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AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR TO COMMIT A CRIME, SEARCHES OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, THE PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY REVIEW BOARD AND VICTIMS' COMPENSATION. To (1) lower the age of the actor from twenty-three to twenty-one years for the offense of enticing a juvenile to commit a criminal act, (2) allow a law enforcement official to use the odor of cannabis as a basis to support an investigatory stop of a motor vehicle or search of a motor vehicle or person in a motor vehicle in cases where such official reasonably expects there is a minor under the age of eighteen years in such motor vehicle, (3) amend provisions concerning the Psychiatric Security Review Board to (A) provide that in adjudications regarding acquittees, the "protection of society" shall be the primary concern, (B) extend the waiting period governing when applications for temporary leave or conditional release may be filed from six months, to twelve months, (C) require the board to hold a hearing on all applications for temporary leave, (D) prohibit an acquittee who is granted temporary leave from being released from custody without supervision, and (E) require the board to use the evidentiary standard of clear and convincing evidence when an acquittee or applicant seeks an order less restrictive than the existing order, and (4) expand eligibility to the victim compensation fund to victims of motor vehicle theft and other property crimes.