Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06578 Compare Versions

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	3	+	LCO No. 1557 1 of 1
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4		-	LCO No. 4990 1 of 3
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6		-	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6578
	5	+	General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6578
7	6		January Session, 2019
8		-	LCO No. ~~4990~~
	7	+	LCO No. 1557
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11	10		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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14	13		Introduced by:
15		-	~~(PS)~~
	14	+	REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.
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19		-	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONNECTICUT INTELLIG ENCE CENTER.
	18	+	AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT INTELLIGENCE CENTER
	19	+	UNIT.
20	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	21		Assembly convened:
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23		-	Section 1. Section 29-1b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
24		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
25		-	(a) There shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and 3
26		-	Public Protection a Division of State Police. The Commissioner of 4
27		-	Emergency Services and Public Protection shall serve as administrative 5
28		-	head and commanding officer of the State Police Division. As 6
29		-	administrative head, said commanding officer of the Division of State 7
30		-	Police shall delegate said commanding officer's jurisdiction of the 8
31		-	affairs of the Division of State Police to a deputy commissioner who 9
32		-	shall have the powers and privileges conferred by statute upon a state 10
33		-	policeman. 11
34		-	(b) (1) There shall be within said department a Division of 12
35		-	Emergency Management and Homeland Security. The commissioner 13
36		-	shall serve as administrative head of said division. As administrative 14
37		-	head, said commissioner shall delegate said commissioner's 15
38		-	jurisdiction of the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland 16
39		-	Committee Bill No. 6578
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42		-	LCO No. 4990 2 of 3
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44		-	Security to a deputy commissioner. The deputy commissioner shall 17
45		-	possess professional training and knowledge consisting of not less 18
46		-	than five years of managerial or strategic planning experience in 19
47		-	matters relating to public safety, security, emergency services and 20
48		-	emergency response. No person possessing a record of any criminal, 21
49		-	unlawful or unethical conduct shall be eligible for or hold such 22
50		-	position. Any person with any present or past political activities or 23
51		-	financial interests that may substantially conflict with the duties of the 24
52		-	deputy commissioner or expose such person to potential undue 25
53		-	influence or compromise such person's ability to be entrusted with 26
54		-	necessary state or federal security clearances or information shall be 27
55		-	deemed unqualified for such position and shall not be eligible to hold 28
56		-	such position. 29
57		-	(2) There shall be within said department a Connecticut Intelligence 30
58		-	Center, which shall serve as the state's fusion center for purposes of the 31
59		-	United States Department of Homeland Security's National Network 32
60		-	of Fusion Centers. Not later than July 1, 2019, the commissioner shall 33
61		-	transfer the Connecticut Intelligence Center from the Division of State 34
62		-	Police within the department to the Division of Emergency 35
63		-	Management and Homeland Security within the department. 36
64		-	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
65		-	sections:
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67		-	Section 1 from passage 29-1b
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	23	+	That section 29-1b of the general statutes be amended to require that 1
	24	+	the Connecticut Intelligence Center Unit be within the Department of 2
	25	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection's Division of Emergency 3
	26	+	Management and Homeland Security. 4
69	27		Statement of Purpose:
70		-	To organize the Connecticut Intelligence Center within the Department
71		-	of Emergency Services and Public Protection's Division of Emergency
72		-	Management and Homeland Security.
73		-	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
74		-	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
75		-	not underlined.]
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77		-	Co-Sponsors: REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.
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79		-	Committee Bill No. 6578
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82		-	LCO No. 4990 3 of 3
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84		-	H.B. 6578
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	28	+	To organize the Connecticut Intelligence Center Unit within the
	29	+	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection's Division of
	30	+	Emergency Management and Homeland Security.