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