| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5476 | |
| 2 | 2 | February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2166 | |
| 3 | - | *_____ | |
| 3 | + | *02166_______JUD* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (JUD) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 5476 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | February Session, 2016 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 2166 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | - | *_____ | |
| 16 | + | *02166_______JUD* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | (JUD) | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT EXPANDING THE USE OF DRUG DOCKETS. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Section 1. Section 51-181b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016): | |
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| 30 | 30 | [(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. | |
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| 32 | - | [(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.] | |
| 32 | + | [(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.] | |
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| 37 | 37 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 38 | 38 | Section 1 July 1, 2016 51-181b | |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | Section 1 | |
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| 44 | 44 | July 1, 2016 | |
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| 46 | 46 | 51-181b | |
| 47 | 47 | ||
| 48 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 48 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | To expand the drug docket program. | |
| 49 | 51 | ||
| 50 | - | JUD Joint Favorable | |
| 51 | - | ||
| 52 | - | JUD | |
| 53 | - | ||
| 54 | - | Joint Favorable | |
| 52 | + | [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.] |