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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5153
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5327
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PURCHASE OF BODY ARM OR BY
FIREFIGHTERS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMERGENC Y SERVICES
PERSONNEL AND EMERGE NCY MEDICAL SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 53-341b of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 4
the sale or delivery of body armor to (1) a sworn member or 5
authorized official of an organized local police department, the 6
Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services 7
and Public Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department 8
of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of 9
Motor Vehicles, (2) an authorized official of a municipality or the 10
Department of Administrative Services that purchases body armor on 11
behalf of an organized local police department, the Division of State 12
Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 13
Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of 14
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Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of 15
Motor Vehicles, (3) an authorized official of the Judicial Branch who 16
purchases body armor on behalf of a probation officer or a judicial 17
marshal, [or] (4) a member of the National Guard or the armed forces 18
reserve, (5) a firefighter or an authorized official of a municipal fire 19
department or volunteer fire company, or (6) an advanced emergency 20
medical technician, as defined in section 20-206jj, an emergency 21
medical responder, as defined in section 20-206jj, an emergency 22
medical technician, as defined in section 20-206jj, a paramedic, as 23
defined in section 20-206jj, or an authorized official of an emergency 24
medical service organization licensed or certified pursuant to chapter 25
368d. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 53-341b(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow firefighters, fire departments, emergency services personnel
and emergency medical service organizations to purchase or receive
body armor without meeting the transferor of such body armor in
person.
[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. SREDZINSKI, 112th Dist.; REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist.
H.B. 5153