Sec. 18-81h. Public safety committees established in municipalities with correctional facilities. Report. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 18-81h. Public safety committees established in municipalities with correctional facilities. Report. (a) The Department of Correction shall establish a public safety committee in each municipality in which a correctional facility is located. Each committee shall be composed of the warden or superintendent of the correctional facility and representatives appointed by the chief elected official of the municipality. Each committee shall meet not less than quarterly to review correctional safety and security issues which affect the host municipality.

      (b) On or before November 1, 1995, and annually thereafter, each public safety committee shall submit a report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety which outlines issues of concern in each municipality in which a correctional facility is located and makes recommendations to mitigate such concerns.

      (P.A. 93-219, S. 12, 14; P.A. 95-251, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 93-219 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-251 amended Subsec. (b) to change report deadline from July 1, 1994, to November 1, 1995, and to require reports by public safety committees rather than Department of Correction.