General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6863
January Session, 2015 *_____HB06863PH____032415____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 6863
January Session, 2015
*_____HB06863PH____032415____*
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 54-1f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(a) For purposes of this section, the respective precinct or jurisdiction of a state marshal or judicial marshal shall be wherever such marshal is required to perform duties. Peace officers, as defined in subdivision (9) of section 53a-3, in their respective precincts, shall arrest, without previous complaint and warrant, any person for any offense in their jurisdiction, when the person is taken or apprehended in the act or on the speedy information of others, provided that no constable elected pursuant to the provisions of section 9-200 shall be considered a peace officer for the purposes of this subsection, unless the town in which such constable holds office provides, by ordinance, that constables shall be considered peace officers for the purposes of this subsection. No peace officer shall pursue a person outside of the peace officer's precinct for the purpose of enforcing a municipal ordinance.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 54-1f(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
54-1f(a)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
On line 15, "an offender" was changed to "a person", for internal consistency.
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