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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6041
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2386
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. BARRY, 31st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLE SEARCHES, USE OF
FORCE AND DEPRIVATION OF EQUAL PROTECTION BY POLICE
OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) repeal section 54-33o of 1
the general statutes regarding the search of a motor vehicle by a law 2
enforcement officer; (2) delay the effective date of changes to section 3
53a-22 of the general statutes regarding police use of force, from April 4
1, 2021, to October 1, 2022; and (3) delay the effective date of section 52-5
571k of the general statutes regarding deprivation of equal protection of 6
the laws of the state committed by a police officer, from July 1, 2021, to 7
July 1, 2022. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To repeal provisions governing search of a motor vehicle by law
enforcement officers, delay the effective date of changes to provisions
governing use of force by police officers in order to provide sufficient
time for police officers to be trained and delay the effective date of
provisions regarding civil suits for deprivation of equal protection of the Proposed Bill No. 6041
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laws of the state committed by police officers in order to fully analyze
the effects of the provisions on municipalities.