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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 407
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 2634
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING AG RICULTURAL FAIRS AND STATE POLICE
OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-5 of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 1
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2020): 3
(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 4
may, within available appropriations, appoint suitable persons from the 5
regular state police force as resident state [policemen] police officers in 6
addition to the regular state police force to be employed and 7
empowered as state [policemen] police officers in any town or two or 8
more adjoining towns lacking an organized police force, and such 9
officers may be detailed by said commissioner as resident state 10
[policemen] police officers for regular assignment to such towns, 11
provided (1) each town shall (A) pay eighty-five per cent of the cost of 12
compensation, maintenance and other expenses of the first two state 13
[policemen] police officers detailed to such town, and one hundred per 14
cent of such costs of compensation, maintenance and other expenses for 15 Raised Bill No. 407
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any additional state [policemen] police officers detailed to such town; [, 16
provided further such town shall] and (B) pay one hundred per cent of 17
any overtime costs and such portion of fringe benefits directly 18
associated with such overtime costs, except for the fiscal year ending 19
June 30, 2020, and for each fiscal year thereafter, fifty per cent of the 20
portion of the state employees' retirement system fringe recovery rate 21
attributable to the unfunded liability of said system shall be paid by the 22
Comptroller from the resources appropriated for State Comptroller-23
State Employees' Retirement System Unfunded Liability; and (2) during 24
an agricultural fair in a town, the town or the organization that sponsors 25
the agricultural fair shall pay eighty-five per cent of the cost of 26
compensation, maintenance and other expenses of the state police 27
officers providing on-site security for the fair and traffic control on 28
public roads during such fair. Such town or towns and the 29
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection are 30
authorized to enter into agreements and contracts for such police 31
services, with the approval of the Attorney General, for periods not 32
exceeding two years. 33
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 34
the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall 35
appoint a resident state policeman to serve in a pilot program 36
assignment for two towns lacking an organized police force or 37
constabulary and located within the jurisdiction of the same state police 38
troop pursuant to a memorandum of agreement with towns requesting 39
participation in the pilot program. Towns participating in the pilot 40
program shall be responsible for the costs and expenses of such resident 41
state policeman as provided in subsection (a) of this section. 42
(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 43
shall exercise such supervision and direction over any resident 44
policeman so appointed as said commissioner deems necessary, and 45
each appointee shall be required to conform to the requirements of 46
chapter 67. Each resident state policeman shall have the same powers as 47
officers of the regular state police force and be entitled to the same rights 48
and subject to the same rules and regulations as the Division of State 49 Raised Bill No. 407
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Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 50
Protection. 51
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 29-5
Statement of Purpose:
To limit the reimbursement rate for state police officers providing on-
site security and traffic control related to agricultural fairs in towns with
resident state troopers.
[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.]