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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-125j. - Reporting re outcomes of parole revocation hearings.

Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall report to the Office of Policy and Management and the office shall make available on the office's Internet web site the following information:
(1) Outcomes of preliminary hearings, including whether (A) probable cause of a parole violation was found and that the alleged violation was serious enough to warrant revocation of parole, (B) probable cause of a parole violation was found, but the alleged violation was not serious enough to warrant revocation, and (C) no probable cause of a parole violation was found;
(2) The number of (A) individuals remanded to the custody of the Department of Correction for criminal and technical violations, and (B) individuals held in custody beyond a preliminary hearing pending a final parole revocation hearing;
(3) Outcomes of final parole revocation hearings, including whether there was a recommendation to (A) reinstate parole, or (B) revoke parole; and
(4) Case level data on demographics, including data on race, sex, ethnicity and age.
(P.A. 19-59, S. 4; P.A. 21-97, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 19-59 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 21-97 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-125k. - Legal cannabis use or possession not grounds for revocation of parole, special parole or probation. Exception.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, use or possession of cannabis by a person that does not violate section 21a-279a or chapter 420f shall not be grounds for revocation of such person's parole, special parole or probation.
(b) If a person's conditions of parole, special parole or probation include a finding that use of cannabis would pose a danger to such person or to the public and a condition that such person not use cannabis and individualized reasons supporting such finding, use of cannabis may be grounds for revocation of parole, special parole or probation. Such finding shall not consider any prior arrests or convictions for use or possession of cannabis.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 16.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-126. - Rules and regulations concerning parole. Enforcement.

Said Board of Pardons and Paroles may establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary, upon which such convict may go upon parole, and the panel for the particular case may establish special provisions for the parole of a convict. The chairman of the board shall enforce such rules, regulations and provisions and retake and reimprison any convict upon parole, for any reason that such panel, or the chairman with the approval of the panel, deems sufficient; and the chairman may detain any convict or inmate pending approval by the panel of such retaking or reimprisonment.
(1949 Rev., S. 8828; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 52; 1972, P.A. 25, S. 2; P.A. 93-219, S. 8, 14; P.A. 04-234, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act, effective July 1, 1968, provided for enforcement by correction commissioner and added provision for detention by commissioner at end of section; 1972 act amended section to reflect transfer of parole power for entire board or quorum to panels and authorized panels to set special conditions for parole; P.A. 93-219 replaced the commissioner of correction with the chairman of the board as the official responsible for enforcement, recapture and detention, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.
Cited. 132 C. 306; 162 C. 434; 170 C. 118; 171 C. 691; Id., 691; 172 C. 126.
Cited. 4 CS 365. Rule of board which conflicted with Sec. 54-128(a) declared void. 27 CS 439.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-127. - Rearrest.

The request of the Commissioner of Correction or any officer of the Department of Correction so designated by the commissioner, or of the Board of Pardons and Paroles or its chairman shall be sufficient warrant to authorize any officer of the Department of Correction or any officer authorized by law to serve criminal process within this state, to return any convict or inmate on parole into actual custody; and any such officer, police officer, constable or state marshal shall arrest and hold any parolee or inmate when so requested, without any written warrant.
(1949 Rev., S. 8829; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 38; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 53; 1969, P.A. 271; 1971, P.A. 62; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 22, 28; P.A. 00-99, S. 123, 154; P.A. 04-234, S. 2; 04-257, S. 123.)
History: 1967 act, effective July 1, 1968, added correction commissioner to those authorized to request rearrest, deleted provision for parole board to authorize persons to so request and substituted officers of the correction department for officers of the board or the State Prison; 1969 act applied provisions to correction department officers designated by commissioner; 1971 act authorized chairman of board of parole to request custody; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 added “any officer of the board of parole designated by the chairman”, made technical changes and deleted provision pertaining to compensation, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-257 deleted “any officer of the Board of Parole designated by the chairman” from individuals authorized to request the return to custody of a convict or inmate and deleted an officer “of the Board of Parole” from officers authorized to return a convict or inmate to custody, effective June 14, 2004.
Cited. 132 C. 305; 160 C. 151, 159; 162 C. 434; 170 C. 119.
Cited. 12 CA 1.
Cited. 4 CS 365; 27 CS 443.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-127a. - Parole revocation and rescission hearings.

