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CT Gen Stat § 51-286i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice|Section 51-286i - Pilot program to identify and track homeless, addicted and mentally ill persons entering criminal justice system.

 (a) The office of the Chief State's Attorney shall establish a pilot program to serve the geographical area courts for Hartford, New Haven, New London and Norwich in the judicial districts of Hartford, New Haven and New London in identifying and tracking the homeless, addicted or mentally ill persons entering the criminal justice system.(b) The office of the state's attorney for each such judicial district shall screen cases in order to identify and track persons arrested who are homeless, drug addicted or mentally ill for intensive assistance, and shall refer such persons to diversion programs, counseling, treatment, housing assistance and reentry programs in an effort to stabilize such person and prevent future arrests of such person, provided the office shall retain the discretion to dispose of any case in any manner, with a focus on alternatives to incarceration and that the court shall maintain jurisdiction over the cases to ensure compliance with any ordered treatment or counseling.(c) The Chief State's Attorney shall establish policies and procedures to implement the pilot program required by this section and, on or before February 1, 2019, shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, in accordance with section 11-4a, concerning the implementation of the pilot program.(P.A. 17-205, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-286j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice|Section 51-286j - Collection of disaggregated, case level prosecutorial data.

 (a) The Division of Criminal Justice, in consultation with the Judicial Branch, the Department of Correction and the Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board, established under section 54-142, shall collect for the purposes of section 4-68ff disaggregated, case level data by docket number pertaining to defendants who are eighteen years of age or older at the time of the commission of an alleged offense under each of the categories described in subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive, of this subsection, as follows:(1) Arrests, including data on citations, summonses, custody arrests, warrants and on-site arrests;(2) Arraignments of individuals in custody;(3) Continuances;(4) Diversionary programs, including data on program applications, program diversions, successful completions by defendants of such programs, failures by defendants to complete such programs and people in diversion on the first of the month;(5) Contact between victims and prosecutorial officials, including data on cases involving victims;(6) Dispositions, including data on pending cases and cases disposed of;(7) Nonjudicial sanctions, including data on nonjudicial sanctions applied, successful completion of nonjudicial sanctions, failure of nonjudicial sanctions and persons on nonjudicial sanction status on the first of the month;(8) Plea agreements, including data on total plea agreements, agreements involving probation, agreements involving prison, other agreements and prosecutor's last best offer;(9) Cases going to trial, including data on cases added per month, pending trial cases, plea offers accepted by the court per month, plea offers rejected by the court per month, disposition by trial, disposition involving probation, disposition involving prison and other dispositions;(10) Demographics, including data on race, sex, ethnicity and age;(11) Court fees or fines, including those imposed by the court at the disposition of the defendant's case and any outstanding balance the defendant may have on such fees or fines;(12) Restitution amounts ordered pursuant to subsection (c) of section 53a-28, including any amount collected by the court and any amount paid to a victim; and(13) The zip code of the defendant's primary residence.(b) No information collected under this section that personally identifies a victim may be disclosed under section 4-68ff.(P.A. 19-59, S. 2.)History: P.A. 19-59 effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 51-286k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice|Section 51-286k - Tracking and reporting of use of testimony by jailhouse witnesses.

 (a) Each state's attorney's office shall track the following:(1) The substance and use of any testimony of a jailhouse witness, as defined in section 54-86o, against the interest of a (A) person suspected as the perpetrator of an offense, or (B) defendant, regardless of whether such testimony is presented at trial; and(2) The jailhouse witness's agreement to cooperate with the state's attorney and benefit, as defined in section 54-86o, that the state's attorney has provided, offered or may offer in the future to the jailhouse witness in connection with the testimony described in subdivision (1) of this subsection.(b) Each state's attorney's office shall send the information described in subsection (a) of this section to the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management, which shall maintain a state-wide record of such materials. Such information shall be confidential and not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.(P.A. 19-131, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-286n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice|Section 51-286n - Notification of Department of Public Health of conviction of licensed professionals of certain offenses relating to actual or suspected abuse of elderly, blind or disabled person or person with intellectual disability.

