Bill Text: CT HB05410 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Penalty For Refusing To Submit To The Taking Of Fingerprints, A Photograph Or A Physical Description.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-13 - File Number 592 [HB05410 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05410-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5410
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 1915
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE PENALTY FOR REFUSING TO SUBMIT TO THE TAKING OF FINGERPRINTS, A PHOTOGRAPH AND A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION.

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

Section 1. Section 29-17 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):

Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with the requirements of sections 29-11 and 29-12a to 29-16, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2016	29-17

Statement of Purpose:

To remove the penalty for failing to comply with the requirements of section 29-12 of the general statutes.

[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.]