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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6102
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2146
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CUMMINGS, 74
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF JUVENILE FELONY
OFFENDERS TO THE REGULAR CRIMINAL DOCKET.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 46b-127 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
that in the case of a discretionary transfer, in order for the court to 2
make a determination concerning any such potential transfer: (1) The 3
juvenile and their parent or legal guardian shall participate in a class 4
or program selected from a list provided by the prosecutorial official, 5
regarding ways to resolve certain behavioral issues, and that the court 6
take into consideration the juvenile's participation in such class or 7
program when making a determination on the transfer, provided such 8
juvenile may only apply for any such class or program once during 9
any three-year period and that this subdivision shall not apply to 10
subsequent arrests during the same three-year period; and (2) the court 11
formulate its determination, with no requirement that required factors 12
for consideration be weighed equally, but that the court shall consider 13
(A) the best interests of the child in maintaining the case with the 14
docket for juvenile matters, and (B) the best interest of the public in 15
maintaining the case with the docket for juvenile matters. 16 Proposed Bill No. 6102
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Statement of Purpose:
To provide the court more discretion when determining whether to
transfer a case from the docket for juvenile matters to the regular
criminal docket.