Bill Text: CT SB01107 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Oversight Within The Division Of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Public Hearing 03/20 [SB01107 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB01107-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 1107
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 5287
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT WITHIN THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

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

Section 1. Section 51-277 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (e) as follows (Effective October 1, 2015):

(NEW) (e) The Chief State's Attorney shall supervise the division, including the state's attorney for each judicial district.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) Not later than March first of each year, the state's attorney for each judicial district and each state's attorney that assists the Chief State's Attorney shall submit a written report to the Chief State's Attorney. Such report shall include (1) any recommendations for (A) a statutory change, or (B) a budget proposal that may assist the Division of Criminal Justice's ability to investigate and prosecute criminal matters, and (2) any merit and performance rating prepared pursuant to section 51-280 of the general statutes by such state's attorney during the previous calendar year.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2015	51-277
Sec. 2	October 1, 2015	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To provide for greater oversight within the Division of Criminal Justice.

[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.]