General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6713
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3436
*03436HB06713PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6713
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3436
*03436HB06713PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT DEFINING MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTORS AS PEACE OFFICERS.
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 Subdivision (9) of section 53a-3 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(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, an inspector of motor vehicles in the Department of Motor Vehicles, who is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, a United States marshal or deputy marshal, 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 October 1, 2017 53a-3(9)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
53a-3(9)
Statement of Purpose:
To redefine "peace officer" to include a motor vehicle inspector who is certified as a police 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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.
H.B. 6713