 (a) For the purposes of this section, “license” means a license, certificate or permit to engage in a profession issued by the Department of Public Health.(b) Whenever a person holding a license is convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of section 17a-412, subsection (a) of section 17b-451 or section 53a-321, 53a-322 or 53a-323, the appropriate state's attorney or assistant state's attorney shall transmit a notice of conviction to the Department of Public Health.(c) The Department of Public Health may suspend or revoke the license of such person for any period of time or permanently revoke such license, or take any other action authorized by section 19a-17, in the sole discretion of the department.(P.A. 03-267, S. 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-287a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice|Section 51-287a - Longevity payments to Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney.

 Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney who has completed not less than ten years of service as a prosecutorial official, shall receive semiannual longevity payments based on such service completed as of the first day of July and the first day of January of each year, as follows:(1) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who has completed ten or more years but less than fifteen years of service shall receive one-quarter of three per cent of the annual salary of his office.(2) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who has completed fifteen or more years but less than twenty years of service shall receive one-half of three per cent of the annual salary of his office.(3) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who has completed twenty or more years but less than twenty-five years of service shall receive three-quarters of three per cent of the annual salary of his office.(4) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who has completed twenty-five or more years of service shall receive three per cent of the annual salary of his office.(P.A. 84-399, S. 8, 17; P.A. 93-435, S. 24, 95.)History: P.A. 93-435 made a technical change, effective June 28, 1993.
CT Gen Stat § 51-287b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice|Section 51-287b - Deductions from longevity payment deposited in State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund.

 There shall be deducted and withheld from the longevity payable under section 51-287a to each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney who is included in the provisions of section 51-287 a sum equal to five per cent of the longevity payment. The sum deducted and withheld shall be deposited to the State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund.(P.A. 84-399, S. 9, 17; P.A. 00-196, S. 37.)History: P.A. 00-196 made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 51-288. (Formerly Sec. 51-175b) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice|Section 51-288. (Formerly Sec. 51-175b) - Pension for widow of state's attorney.

 Each widow of a Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who elected under the provisions of section 51-278 to be included within the provisions of this section, if such attorney died while holding such office or after his retirement under section 51-49 or 51-287, shall receive, monthly, an allowance equal to thirty-three and one-third per cent of the salary of the office which her husband held at the time of his death or retirement, as such salary may be changed from time to time. If such attorney leaves no widow, or if she dies before the youngest child of such attorney reaches the age of eighteen, such pension shall be payable, until such child reaches the age of eighteen, to his guardian, for the support of such child and any other children of such attorney under the age of eighteen.(1967, P.A. 622, S. 7; P.A. 73-122, S. 12, 27.)History: P.A. 73-122 clarified applicability, substituting “chief state's attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who elected ... to be included within the provisions of this section” for “state's attorney”; Sec. 51-175b transferred to Sec. 51-288 in 1975.
CT Gen Stat § 51-289a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-289a - Public Defender Services Commission, Chief Public Defender and Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel substituted for former commission, chief attorney and public defenders.

 (a) Wherever the words “Commission on Child Protection” are used in the public or special acts of 2011, the words “Public Defender Services Commission” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.(b) Wherever the words “Chief Child Protection Attorney” are used in the public or special acts of 2011, the words “Chief Public Defender” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.(c) Wherever the words “special assistant public defender” are used in the public or special acts of 2011, the words “Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.(d) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.(P.A. 11-51, S. 19.)History: P.A. 11-51 effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 51-290 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-290 - Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender; appointment, qualifications, removal, salary.

