Bill Text: CT HB05390 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning State Marshals.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Judiciary [HB05390 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05390-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5390
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1553
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE MARSHALS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2014) A state marshal, while exercising authority granted under any provisions of the general statutes, shall be allowed entry into a judicial facility without submitting to the security measures developed by the Judicial Department for use by the public to gain entrance into the judicial facility. Such state marshal shall present a badge or other form of identification that identifies him or her as a state marshal to gain entrance into the judicial facility. For purposes of this section, "security measures" includes, but is not limited to, a walk-through metal detector or a portable or hand-held metal detector.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To allow a state marshal, when performing his or her duties, access to a judicial facility without passing through security measures used for the general public.

[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.]