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7 | 6 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5153 |
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8 | 7 | | January Session, 2019 |
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9 | 8 | | LCO No. 5327 |
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12 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY |
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14 | 13 | | |
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15 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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16 | 15 | | (PS) |
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20 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PURCHASE OF BODY ARM OR BY |
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21 | 20 | | FIREFIGHTERS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMERGENC Y SERVICES |
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22 | 21 | | PERSONNEL AND EMERGE NCY MEDICAL SERVICE |
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23 | 22 | | ORGANIZATIONS. |
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24 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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25 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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27 | 26 | | Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 53-341b of the general statutes is 1 |
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28 | 27 | | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2 |
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29 | 28 | | October 1, 2019): 3 |
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30 | 29 | | (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 4 |
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31 | 30 | | the sale or delivery of body armor to (1) a sworn member or 5 |
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32 | 31 | | authorized official of an organized local police department, the 6 |
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33 | 32 | | Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services 7 |
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34 | 33 | | and Public Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department 8 |
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35 | 34 | | of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of 9 |
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36 | 35 | | Motor Vehicles, (2) an authorized official of a municipality or the 10 |
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37 | 36 | | Department of Administrative Services that purchases body armor on 11 |
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38 | 37 | | behalf of an organized local police department, the Division of State 12 |
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39 | 38 | | Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 13 |
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47 | 45 | | Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of 15 |
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48 | 46 | | Motor Vehicles, (3) an authorized official of the Judicial Branch who 16 |
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49 | 47 | | purchases body armor on behalf of a probation officer or a judicial 17 |
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50 | 48 | | marshal, [or] (4) a member of the National Guard or the armed forces 18 |
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51 | 49 | | reserve, (5) a firefighter or an authorized official of a municipal fire 19 |
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52 | 50 | | department or volunteer fire company, or (6) an advanced emergency 20 |
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53 | 51 | | medical technician, as defined in section 20-206jj, an emergency 21 |
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54 | 52 | | medical responder, as defined in section 20-206jj, an emergency 22 |
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55 | 53 | | medical technician, as defined in section 20-206jj, a paramedic, as 23 |
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56 | 54 | | defined in section 20-206jj, or an authorized official of an emergency 24 |
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57 | 55 | | medical service organization licensed or certified pursuant to chapter 25 |
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58 | 56 | | 368d. 26 |
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59 | 57 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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60 | 58 | | sections: |
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62 | 60 | | Section 1 October 1, 2019 53-341b(b) |
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63 | 61 | | |
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64 | | - | PS Joint Favorable |
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| 62 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 63 | + | To allow firefighters, fire departments, emergency services personnel |
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| 64 | + | and emergency medical service organizations to purchase or receive |
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| 65 | + | body armor without meeting the transferor of such body armor in |
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| 66 | + | person. |
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| 67 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 68 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 69 | + | not underlined.] |
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| 71 | + | Co-Sponsors: REP. SREDZINSKI, 112th Dist.; REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist. |
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| 73 | + | H.B. 5153 |
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