Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07333 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7333
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12		-	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND
13		-	SECURITY
	10	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING PU BLIC SAFETY.
21	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	21		Assembly convened:
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24	23		Section 1. Section 29-2 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	24		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
26	25		The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 3
27	26		shall have general jurisdiction of the affairs of the Division of State 4
28	27		Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 5
29	28		Protection and shall have all the powers and privileges conferred by 6
30	29		statute upon a state policeman. [He] The commissioner shall submit to 7
31	30		the Governor an annual report, as provided in section 4-60, setting 8
32	31		forth in detail the work of said division. [Said] The commissioner shall 9
33	32		prescribe rules for the government of the division and, in any 10
34	33		investigation made by [him] the commissioner relating to the 11
35	34		personnel of the division, may administer oaths and summon 12
36	35		witnesses and compel their attendance as provided by law for the 13
37	36		attendance of witnesses at court. 14
38	37		Sec. 2. Section 29-14 of the general statutes is repealed and the 15
39	38		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 16 Raised Bill No. 7333
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46	44		Said bureau shall, on the receipt of any such identification card, 17
47	45		immediately cause the files to be examined and shall promptly return 18
48	46		to the police department or peace officer submitting such identification 19
49	47		card a true transcript of the record of previous crimes committed by 20
50	48		the person described on each such identification card, and said bureau 21
51	49		shall assist police and prosecuting officials in the preparation and 22
52	50		distribution of circulars relative to fugitives when so requested. When 23
53	51		an arrest is made by an officer of a police department or other peace 24
54	52		officer who is not equipped with necessary paraphernalia or skilled in 25
55	53		the art of taking fingerprints and proper descriptions of criminals, [he] 26
56	54		such officer may call on the State Police Bureau of Identification or on 27
57	55		the nearest state police station for assistance and any officer or officers 28
58	56		so called shall render such assistance immediately. 29
59		-	Sec. 3. Section 29-18a of the general statutes is repealed and the 30
	57	+	Sec. 4. Section 29-18a of the general statutes is repealed and the 30
60	58		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 31
61	59		The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 32
62	60		may appoint one or more persons to act as special [policemen] police 33
63	61		officers in the Department of Emergency Services and Public 34
64	62		Protection, for the purpose of investigating public assistance fraud 35
65	63		relating to the beneficiaries of public assistance in this state. Such 36
66	64		appointees, having been sworn, shall serve at the pleasure of the 37
67	65		Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and, 38
68	66		during such tenure, shall have all the powers conferred on state 39
69	67		[policemen] police officers. They shall, in addition to their duties 40
70	68		concerning public assistance cases, be subject to the call of the 41
71	69		Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for such 42
72	70		emergency service as [he] the commissioner may prescribe. 43
73	71		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
74	72		sections:
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76	74		Section 1 from passage 29-2
77	75		Sec. 2 from passage 29-14
78		-	Sec. 3 from passage 29-18a Raised Bill No. 7333
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	77	+	Raised Bill No. 7333
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86		-	PS Joint Favorable
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	83	+	Statement of Purpose:
	84	+	To make technical changes to public safety statutes.
	85	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	86	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	87	+	not underlined.]