Substitute House Bill No. 5373
Public Act No. 22-63
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 Section 48-1 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022):
(a) The consent of the state of Connecticut is given, in accordance with
the seventeenth clause, eighth section, of the first article of the
Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States,
by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, of any land in this state
required for customhouses, courthouses, post offices, arsenals or other
public buildings or for any other purposes of the government. Exclusive
jurisdiction in and over any land so acquired by the United States is
ceded to the United States for all purposes except the service of all civil
and criminal process of the courts of this state and as provided in
subsection (b) of this section; but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue
no longer than the United States owns such land. The jurisdiction ceded
shall not vest until the United States has acquired the title to such lands
by purchase, condemnation or otherwise; and, so long as such lands
remain the property of the United States when acquired as aforesaid, the
same shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, Substitute House Bill No. 5373
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assessment or other charges.
(b) (1) The Governor may accept, on behalf of this state, from the
appropriate federal authority [on behalf of the state] retrocession of full
or partial jurisdiction over any land provided for in subsection (a) of this
section. Documents concerning such retrocession shall be filed in the
office of the Secretary of the State and recorded in a like manner as the
original land acquisition by the United States.
(2) If the United States Attorney, or the United States District Court,
for the district of Connecticut waives exclusive jurisdiction in any matter
relating to a violation by a minor, as defined in section 1-1d, of federal
law within the boundaries of any military installation of the United
States Department of Defense located on any land provided for in
subsection (a) of this section, the state shall exercise concurrent
jurisdiction with the United States over such military installation in such
matter.