All parole revocation and rescission hearings shall be conducted by an employee of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. The parole of a person who has been allowed to go on parole in accordance with subsection (a) of section 54-125a or section 54-125g, or who has been sentenced to a period of special parole in accordance with subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of section 53a-28, shall be revoked or rescinded if, after such hearing, the employee recommends such revocation or rescission and such recommendation is approved by at least two members of a panel of the board.
(P.A. 04-234, S. 2, 6.)
History: P.A. 04-234 effective June 8, 2004 (Revisor's note: Effective July 1, 2004, references to “Board of Parole” or “Board of Pardons” in the general statutes and in the public and special acts of 2003 and 2004 regular and special sessions of the General Assembly were replaced with “Board of Pardons and Paroles” pursuant to Sec. 2 of P.A. 04-234).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-129. - Discharge of paroled prisoner.

(a) If it appears to the appropriate panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles that any person on parole or inmate eligible for parole or any person serving a period of special parole will lead an orderly life, the panel, by a unanimous vote, may (1) declare such person on parole or inmate discharged from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, or (2) at any time during such person's period of special parole, terminate such period, without a court order, before such person completes such period.
(b) Whenever any inmate has been discharged from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or whenever any person's period of special parole has been terminated, the chairperson shall issue a certificate to that effect under the seal of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(1949 Rev., S. 8831; 1957, P.A. 461, S. 6; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 55; 1972, P.A. 25, S. 3; P.A. 04-234, S. 2; P.A. 18-63, S. 3; P.A. 19-84, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act, effective July 1, 1968, substituted custody of correction commissioner for “said prison” and provided certificate be signed by chairman of board of parole and commissioner rather than executive secretary of board and warden; 1972 act applied provisions to persons eligible for parole and transferred duties formerly held by entire parole board or quorum to panels of board; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 18-63 added reference to special parole and made technical changes; P.A. 19-84 designated existing provisions re convict or inmate eligible for parole or special parole as Subsec. (a) and substantially amended same including by replacing “convict or inmate” with “person”, deleting “of all the members present at any regular meeting of the panel,”, designating existing provision re discharge from custody and amending same by replacing “convict” with “person on parole”, deleting “and shall thereupon deliver to him or her a written”, and adding Subdiv. (2) re termination of period of special parole without court order, designated existing provisions re certificate as Subsec. (b) and amended same by adding provision re discharge from custody of commissioner or termination of period of special parole, and deleting provision re signing by chairperson of board and commissioner, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2019.
Cited. 170 C. 129; 213 C. 38.
Cited. 8 CA 656.
Cited. 4 CS 365; 16 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-129a. - Termination of special parole determination. Notification to victim. Statement of victim.

Prior to the Board of Pardons and Paroles terminating a person's period of special parole pursuant to section 54-129, the Office of Victim Services, within the Judicial Department, shall notify the victim of the crime for which the person is serving a period of special parole who is registered with the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department or registered with the Victim Services Unit within the Department of Correction, of the board's intent to consider the termination of such person's period of special parole. Any victim may submit a statement to the board concerning whether such person's period of special parole should be terminated. For the purposes of this section, “victim” means a victim, as defined in section 54-126a.
(P.A. 19-84, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-130b. (Formerly Sec. 18-26a). - Commutation of punishment and deportation of inmates who are aliens.

(a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall enter into an agreement with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service for the deportation of persons incarcerated in correctional facilities in the state who are aliens upon the conditioned commutation of their punishment by said board.
(b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may grant a commutation of punishment in the case of any person incarcerated in a correctional facility in the state who is an alien and transfer such person to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service for deportation in accordance with the agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section provided such person agrees not to contest his criminal conviction and deportation.
(P.A. 95-162; P.A. 04-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Pardons with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; Sec. 18-26a transferred to Sec. 54-130b in 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-130c. (Formerly Sec. 18-30). - Information about prisoner.

