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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2374 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6338 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2374 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. NOLAN, 39th Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING STATE LIENS AGAINST THE PROCEEDS OF | |
19 | 19 | CAUSES OF ACTION OF PERSONS WHO WERE INCARCERATED. | |
20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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23 | 23 | That section 18-85b of the general statutes be amended to (1) change 1 | |
24 | 24 | the authorized amount of a lien imposed by the state against the 2 | |
25 | 25 | proceeds of a cause of action of persons who were incarcerated from 3 | |
26 | 26 | fifty per cent to twenty-five per cent of the proceeds, and (2) shorten the 4 | |
27 | 27 | time period such provisions apply from twenty years to seven years 5 | |
28 | 28 | after the date of release from incarceration. 6 | |
29 | 29 | Statement of Purpose: | |
30 | 30 | To change the provisions authorizing the state to impose a lien against | |
31 | 31 | the proceeds of a cause of action of persons who were incarcerated to | |
32 | 32 | lessen the amount claimed by the state and shorten the applicable time | |
33 | 33 | frame. |