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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6578
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONNECTICUT INTELLIG ENCE CENTER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-1b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) There shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and 3
Public Protection a Division of State Police. The Commissioner of 4
Emergency Services and Public Protection shall serve as administrative 5
head and commanding officer of the State Police Division. As 6
administrative head, said commanding officer of the Division of State 7
Police shall delegate said commanding officer's jurisdiction of the 8
affairs of the Division of State Police to a deputy commissioner who 9
shall have the powers and privileges conferred by statute upon a state 10
policeman. 11
(b) (1) There shall be within said department a Division of 12
Emergency Management and Homeland Security. The commissioner 13
shall serve as administrative head of said division. As administrative 14
head, said commissioner shall delegate said commissioner's 15
jurisdiction of the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland 16
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Security to a deputy commissioner. The deputy commissioner shall 17
possess professional training and knowledge consisting of not less 18
than five years of managerial or strategic planning experience in 19
matters relating to public safety, security, emergency services and 20
emergency response. No person possessing a record of any criminal, 21
unlawful or unethical conduct shall be eligible for or hold such 22
position. Any person with any present or past political activities or 23
financial interests that may substantially conflict with the duties of the 24
deputy commissioner or expose such person to potential undue 25
influence or compromise such person's ability to be entrusted with 26
necessary state or federal security clearances or information shall be 27
deemed unqualified for such position and shall not be eligible to hold 28
such position. 29
(2) There shall be within said department a Connecticut Intelligence 30
Center, which shall serve as the state's fusion center for purposes of the 31
United States Department of Homeland Security's National Network 32
of Fusion Centers. Not later than July 1, 2019, the commissioner shall 33
transfer the Connecticut Intelligence Center from the Division of State 34
Police within the department to the Division of Emergency 35
Management and Homeland Security within the department. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 29-1b
Statement of Purpose:
To organize the Connecticut Intelligence Center within the Department
of Emergency Services and Public Protection's Division of Emergency
Management and Homeland Security.
[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. ORANGE, 48th Dist.
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H.B. 6578