Said board may institute inquiries by correspondence or otherwise as to the previous history or character of any prisoner, and each prosecuting officer, judge, police officer or other person shall give said board, upon request, such information as he may possess with reference to the habits, disposition, career and associates of any prisoner.
(1949 Rev., S. 3024.)
History: Sec. 18-30 transferred to Sec. 54-130c in 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-130f. - Pardon eligibility notice.

Not later than January 1, 2016, the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall develop a pardon eligibility notice containing written explanatory text of the pardons process set forth in this chapter. The board, in conjunction with the Judicial Department and Department of Correction, shall ensure that such notice is provided to a person at the time such person (1) is sentenced, (2) is released by the Department of Correction, including any pretrial release pursuant to section 18-100f, (3) has completed or been discharged from a period of parole, and (4) has completed a period of probation or conditional discharge pursuant to section 53a-29 or 53a-33. The board shall update such notice as deemed necessary by the board.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-2, S. 10.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-2 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-130g. - Pardon for violation of certain provisions of section 53a-61aa or 53a-62. Criteria.

The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall grant an absolute pardon to any person who applies for such pardon with respect to a conviction of a violation of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 53a-61aa or subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-62, if (1) such person committed such offense prior to attaining the age of eighteen years, (2) at least three years have elapsed from the date of such conviction or such person's discharge from the supervision of the court or the care of any institution or agency to which such person has been committed by the court, whichever is later, (3) such person has no subsequent juvenile proceeding or adult criminal proceeding that is pending, (4) such person has attained the age of eighteen years, and (5) such person has not been convicted as an adult of a felony or misdemeanor during the three-year period specified in subdivision (2) of this section.
(P.A. 16-67, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131. - Employment of paroled or discharged prisoners. Interviews.

Community Partners in Action and the Commissioner of Correction shall make all reasonable efforts to secure employment and provide directly or by contract other necessary services for any convict or inmate paroled or discharged from the custody of the commissioner and any institution of the Department of Correction, and the agents of said association are authorized, in carrying out this duty, to interview inmates of said correctional institutions prior to discharge.
(1949 Rev., S. 8832; 1949, S. 3330d; 1963 P.A. 642, S. 77; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 57; P.A. 15-14, S. 39.)
History: 1963 act substituted state jails for county jails; 1967 act, effective July 1, 1968, substituted correction commissioner for parole board and substituted department institutions for State Prison, reformatory and jails; P.A. 15-14 replaced “The Connecticut Prison Association” with “Community Partners in Action”.
See Sec. 18-81c re Community Partners in Action.
Cited. 170 C. 129.
Cited. 4 CS 365; 27 CS 327.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131a. - Release of inmate on medical parole.

The Board of Pardons and Paroles may determine, in accordance with sections 54-131a to 54-131g, inclusive, when and under what conditions an inmate serving any sentence of imprisonment may be released on medical parole.
(P.A. 89-383, S. 6, 16; P.A. 04-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131b. - Eligibility for medical parole.

The Board of Pardons and Paroles may release on medical parole any inmate serving any sentence of imprisonment, except an inmate convicted of a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, or murder with special circumstances under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect on or after April 25, 2012, who has been diagnosed pursuant to section 54-131c as suffering from a terminal condition, disease or syndrome, and is so debilitated or incapacitated by such condition, disease or syndrome as to be physically incapable of presenting a danger to society. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, the Board of Pardons and Paroles may release such inmate at any time during the term of such inmate's sentence.
(P.A. 89-383, S. 7, 16; P.A. 04-234, S. 2; P.A. 12-5, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 12-5 added reference to provisions of Sec. 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, re capital felony, added reference to murder with special circumstances under Sec. 53a-54b and made technical changes, effective April 25, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131c. - Medical diagnosis.

