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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5373
February Session, 2022
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 Section 48-1 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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
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 Substitute Bill No. 5373
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(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) If the United States Attorney, or the United States District Court, 25
for the district of Connecticut waives exclusive jurisdiction in any matter 26
relating to a violation by a minor, as defined in section 1-1d, of federal 27
law within the boundaries of any military installation of the United 28
States Department of Defense located on any land provided for in 29
subsection (a) of this section, the state shall exercise concurrent 30
jurisdiction with the United States over such military installation 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
VA Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
JUD Joint Favorable