General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5095
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 198
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5095
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 198
*00198*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION OF NEW RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Correction to provide written notice to the chief executive officer of any municipality where a residential program for offenders is proposed to be located not less than thirty days prior to the commissioner entering into the agreement or lease concerning such program.
Statement of Purpose:
To require advance notice to communities regarding the siting of residential facilities for offenders.