A diagnosis that an inmate is suffering from a terminal condition, disease or syndrome shall be made by a physician licensed under chapter 370 and shall include but need not be limited to (1) a description of such terminal condition, disease or syndrome, (2) a prognosis concerning the likelihood of recovery from such condition, disease or syndrome and (3) a description of the inmate's physical incapacity. A diagnosis made by a physician other than one employed by the Department of Correction or a hospital or medical facility used by the Department of Correction for medical treatment of inmates may be reviewed by a physician appointed by the Commissioner of Correction or reviewed by the medical director of the Department of Correction. For purposes of this section “terminal condition, disease or syndrome” includes, but is not limited to, any prognosis by a licensed physician that the inmate has six months or less to live.
(P.A. 89-383, S. 8, 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131d. - Conditions of release on medical parole.

(a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall require as a condition of release on medical parole that the parolee agree to placement and that he is able to be placed for a definite or indefinite period of time in a hospital or hospice or other housing accommodation suitable to his medical condition, including his family's home, as specified by the board.
(b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may require as a condition of release on medical parole periodic diagnoses as described in section 54-131c. If after review of such diagnoses the board finds that a parolee released pursuant to sections 54-131a to 54-131g, inclusive, is no longer so debilitated or incapacitated as to be physically incapable of presenting a danger to society, such parolee shall be returned to any institution of the Department of Correction.
(P.A. 89-383, S. 9, 16; P.A. 04-234, S. 2; 04-257, S. 125.)
History: P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-257 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that a parolee shall be returned to “any institution” of the Department of Correction rather than to “the custody” of said department, effective June 14, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131e. - Requests for medical diagnosis.

A request for a medical diagnosis in order to determine eligibility for medical parole under sections 54-131a to 54-131g, inclusive, may be made by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Commissioner of Correction, or a correctional institution warden or superintendent, or by request made to the board, commissioner, warden or superintendent by an inmate, an inmate's spouse, parent, guardian, grandparent, aunt or uncle, sibling, child over the age of eighteen years, or attorney.
(P.A. 89-383, S. 10, 16; P.A. 04-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131f. - Special panel. Emergency review.

The Board of Pardons and Paroles may appoint a special panel to implement the provisions of sections 54-131a to 54-131g, inclusive. The board or special panel shall review and decide requests for medical parole under said sections on an emergency basis, and in all cases shall act in as expeditious a manner as possible.
(P.A. 89-383, S. 11, 16; P.A. 04-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131g. - Effect on parole or other release.

The provisions of sections 54-131a to 54-131f, inclusive, shall not affect an inmate's eligibility for any other form of parole or release provided by law.
(P.A. 89-383, S. 12, 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-131k. - Compassionate parole release.

(a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may grant a compassionate parole release to any inmate serving any sentence of imprisonment, except an inmate convicted of a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, or murder with special circumstances under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect on or after April 25, 2012, if it finds that such inmate (1) is so physically or mentally debilitated, incapacitated or infirm as a result of advanced age or as a result of a condition, disease or syndrome that is not terminal as to be physically incapable of presenting a danger to society, and (2) (A) has served not less than one-half of such inmate's definite or aggregate sentence, or (B) has served not less than one-half of such inmate's remaining definite or aggregate sentence after commutation of the original sentence by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(b) Any person granted a compassionate parole release pursuant to this section shall be released subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the Board of Pardons and Paroles and shall be supervised by the Department of Correction.
(P.A. 04-234, S. 2, 28; P.A. 12-5, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 04-234 effective June 8, 2004 (Revisor's note: Effective July 1, 2004, references to “Board of Parole” or “Board of Pardons” in the general statutes and in the public and special acts of the 2003 and 2004 regular and special sessions of the General Assembly were replaced with “Board of Pardons and Paroles” pursuant to Sec. 2 of P.A. 04-234); P.A. 12-5 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to provisions of Sec. 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, re capital felony, add reference to murder with special circumstances under Sec. 53a-54b and make a technical change, effective April 25, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-132. - Definitions.