 (a) The Public Defender Services Commission shall appoint: (1) A Chief Public Defender for a term of four years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor; and (2) a Deputy Chief Public Defender for a term of four years who shall assist the Chief Public Defender. The Deputy Chief Public Defender shall exercise the duties and powers of the Chief Public Defender in his absence or upon his designation. Any vacancy in the offices of Chief Public Defender or Deputy Chief Public Defender shall be filled by the commission for the balance of the term of the person he succeeds.(b) The Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender shall be attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in this state for at least five years.(c) The Chief Public Defender and the Deputy Chief Public Defender shall each devote his full time to the duties of his office and shall not otherwise engage in the practice of law or be a partner, member or associate of a law firm.(d) The Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender shall not be removed or suspended from office during their terms except by order of the commission for just cause after due notice and hearing.(e) The salaries of the Chief Public Defender and the Deputy Chief Public Defender shall be the same as that paid to the Chief State's Attorney and to deputy chief state's attorneys, respectively, under the provisions of chapter 886.(P.A. 74-317, S. 2, 14; P.A. 75-530, S. 31, 35; P.A. 76-436, S. 575, 681; P.A. 82-248, S. 145.)History: P.A. 75-530 changed deadline for appointment of chief public defender from April 1, 1975, to June 15, 1975; P.A. 76-436 specified that duty of deputy chief public defender is to assist the chief public defender rather than to “supervise public defender services in the court of common pleas”, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-248 rephrased and reorganized the section and inserted Subsec. indicators.
CT Gen Stat § 51-292 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-292 - Expenses included in commission's budget.

 Except as provided in section 46b-136, reasonable expenses of, or incurred by, the commission, the Chief Public Defender, or those serving pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, including rental of facilities, witnesses summoned, costs of transcripts ordered from the official court reporters or court recording monitors, costs of service of process, and costs of equipment, and other necessary disbursements or costs of defense shall be paid from the budget of the commission upon approval of the commission.(P.A. 74-317, S. 11, 14; P.A. 19-64, S. 11.)History: P.A. 19-64 added “Except as provided in section 46b-136,” and replaced “court reporters” with “the official court reporters or court recording monitors” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 51-294 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-294 - Reappointment of public defenders serving on October 1, 1975.

 Section 51-294 is repealed.(P.A. 74-317, S. 5, 14; P.A. 82-248, S. 163.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-295 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-295 - Retirement and disability of public defenders. Retirement credit.

 Except as provided in section 51-295a, the Chief Public Defender, the Deputy Chief Public Defender, and each public defender, assistant public defender and deputy assistant public defender shall be included under the provisions of chapters 65 and 66, regarding retirement and disability of state employees. Each such person shall receive retirement credit in accordance with the provisions of section 5-190a for each year or portion thereof for which retirement contributions are paid when serving as Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender, public defender, assistant public defender, deputy assistant public defender, state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or prosecutor or assistant prosecutor in the Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas or in the Circuit Court.(P.A. 74-317, S. 6, 14; P.A. 76-436, S. 578, 681; P.A. 82-248, S. 148; 82-280; P.A. 84-421, S. 3, 4; P.A. 85-475, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-348, S. 4, 8.)History: P.A. 76-436 applied provisions to deputy assistant public defenders, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-248 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 82-280 deleted the prohibition on persons who were not serving as public defenders on October 1, 1974 from continuing to serve as public defenders after age 65; P.A. 84-421 excluded from provisions of section any public defender included in provisions of Sec. 51-295a and Sec. 51-49, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 85-475 deleted provisions re retirement credit for chief public defender, deputy chief public defender, public defenders not included in Secs. 51-295a and 51-49, assistant public defenders and deputy assistant public defenders, and added provision that such individuals shall receive retirement credit in accordance with Sec. 5-190a; P.A. 86-348 deleted exclusion from provisions of section of any public defender included in provisions of Sec. 51-295a and Sec. 51-49 and substituted reference to provisions of Sec. 51-295, and provided retirement credit for service as chief public defender, deputy chief public defender or deputy assistant public defender.
CT Gen Stat § 51-295b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-295b - Longevity payments for Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender.

