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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5373
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 2603
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH THE
UNITED STATES OVER OFFENSES COMMITTED BY MINORS ON
FEDERAL MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 48-1 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 2
(a) The consent of the state of Connecticut is given, in accordance with 3
the seventeenth clause, eighth section, of the first article of the 4
Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States, 5
by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, of any land in this state 6
required for customhouses, courthouses, post offices, arsenals or other 7
public buildings or for any other purposes of the government. Exclusive 8
jurisdiction in and over any land so acquired by the United States is 9
ceded to the United States for all purposes except the service of all civil 10
and criminal process of the courts of this state and as provided in 11
subsection (b) of this section; but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue 12
no longer than the United States owns such land. The jurisdiction ceded 13
shall not vest until the United States has acquired the title to such lands 14
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by purchase, condemnation or otherwise; and, so long as such lands 15
remain the property of the United States when acquired as aforesaid, the 16
same shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, 17
assessment or other charges. 18
(b) (1) The Governor may accept, on behalf of this state, from the 19
appropriate federal authority [on behalf of the state] retrocession of full 20
or partial jurisdiction over any land provided for in subsection (a) of this 21
section. Documents concerning such retrocession shall be filed in the 22
office of the Secretary of the State and recorded in a like manner as the 23
original land acquisition by the United States. 24
(2) This state shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the United 25
States over any military installation of the United States Department of 26
Defense located on any land provided for in subsection (a) of this section 27
in any matter relating to a violation by a minor, as defined in section 1-28
1d, of federal law within the boundaries of such military installation, 29
provided the United States Attorney, or the United States District Court, 30
for the district of Connecticut has waived exclusive jurisdiction in such 31
matter. 32
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2022 48-1
Statement of Purpose:
To establish concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over offenses
committed by minors on federal military installations in this state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]