Bill Text: CT HB05488 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Criminal Background Checks For Firefighter Applications.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-18 - Public Hearing 02/22 [HB05488 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05488-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 2696 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR FIREFIGHTER APPLICATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29-17a of the general statutes, the organized police department of any city, town or borough may perform the criminal history records check required for any person applying to be a firefighter using the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To allow local police departments to perform the criminal background checks for firefighter applications in lieu of requiring the Department of Public Safety to perform the background check.
[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.]