SB 1003 — AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO VARIOUS STATUTES CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

General Assembly   RaisedSubstitute Bill No.

1003 January Session, 2017   LCO*_____SB01003JUD___040417____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO VARIOUS STATUTES CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

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  (JUD)   AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO VARIOUS STATUTES CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Section 53a-214 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):

(a) [A landlord of a] An owner, lessor or sublessor of any dwelling unit subject to the provisions of chapter 830 [, an owner of such a unit] or any commercial premises or property, or the agent of such [landlord or] owner, lessor or sublessor is guilty of criminal lockout when, without benefit of a court order, [he] such owner, lessor or sublessor or agent deprives a [tenant, as defined in subsection (l) of section 47a-1,] lessee, sublessee or person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy such dwelling unit or such premises or property to the exclusion of others of access to [his dwelling unit or his] such dwelling unit or premises or property or his or her personal possessions.

(b) Criminal lockout is a class C misdemeanor.

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5 October 1, 2017 53a-21453a-123 Sec.

6 October 1, 2017 53a-12354-86d Sec.

7 October 1, 2017 54-86d54-86e Sec.

8 Octoberfrom 1,passage 2017PA 54-86e11-252, Sec.

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109 July 1, 2017 Repealer section StatementJUD ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

To (1) make technical and other changes to the statute permitting state action to abate public nuisance;

(2) provide for the use of electronic signatures in certain reports;

(3) ensure that all law enforcement professionals who work for the state or a municipality are covered for purposes of indemnification;

(4) make restitution orders in criminal cases enforceable for the same duration as in civil matters;

(5) provide for criminal lockout protection to tenants of nonresidential properties;

(6) provide an enhanced penalty for victims of larceny who have been deemed incapable by the probate court;

(7) correct statutory citations;

(8) update the purpose of the eyewitness identification task force to include emerging technologies;

and (9) repeal a reporting requirement duplicative of the reporting requirement of section 17b-99b 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.]