General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5362
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 494
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF CERTAIN
AUTO THEFT CASES FROM THE JUVENILE COURT TO THE
CRIMINAL DOCKET AND REVISING THE STATE-WIDE POLICY ON
POLICE PURSUITS SPECIFIC TO PROPERTY CRIMES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That (1) title 46b of the general statutes be amended to require the
2 automatic transfer to criminal court of a case of a juvenile charged with
3 larceny involving theft of a motor vehicle if the juvenile has previously
4 been adjudicated as delinquent for, convicted of, or plead guilty or nolo
5 contendere to one or more offenses of larceny involving theft of a motor
6 vehicle; and (2) section 14-283a of the general statutes be amended to
7 direct the Police Officer Standard and Training Council to revise the
8 state-wide policy on motor vehicle pursuit by police officers to specify
9 that a police officer may engage in a pursuit when the driver of the
10 fleeing vehicle is suspected of a crime against property, including theft
11 of a motor vehicle.
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 Proposed Bill No. 5362
Statement of Purpose:
To promote more effective deterrents to motor vehicle theft by juveniles
and to revise the state-wide policy on motor vehicle pursuit by police
officers specific to property crimes.
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