Bill Text: CT SB00156 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Desecration Of Property Located In A Cemetery.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-25 - House Calendar Number 453 [SB00156 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00156-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 156
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1123
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DESECRATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN A CEMETERY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 53a-218 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(a) A person is guilty of interference with a cemetery or burial ground when [he] such person, without having authorization [of the] from an individual or entity, in the following order of priority: (1) The owner of the burial lot, [or] (2) the surviving spouse of the deceased, (3) a lineal descendant of the deceased, or [of] (4) the municipality, cemetery association or person or authority responsible for the control or management of the cemetery or burial ground [: (1) Intentionally] (A) intentionally destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures or removes any tomb, monument, gravestone or other structure placed or designed for a memorial of the dead, or any portion or fragment thereof, or any fence, railing, curb or other enclosure for the burial of the dead, in or from any cemetery or burial ground; or [(2)] (B) wantonly or maliciously disturbs the contents of any tomb or grave in any cemetery or burial ground.

(b) Interference with a cemetery or burial ground is a class [C felony] A misdemeanor and any person found guilty under this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	53a-218

JUD	Joint Favorable
PD	Joint Favorable