Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1309
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1309
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 4078
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING FINES FOR CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY
13	20		ACTIONS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND THE DEPOSIT OF
14	21		SUCH FINES INTO A FUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS
15	22		WHO ARE INCARCERATED.
16	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	24		Assembly convened:
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19	26		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) The warden of each 1
20	27		correctional facility may impose, as part of any disciplinary action 2
21	28		against an incarcerated person, a fine upon any such person found to 3
22	29		have committed any of the following actions while incarcerated: (1) 4
23	30		Arson; (2) assault against another person, including against an 5
24	31		employee of the Department of Correction; (3) taking a person hostage, 6
25	32		including an employee of the Department of Correction; (4) inciting or 7
26	33		participating in a riot; (5) tampering with locking, security or safety 8
27		-	devices; (6) unauthorized or fraudulent use of a monitored ~~incarcerated~~ 9
28		-	person communication procedure or device; or (7) any ~~other action that~~ 10
29		-	would constitute a felony under the general statutes. 11
	34	+	devices; (6) unauthorized or fraudulent use of a monitored [inmate] 9
	35	+	incarcerated person communication procedure or device; or (7) any 10
	36	+	other action that would constitute a felony under the general statutes. 11
30	37		(b) The warden may assess any fine under subsection (a) of this 12
31	38		section in an amount not less than fifteen dollars or more than fifty 13
32	39		dollars. Any assessment of such fine shall be in addition to any other 14
33		-	penalty assessed for the commission of any action described in 15
34		-	subdivisions (1) to (7), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section. 16 Substitute Bill No. 1309
	40	+	Raised Bill No. 1309
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37		-	LCO 2 of 3
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	46	+	penalty assessed for the commission of any action described in 15
	47	+	subdivisions (1) to (7), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section. 16
39	48		(c) The Commissioner of Correction shall deposit any fine collected 17
40	49		pursuant to this section into an account known as the Correctional 18
41	50		General Welfare Fund for purposes provided for under section 4-57a of 19
42	51		the general statutes, as amended by this act. 20
43	52		Sec. 2. Section 4-57a of the general statutes is repealed and the 21
44	53		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 22
45	54		(a) As used in this section, "activity fund" means any fund operated 23
46	55		by the Commissioner of Correction for the benefit of [the inmates] 24
47	56		persons who are incarcerated, the revenue of which is derived from any 25
48	57		legal source compatible with the good government of any institution. 26
49	58		(b) The Commissioner of Correction may, with the approval of the 27
50	59		Comptroller and in accordance with procedures prescribed by the 28
51	60		Comptroller, establish one or more activity funds. The Governor may 29
52	61		allot from the funds appropriated to the Department of Correction any 30
53	62		amount needed in [his] the Governor's judgment for the establishment 31
54	63		of any such activity fund, and the Comptroller shall provide in such 32
55	64		procedures for the reimbursement of such appropriation. The use of 33
56	65		such state facilities as space, fixtures, heat and light to obtain revenue 34
57	66		from the sources designated in subsection (a) of this section, is 35
58	67		authorized. At the end of each quarter any cash balance in such fund not 36
59	68		needed for the maintenance and continuance of its activities may, with 37
60	69		the approval of the Comptroller, be transferred to the "Correctional 38
61	70		General Welfare Fund" if such a fund has been established and, if not, 39
62	71		shall remain in such activity fund. 40
63	72		(c) The management of such funds shall be under the supervision of 41
64	73		the Commissioner of Correction. The person acting as treasurer of any 42
65	74		such fund shall be bonded in an amount determined by the State 43
66	75		Insurance and Risk Management Board. 44
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67	82		(d) Unless otherwise provided by the donor, all gifts, donations or 45
68	83		bequests made to [the inmates of] persons who are incarcerated in any 46
69	84		correctional institution, unclaimed funds accumulated from money 47
70		-	deposited for the use of [inmates] persons who are incarcerated in any 48 Substitute Bill No. 1309
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	85	+	deposited for the use of [inmates] persons who are incarcerated in any 48
75	86		institution, fines assessed pursuant to section 1 of this act and the 49
76	87		interest on any such [money] moneys, shall be placed in a separate fund 50
77	88		which may be known as the "Correctional General Welfare Fund" and 51
78	89		shall be used in accordance with procedures prescribed by the 52
79	90		Comptroller, for the benefit of [the inmates of] persons who are 53
80	91		incarcerated in any institution in any manner which the Commissioner 54
81	92		of Correction deems suitable. 55
82	93		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
83	94		sections:
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85	96		Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
86	97		Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 4-57a
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88		-	JUD Joint Favorable Subst.
	99	+	Statement of Purpose:
	100	+	To allow for the assessment of fines for certain disciplinary actions in
	101	+	correctional facilities that shall be deposited in the Correctional General
	102	+	Welfare Fund for uses that may benefit all persons who are incarcerated.
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	104	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	105	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	106	+	underlined.]
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