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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2171 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5924 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2171 |
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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. TURCO, 27th Dist. |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. MORRIN BELLO, 28th Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist. |
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| 21 | 21 | | AN ACT CONCERNING STATE AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES TO |
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| 22 | 22 | | REDUCE JUVENILE AUTO THEFTS AND BREAK -INS. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 24 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 26 | 26 | | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Create a community-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | based restorative justice pilot program to strengthen accountability for 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | juvenile offenders relating to auto thefts and break-ins, which shall 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | include the implementation of a plan that includes the individual 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | making a formal apology to victims, community service hours, and 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | partially repairing the damage they caused by the crime; (2) establish a 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | new crime for risk of injury of a minor with criminal penalties when an 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | adult who is more than five years older than the minor facilitates a 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | juvenile to perform auto thefts or break-ins; (3) create regional law 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | enforcement task forces in partnership with state and local police 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | departments to focus on reducing auto thefts and break-ins; (4) 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | appropriate the sum of two million dollars from the General Fund to 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | pay for overtime associated with the operation of the regional task 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | forces and enhanced state police focus; (5) provide up to two million 14 Proposed Bill No. 5924 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 2171 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | dollars in grants to assist local law enforcement in the operation of the 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | regional task forces to address auto thefts and break-ins; (6) increase 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | funding for the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | for juvenile probation and juvenile residential centers; (7) increase 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | funding for youth service bureaus to assist in the creation of additional 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | restorative justice diversionary programs; (8) require the Juvenile Justice 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Policy and Oversight Committee to report back to the judiciary 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | committee on improved treatment and increased accountability options; 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | and (9) create a state-wide "lock your car" public service announcement 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | initiative. 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 55 | 55 | | To establish new state and community initiatives in partnership with |
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| 56 | 56 | | municipalities to reduce the number of juvenile auto thefts and break- |
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| 57 | 57 | | ins. |
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