General Assembly Raised Bill No. 930
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3899
*03899_______TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 930
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3899
*03899_______TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (9) of section 53a-3 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
(9) "Peace officer" means a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or an organized local police department, a chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice, a state marshal while exercising authority granted under any provision of the general statutes, a judicial marshal in the performance of the duties of a judicial marshal, a conservation officer or special conservation officer, as defined in section 26-5, a constable who performs criminal law enforcement duties, a special policeman appointed under section 29-18, 29-18a or 29-19, an adult probation officer, an official of the Department of Correction authorized by the Commissioner of Correction to make arrests in a correctional institution or facility, any investigator in the investigations unit of the office of the State Treasurer, a motor vehicle inspector who is acting under the authority of section 14-8 and has been certified as a police officer by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council pursuant to sections 7-294a to 7-294e, any special agent of the federal government authorized to enforce the provisions of Title 21 of the United States Code, or a member of a law enforcement unit of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe or the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut created and governed by a memorandum of agreement under section 47-65c who is certified as a police officer by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council pursuant to sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive;
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 53a-3(9)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
53a-3(9)
Statement of Purpose:
To add motor vehicle inspectors to the definition of "peace officer".
[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.]