insurer provides proof of such detention or incarceration to the court and the state's attorney prosecuting the case, and (3) (A) the state's attorney prosecuting the case declines to seek extradition of the principal, or (B) the state's attorney prosecuting the case decides to seek extradition of the principal and the professional bondsman, surety bail bond agent or insurer provides proof to the court that such bondsman, agent or insurer has paid to the Division of Criminal Justice the costs the division will incur in extraditing the principal to the state.
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3535 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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3838 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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48+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, surety bail bond agent or the insurer, 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.
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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.]