Section 54-132 is repealed, effective June 19, 2002.*
(1951, S. 3346d; 1957, P.A. 340; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 78; P.A. 00-185, S. 4, 5.)
*Note: P.A. 00-185 repealed this section effective “July 1, 2001, or upon enactment of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision by thirty-five jurisdictions, whichever is later”; Pennsylvania became the thirty-fifth enacting jurisdiction on June 19, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-133a. - Motor vehicle violation deemed a criminal offense for purposes of Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.

For the purposes of section 54-133, a motor vehicle violation for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment of more than one year may be imposed shall be deemed a criminal offense.
(P.A. 12-133, S. 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-134 to 54-138b. - Designation of “Compact Institutions”. Transfers to other correctional institutions. Incarceration in receiving state not to affect rights in sending state. Reimbursement for expenses. Ratification; regulations. Retaking of parolee. Unauthorized residency by parolee from another state; penalty.

Sections 54-134 to 54-138b, inclusive, are repealed, effective June 19, 2002.*
(1951, S. 3347d–3351d; 1963, P.A. 128; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 87-282, S. 21; P.A. 98-97; P.A. 00-185, S. 4, 5.)
*Note: P.A. 00-185 repealed these sections effective “July 1, 2001, or upon enactment of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision by thirty-five jurisdictions, whichever is later”; Pennsylvania became the thirty-fifth enacting jurisdiction on June 19, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-142. - Destruction of notes received for unpaid fines.

Section 54-142 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8823; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 80; P.A. 76-336, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142b. (Formerly Sec. 54-90a). - Erasure of record of girl found guilty of being in manifest danger.

Any person who has been found guilty under section 17-379 or any statute predecessor thereto, if she has been convicted of no other offense prior to her twenty-first birthday, may file a petition with the court by which she was found guilty, or, if such finding was by a trial justice or municipal court or the Circuit Court, to the Office of the Chief Court Administrator for an order of erasure, and such court shall thereupon order all police and court records and records of the state's or prosecuting attorney pertaining to such case to be erased.
(1971, P.A. 192; P.A. 74-183, S. 153, 291; P.A. 75-567, S. 23, 80; P.A. 76-336, S. 12; 76-436, S. 552, 681; P.A. 77-452, S. 43, 72.)
History: P.A. 74-183 revised section to reflect transfer of circuit court jurisdiction to court of common pleas, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 75-567 specified applicability of Sec. 17-379 of “Revision of 1958, Revised to 1968” but added language was not codified; P.A. 76-336 applied provisions to persons “found guilty” under Sec. 17-379 rather than to persons “committed to any institution” under that section; P.A. 76-436 referred to persons “convicted” under Sec. 17-379 rather than to those “found guilty” and required filing of erasure petition to office of chief court administrator rather than to common pleas court for commitments by trial justice, municipal court or circuit court, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court and reorganization of judicial system, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-452 restored reference to persons “found guilty” under Sec. 17-379; Sec. 54-90a transferred to Sec. 54-142b in 1979.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142d. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Destruction of record of decriminalized offense.

