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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 529
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2047
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS COMMITTED BY
JUVENILES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that a child arrested 1
and charged with a larceny involving a motor vehicle be placed in 2
detention pending a hearing that shall be held on the next business day 3
following the child's arrest; that the court may issue an order to detain 4
the child in a detention center pending subsequent court hearings and a 5
disposition if the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that 6
the child has committed the acts alleged notwithstanding the additional 7
factors contained in subsection (e) of section 46b-133 of the general 8
statutes; and to require the automatic transfer from the docket for 9
juvenile matters to the regular criminal docket of the Superior Court the 10
case of any child charged with larceny that involves a motor vehicle. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To enable law enforcement and the criminal justice system to investigate
and prosecute motor vehicle thefts committed by juveniles.