Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05095 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/06/2015

                            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.