Bill Text: CT SB01193 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Determination Of The Town Of Residence Of Incarcerated Persons.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Public Hearing 03/21 [SB01193 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01193-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 1193
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 4665
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN OF RESIDENCE OF INCARCERATED PERSONS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than August first of the year after the year in which the federal decennial census is conducted, the Department of Correction and, with respect to persons confined in facilities of the Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall each submit a report to the Secretary of the State with the following information:

(1) The name of each person confined in a facility of the department, on the date for which the census reports population, who completed a census form, responded to a census inquiry or was included in a report to census officials if the form, response or report indicated that the person resided at the facility on that date;

(2) The age, gender and race of each person included in the report; and

(3) The last address at which the person resided before the person's current confinement.

(b) The Secretary of the State shall request each agency that operates a federal facility in this state that confines persons convicted of a criminal offense to provide the Secretary of the State with a report including the information set forth in subsection (a) of this section for persons convicted of an offense in this state.

(c) For each person included in a report received under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the Secretary of the State shall determine the geographic units for which population counts are reported in the federal decennial census that contain the last address at which the person resided before the person's confinement according to the report and, if that address is in this state:

(1) Adjust all relevant population counts reported in the census, including populations by age, gender and race, as if the person resided at that address on the date for which the census reports population; and

(2) Eliminate the person from all applicable population counts reported in the federal decennial census for the geographic units that include the facility at which the person was confined on the date for which the census reports population.

(d) In determining the population of a geographic unit for purposes of the distribution of state or federal funds or other benefits, or for purposes of preparing a plan of districting for assembly and senatorial districts, the population count as adjusted in accordance with subsection (c) of this section shall be used.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To increase equity in redistricting and the distribution of state or federal funds by counting inmates in the population count of the towns where they resided immediately prior to incarceration.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]