Whenever any person has been convicted of an offense in any court in this state and such offense has been decriminalized subsequent to the date of such conviction, such person may file a petition with the superior court at the location in which such conviction was effected, or with the superior court at the location having custody of the records of such conviction or with the records center of the Judicial Department if such conviction was in the Court of Common Pleas, Circuit Court, municipal court or by a trial justice, for an order of erasure, and the Superior Court or records center of the Judicial Department shall direct all police and court records and records of the state's or prosecuting attorney pertaining to such case to be physically destroyed.
(P.A. 83-6.)
*Note: On and after January 1, 2023, this section, as amended by section 4 of public act 21-32, is to read as follows:
“Sec. 54-142d. Destruction of record of decriminalized offense. Whenever any person has been convicted of an offense in any court in this state and such offense has been decriminalized subsequent to the date of such conviction, such person may file a petition with the superior court at the location in which such conviction was effected, or with the superior court at the location having custody of the records of such conviction if such conviction was in the Court of Common Pleas, Circuit Court, municipal court or by a trial justice, in the Superior Court where venue would currently exist for criminal prosecution, for an order of erasure, and the Superior Court shall immediately direct all police and court records and records of the state's or prosecuting attorney pertaining to such offense to be physically destroyed.”
(P.A. 83-6; P.A. 21-32, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 21-32 deleted references to records center of Judicial Department, added “in the Superior Court where venue would currently exist for criminal prosecution,”, added “immediately” re directing destruction of certain records, and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142h. - Data collection; audit; maintenance of records and log.

(a) All criminal justice agencies that collect, store or disseminate criminal history record information shall institute a process of data collection, entry, storage and systematic audit that will minimize the possibility of recording and storing inaccurate criminal history record information, and shall notify, upon the discovery of any such inaccuracy, all criminal justice agencies known to have received such information. The Division of Criminal Justice may give advice to criminal justice agencies concerning the collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information, provided the giving of such advice shall not interfere with the duties or supersede the authority of the state librarian or public records administrator with respect to public records.
(b) For the purpose of verifying the completeness and accuracy of criminal history record information collected and maintained by criminal justice information agencies subject to Title 28, Chapter 1, Part 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the Division of Criminal Justice shall conduct an annual audit of the records maintained by such agencies. Said division shall provide for a random sample of criminal justice agencies to be audited each year.
(c) Criminal justice agencies subject to such audits shall maintain and retain records that will facilitate such audits, including, but not limited to, the keeping of a log which chronologically records the date nonconviction record information was disclosed, the information disclosed, how or where the information was obtained and the person or criminal justice agency to whom the information was disseminated. Such log shall be maintained for a minimum period of twelve months. It shall not be necessary to log the disclosure of nonconviction record information to any authorized officer or employee within such agency.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 8; P.A. 82-346, S. 5, 7; 82-472, S. 170, 183; P.A. 92-134, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-346 replaced Connecticut justice commission with the division of criminal justice as auditor of records in Subsec. (b); P.A. 82-472 changed effective date of P.A. 82-346 from July 1, 1982, to January 1, 1983; P.A. 92-134 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision authorizing the division of criminal justice to give advice to criminal justice agencies re collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information.
Cited. 183 C. 183.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142j. - Adoption of regulations and procedures.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt regulations to establish procedures for criminal justice agencies to query the central repository prior to dissemination of any criminal history disposition information to assure that the most up to date disposition data is being used. Inquiries to the State Police Bureau of Identification shall be made prior to any dissemination except in those cases where time is of the essence and the repository is technically incapable of responding within the necessary time period.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 9; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142l. - Challenge to completeness or accuracy of record.

(a) A person may challenge the completeness and accuracy of such information by giving written notice of his challenge to the State Bureau of Identification and to the agency at which he inspected the information, if other than the State Police Bureau of Identification. The notice shall contain a sworn statement that the information in or supporting the challenge is accurate and that the challenge is made in good faith.
(b) Upon receipt of the notice, the State Police Bureau of Identification shall conduct an audit of the part of such person's criminal history record information which is necessary to determine the accuracy of the challenge, and may require any criminal justice agency which was the source of the challenged information to verify such information. Within sixty days after the notice is received, the State Bureau of Identification shall notify the person in writing of the results of the audit, and of his right to appeal if the challenge is rejected.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142m. - Disclosure of nonconviction information by criminal justice agency.

