Bill Text: CT HB05304 | 2012 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Training And Authority Of Certain Constables Appointed For Fish And Game Protection.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2012-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB05304 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05304-Chaptered.html
Substitute House Bill No. 5304
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRAINING AND AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN CONSTABLES APPOINTED FOR FISH AND GAME PROTECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) Any special officers appointed as constables for fish and game protection pursuant to section 26-6a of the general statutes by any town in Hartford County having a population of more than forty-four thousand but less than fifty thousand as determined by the most recent decennial census shall be exempt from the provisions of section 7-294d of the general statutes, provided such constables successfully complete a basic police training course that is tailored to the duties to be performed by such officers and provided by a police officer of the police department of such town who is certified under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 7-294d of the general statutes. In order to carry a firearm in the course of their duties, such officers shall be certified by a firearms trainer of such police department and comply with the same requirements for periodic recertification that are applicable to regular sworn members of such department.