Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01042 Compare Versions

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1		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1042
2		-	January Session, 2017 _____SB01042JUD___040617____
	1	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1042
	2	+	January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5345
	3	+	05345_______JUD
	4	+	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
	5	+	Introduced by:
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4	8		General Assembly
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6		-	~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1042
	10	+	Raised Bill No. 1042
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8	12		January Session, 2017
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10		-	_____SB01042JUD___040617____
	14	+	LCO No. 5345
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	16	+	05345_______JUD
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	18	+	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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	20	+	Introduced by:
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	22	+	(JUD)
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12	24		AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
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14	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16		-	Section 1. Section 54-193 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017, and applicable to any offense committed on or after said date and to any offense committed prior to said date for which the statute of limitations in effect at the time of the commission of the offense had not yet expired as of said date):
	28	+	Section 1. Section 54-193 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
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18	30		(a) There shall be no limitation of time within which a person may be prosecuted for (1) a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, a class A felony or a violation of section 53a-54d or 53a-169, (2) a violation of section 53a-165aa or 53a-166 in which such person renders criminal assistance to another person who has committed an offense set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, (3) a violation of section 53a-156 committed during a proceeding that results in the conviction of another person subsequently determined to be actually innocent of the offense or offenses of which such other person was convicted, or (4) a motor vehicle violation or offense that resulted in the death of another person and involved a violation of subsection (a) of section 14-224.
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20		-	(b) No person may be prosecuted for a ~~class B felony~~ violation of section 53a-70 or 53a-70a ~~or a violation of section~~ 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-72a or 53a-72b for which the punishment is or may be imprisonment in excess of one year, except within ten years next after the offense has been committed.
	32	+	(b) No person may be prosecuted for a violation of section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-72a or 53a-72b for which the punishment is or may be imprisonment in excess of one year, except within ten years next after the offense has been committed.
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22		-	[(b)] (c) No person may be prosecuted for any offense, other than an offense set forth in subsection (a~~) or (b~~) of this section, for which the punishment is or may be imprisonment in excess of one year, except within five years next after the offense has been committed.
	34	+	[(b)] (c) No person may be prosecuted for any offense, other than an offense set forth in subsection (a) of this section, for which the punishment is or may be imprisonment in excess of one year, except within five years next after the offense has been committed.
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24	36		[(c)] (d) No person may be prosecuted for any offense, other than an offense set forth in subsection (a), [or] (b) or (c) of this section, except within one year next after the offense has been committed.
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26	38		[(d)] (e) If the person against whom an indictment, information or complaint for any of said offenses is brought has fled from and resided out of this state during the period so limited, it may be brought against such person at any time within such period, during which such person resides in this state, after the commission of the offense.
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28	40		[(e)] (f) When any suit, indictment, information or complaint for any crime may be brought within any other time than is limited by this section, it shall be brought within such time.
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30	42		Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 12-660 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
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32	44		(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of [subsection (b) of] section 54-193, as amended by this act, a person may be prosecuted for a violation of any provision of this chapter more than five years after such violation.
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37	49		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
38		-	Section 1 October 1, 2017, and applicable to any offense committed on or after said date and to any offense committed prior to said date for which the statute of limitations in effect at the time of the commission of the offense had not yet expired as of said date 54-193
	50	+	Section 1 October 1, 2017 54-193
39	51		Sec. 2 October 1, 2017 12-660(c)
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41	53		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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43	55		Section 1
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45		-	October 1, 2017, and applicable to any offense committed on or after said date and to any offense committed prior to said date for which the statute of limitations in effect at the time of the commission of the offense had not yet expired as of said date
	57	+	October 1, 2017
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47	59		54-193
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49	61		Sec. 2
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51	63		October 1, 2017
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53	65		12-660(c)
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	67	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	69	+	To extend the statute of limitations for prosecuting sexual assault.
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57		-	JUD Joint Favorable Subst.
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59		-	JUD
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61		-	Joint Favorable Subst.
	71	+	[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.]