General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5476
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2166
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5476
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 2166
*02166_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT EXPANDING THE USE OF DRUG DOCKETS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 51-181b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
[(a)] The Chief Court Administrator [may] shall establish in [any] each court location or juvenile matters court location a docket separate from other criminal or juvenile matters for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240. The docket shall be available to offenders who could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program.
[(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish, within the appropriations designated in public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session* for said purpose, one or more drug courts for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240, who could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program.]
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2016 51-181b
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2016
51-181b
Statement of Purpose:
To expand the drug docket program.
[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.]