Sec. 17a-576. (Formerly Sec. 17-257). Effective date. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17a-576. (Formerly Sec. 17-257). Effective date. Sections 17a-566 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall take effect when the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services certifies to the Secretary of the State that the division, including the diagnostic unit, is established and is adequate to perform the functions contemplated by sections 17a-560 to 17a-576, inclusive.

      (1957, P.A. 650, S. 23; P.A. 73-245, S. 14; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 20, 58.)

      History: P.A. 73-245 replaced "center", i.e. security treatment center, with "institute", i.e. Whiting Forensic Institute; Sec. 17-257 transferred to Sec. 17a-576 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and substituted "division" for "institute", effective July 1, 1995.

      Annotations to former section 17-257:

      Cited. 211 C. 591.

      Cited. 15 CA 74; judgment reversed, see 211 C. 591.