(a) A criminal justice agency holding nonconviction information may disclose it to persons or agencies not otherwise authorized (1) for the purposes of research, evaluation or statistical analysis, or (2) if there is a specific agreement with a criminal justice agency to provide services required for the administration of criminal justice pursuant to such agreement. The Judicial Branch may disclose nonconviction information to a state agency pursuant to an agreement to provide services related to the collection of moneys due. Any such disclosure of information shall be limited to that information necessary for the collection of moneys due. Pursuant to an agreement, the Judicial Branch may disclose nonconviction information to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the administration of court-ordered evaluations and the provision of programs and services to persons with psychiatric disabilities and substance abuse treatment needs. Pursuant to an agreement, the Judicial Branch may disclose nonconviction information to advocates for victims of family violence to allow such advocates to develop plans to provide for the safety of victims and victims' minor children, provided such agreement prohibits such advocates from disclosing such nonconviction information to any person, including, but not limited to, a victim of family violence.
(b) No nonconviction information may be disclosed to such persons or agencies except pursuant to a written agreement between the agency holding it and the persons to whom it is to be disclosed.
(c) The agreement shall specify the information to be disclosed, the persons to whom it is to be disclosed, the purposes for which it is to be used, the precautions to be taken to insure the security and confidentiality of the information and the sanctions for improper disclosure or use.
(d) Persons to whom information is disclosed under the provisions of this section shall not without the subject's prior written consent disclose or publish such information in such manner that it will reveal the identity of such subject.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 11; P.A. 80-483, S. 139, 186; P.A. 95-133, S. 2; P.A. 00-64, S. 2; P.A. 12-114, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 80-483 made technical correction; P.A. 95-133 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision permitting judicial branch to disclose nonconviction information to state agency pursuant to agreement for collection of moneys due; P.A. 00-64 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision that, pursuant to agreement, judicial branch may disclose nonconviction information to Department of Mental and Addiction Services for administration of court-ordered evaluations and provision of programs and services to persons with psychiatric disabilities and substance abuse treatment needs; P.A. 12-114 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re disclosure of nonconviction information to advocates for victims of family violence and making a technical change.
Cited. 183 C. 183.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142n. - Further provisions for disclosure of nonconviction information.

Nonconviction information other than erased information may be disclosed only to: (1) Criminal justice agencies in this and other states and the federal government; (2) agencies and persons which require such information to implement a statute or executive order that expressly refers to criminal conduct; (3) agencies or persons authorized by a court order, statute or decisional law to receive criminal history record information. Whenever a person or agency receiving a request for nonconviction information is in doubt about the authority of the requesting agency to receive such information, the request shall be referred to the State Police Bureau of Investigation.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 13.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1995 the indicators (a), (b) and (c) were changed editorially by the Revisors to (1), (2) and (3) respectively for consistency with statutory usage).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142o. - Dissemination of nonconviction information to noncriminal justice agencies.

(a) Nonconviction information disseminated to noncriminal justice agencies shall be used by such agencies only for the purpose for which it was given and shall not be redisseminated.
(b) No agency or individual shall confirm the existence or nonexistence of nonconviction information to any person or agency that would not be eligible to receive the information itself.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 12.)
See Sec. 54-142c re disclosure of erased records.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142p. - Letter of criminal record or no criminal record to enter United States or foreign nation.

(a) Any criminal justice agency may furnish criminal history record information or a no criminal record letter to an individual in conjunction with an application to enter the United States or any foreign nation when the subject of the record (1) certified that the information is needed to complete an application to enter the United States or a foreign nation, and (2) provides proof that he is the subject of the record.
(b) The disseminating agency shall certify that the information released is accurate as of ninety days prior to release and is being disclosed only for the purpose of assisting the subject of the record in gaining entry into the United States or a foreign nation.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142r. - Availability of data in criminal justice information system. Procedures for obtaining data.