 Each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who has completed not less than ten years of service as a defense attorney of the Judicial Department or the Public Defender Services Commission shall receive semiannual longevity payments based upon such service completed as of the first day of July and the first day of January of each year, as follows: (1) Each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who has completed ten or more years but less than fifteen years of service shall receive one-quarter of three per cent of the annual salary of his office; (2) each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who has completed fifteen or more years but less than twenty years of service shall receive one-half of three per cent of the annual salary of his office; (3) each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who has completed twenty or more years but less than twenty-five years of service shall receive three-quarters of three per cent of the annual salary of his office; (4) each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who has completed twenty-five or more years of service shall receive three per cent of the annual salary of his office.(P.A. 84-399, S. 11, 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-296b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-296b - Pilot program re representation at parole revocation hearings.

 The Chief Public Defender shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program to provide representation to persons at parole revocation hearings. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Chief Public Defender shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on cases served as part of such program during the prior calendar year. Such report shall aggregate information, including, but not limited to, the number of public defenders funded through the pilot program, the number of preliminary hearings and final parole revocation hearings served by such public defenders and the associated outcomes of such hearings.(P.A. 19-59, S. 3.)History: P.A. 19-59 effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 51-299 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-299 - Eligibility of minors for public defender services. Powers of investigation.

 Except in cases in which counsel has been appointed pursuant to subsection (c) of section 51-296, whenever a person requesting services pursuant to this chapter is under the age of eighteen years, eligibility for services shall be measured in terms of the financial circumstances of such person and of his parents, guardians, or those legally responsible for the support of such person. The commission shall be entitled to recover the reasonable cost of legal services, as determined in accordance with the schedule of reasonable charges for public defender services provided by the commission, from the parents, guardians, trustees or those legally responsible for the support of such person and the provisions of section 51-298 shall apply to such persons. In so doing, it shall have the authority to require such parents, guardians or other such persons as well as those persons holding property in trust or otherwise for such minor or unemancipated person to execute and deliver to the commission or its employees any written requests or authorizations required under applicable law or otherwise to provide the Chief Public Defender or those serving under him with access to such records of public or private sources, otherwise confidential, or any other information which may be relevant to the question of eligibility or liability to the commission under this chapter.(P.A. 74-317, S. 10, 14; P.A. 11-51, S. 8.)History: P.A. 11-51 added exception re cases where counsel has been appointed pursuant to Sec. 51-296(c), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 51-300 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services|Section 51-300 - Confidentiality of statement in support cases.

 In cases where the accused is charged with a violation of section 53-304, no oral or written statement of financial status received by a public defender regarding eligibility to retain a public defender shall be available to any prosecuting official or be admissible in evidence except as an exhibit where an appeal is taken by the accused from an order denying his application for the appointment of a public defender.(P.A. 74-317, S. 13, 14.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-334. (Formerly Sec. 51-182g) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 889 - Family Matters (See Chapter 815)|Section 51-334. (Formerly Sec. 51-182g) - Family relations cases claimed as for short calendar. Lists.

 Section 51-334 is repealed.(1959, P.A. 531, S. 7; P.A. 76-436, S. 659, 681; P.A. 78-379, S. 26, 27.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-342. (Formerly Sec. 51-140) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location|Section 51-342. (Formerly Sec. 51-140) - County construed as judicial district for purpose of venue.

 Wherever in the general statutes the word “county” is used to establish or refer to venue for the Superior Court, such word “county” shall be construed to mean a judicial district established pursuant to section 51-344.(1949 Rev., S. 7593; 1957, P.A. 64, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 2; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 76-436, S. 401, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 1, 65.)History: 1972 acts added reference to superior court jurisdiction, effective September 5, 1972; P.A. 76-436 removed reference to jurisdiction of court of common pleas, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-576 restated section, referring to venue rather than jurisdiction and reflecting substitution of judicial districts generally for counties; Sec. 51-140 transferred to Sec. 51-342 in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement.