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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2469 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6500 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2469 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING DISCRETIONARY TRANSFERS OF |
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| 19 | 19 | | JUVENILES TO THE REGULAR CRIMINAL DOCKET. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | That section 46b-127 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | that in the case of a discretionary transfer, in order for the court to 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | make a determination concerning any such potential transfer: (1) The 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | juvenile and their parent or legal guardian shall participate in a class 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | or program selected from a list provided by the prosecutorial official, 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | regarding ways to resolve certain behavioral issues, and that the court 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | take into consideration the juvenile's participation in such class or 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | program when making a determination on the transfer, provided such 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | juvenile may only apply for any such class or program once during 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | any three-year period and that this subdivision shall not apply to 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | subsequent arrests during the same three-year period; and (2) the court 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | formulate its determination, with no requirement that required factors 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | for consideration be weighed equally, but that the court shall consider 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) the best interests of the child in maintaining the case with the 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | docket for juvenile matters, and (B) the best interest of the public in 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | maintaining the case with the docket for juvenile matters. 16 Proposed Bill No. 6500 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 2469 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 44 | 44 | | To provide the court more discretion when determining whether to |
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| 45 | 45 | | transfer a case from the docket for juvenile matters to the regular |
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| 46 | 46 | | criminal docket. |
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