(a) Any data in a criminal justice information system, as defined in section 54-142q, shall be available to the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the executive director of a division of or unit within the Judicial Department that oversees information technology, or to such persons' designees, for the purpose of maintaining and administering said system.
(b) Any data in said system from an information system of a criminal justice agency, as defined in subsection (b) of section 54-142g, that is available to the public under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, shall be obtained from the agency from which such data originated. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall provide to any person who submits a request for such data to the Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board, pursuant to said act, the name and address of the agency from which such data originated.
(P.A. 05-178, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 187; P.A. 11-51, S. 76; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 102, 105.)
History: P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Chief Information Officer of the Department of Information Technology” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “the offender-based tracking system” with “a criminal justice information system” and amended Subsec. (b) to replace “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” with “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142t. - (Note: This section is effective January 1, 2023.) Automated process for erasure of criminal records.

(a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Judicial Branch and the Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board established pursuant to section 54-142q, shall develop and implement automated processes for erasure pursuant to section 54-142a.
(b) The department may, within available appropriations, disseminate information, including posting information on its Internet web site, regarding records that are subject to erasure under the provisions of this section.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the destruction of paper records.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 21-32 effective January 1, 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961a - Criminal Records › Section 54-142u. - (Note: This section is effective January 1, 2023.) Automatic erasure of record of person for certain cannabis possession convictions.

(a) Whenever on or after January 1, 2000, but prior to October 1, 2015, any person has been convicted in any court of this state of possession under subsection (c) of section 21a-279, all police and court records and records of the state's or prosecuting attorney pertaining to such a conviction in any court of this state shall be, pursuant to the provisions of section 54-142a, (1) erased, if such records are electronic records; or (2) deemed erased by operation of law, if such records are not electronic records.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police or court records or the records of any state's attorney or prosecuting attorney with respect to any record referencing more than one count unless and until all counts are entitled to erasure in accordance with the provisions of this section, except that electronic records or portions of electronic records released to the public that reference a charge that would otherwise be entitled to erasure under this section shall be erased in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(c) Nothing in this section shall limit any other procedure for erasure of criminal history record information, as defined in section 54-142g, or prohibit a person from participating in any such procedure, even if such person's electronic criminal history record information has been erased pursuant to this section.
(d) For the purposes of this section, “electronic record” means any police or court record or record of any state's attorney or prosecuting attorney that is an electronic record, as defined in section 1-267, other than a scanned copy of a physical document.
(e) For the purposes of this section, “court records” shall not include a record or transcript of the proceedings made or prepared by an official court reporter, court recording monitor or any other entity designated by the Chief Court Administrator.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the partial redaction of physical documents or scanned copies of such documents held internally by any criminal justice agency.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Department of Motor Vehicles to erase criminal history record information on an operator's driving record. When applicable, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall make such criminal history record information available through the Commercial Driver's License Information System.
(h) A person whose records have been erased pursuant to this section may represent to any entity other than a criminal justice agency that they have not been arrested or convicted for the purposes of any such conviction for which such records have been erased.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 9.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective January 1, 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 962 - Costs, Fees and Expenses in Criminal Proceedings or Prosecutions › Section 54-143b. - Forfeited bonds for motor vehicle violations.

The total amount of any forfeited bond for a motor vehicle violation, when such bond is composed in part of an additional fee established under subsection (c) or (d) of section 51-56a, any cost established under subsection (b) of section 54-143 or any cost established under section 54-143a, shall be deposited in the General Fund as one undifferentiated lump sum amount or deposited in the Special Transportation Fund as one undifferentiated lump sum amount as may be required by statute.
(P.A. 88-103, S. 3, 4; P.A. 12-133, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 12-133 substituted “subsection (c) or (d) of section 51-56a” for “subsection (c) of section 51-56a”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 962 - Costs, Fees and Expenses in Criminal Proceedings or Prosecutions › Section 54-143c. - Additional fine for sexual assault offenses.

In addition to any fine, fee or cost that may be imposed pursuant to any provision of the general statutes, the court shall impose a fine of one hundred fifty-one dollars on any person who, on or after July 1, 2004, is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a violation of section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 53-21 or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a. Fines collected under this section shall be deposited in the sexual assault victims account established under section 19a-112d.
(P.A. 04-121, S. 2; P.A. 19-189, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 04-121 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 19-189 replaced “53a-70b,” with “section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or”.