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| 1 | - | Substitute House Bill No. 6750 | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6750 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2015 *_____HB06750JUD___042815____* | |
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| 4 | + | General Assembly | |
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| 5 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF ARREST RECORDS DURING A PENDING PROSECUTION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. | |
| 6 | + | Substitute Bill No. 6750 | |
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| 8 | + | January Session, 2015 | |
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| 10 | + | *_____HB06750JUD___042815____* | |
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| 12 | + | AN ACT CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF ARREST RECORDS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. | |
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| 7 | 14 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 9 | 16 | Section 1. Section 1-215 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015): | |
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| 11 | - | (a) | |
| 18 | + | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, [to the contrary,] and except as otherwise provided in this section, any record of the arrest of any person, other than a juvenile, except a record erased pursuant to chapter 961a, shall be a public record from the time of such arrest and shall be disclosed in accordance with the provisions of section 1-212 and subsection (a) of section 1-210, except that disclosure of data or information other than that set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to [the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 1-210] any applicable exemption for disclosure contained in any provision of the general statutes. Any personal possessions or effects found on a person at the time of such person's arrest shall not be disclosed unless such possessions or effects are relevant to the crime for which such person was arrested. | |
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| 20 | + | (b) For the purposes of this section, "record of the arrest" means (1) the name and address of the person arrested, the date, time and place of the arrest and the offense for which the person was arrested, and (2) [at least one of the following, designated by the law enforcement agency: The arrest report, incident report, news release or other similar report of the arrest of a person] (A) in a case in which the arrest has been made by warrant, the arrest warrant application, unless the judicial authority has ordered that the supporting affidavits contained in such application be sealed from public inspection or that disclosure is limited, or (B) in a case in which the arrest has been made without a warrant, a report setting forth a summary of the circumstances that led to the arrest of the person and the information that gave rise to probable cause to arrest. | |
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| 15 | - | [(b) For the purposes of this section, "record of the arrest" means (1) the name and address of the person arrested, the date, time and place of the arrest and the offense for which the person was arrested, and (2) at least one of the following, designated by the law enforcement agency: The arrest report, incident report, news release or other similar report of the arrest of a person. ] | |
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| 17 | - | (c) In addition, any other public record of a law enforcement agency that documents or depicts the arrest or custody of a person during the period in which the prosecution of such person is pending shall be disclosed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 1-210 and section 1-212, unless such record is subject to any applicable exemption from disclosure contained in any provision of the general statutes. | |
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| 19 | - | (d) Any law enforcement agency receiving a request for a record described in subsection (c) of this section shall promptly provide written notice of such request to the office of the state's attorney for the appropriate judicial district where the arrest occurred. The state's attorney for such district shall be afforded the opportunity to intervene in any proceeding before the Freedom of Information Commission concerning such request. | |
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| 21 | - | (e) The provisions of this section shall only be applicable to any record described in this section during the period in which a prosecution is pending against the person who is the subject of such record. At all other times, the applicable provisions of the Freedom of Information Act concerning the disclosure of such record shall govern. | |
| 25 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 26 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2015 1-215 | |
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| 28 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 30 | + | Section 1 | |
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| 32 | + | October 1, 2015 | |
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| 34 | + | 1-215 | |
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| 38 | + | JUD Joint Favorable Subst. | |
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| 40 | + | JUD | |
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| 42 | + | Joint Favorable Subst. |