AN ACT PROHIBITING PLEA BARGAINING WITH RESPECT TO A CHARGE OF THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.


General Assembly		*Committee Bill No. 124*
*January Session, 2005*		LCO No. 3269
		03269SB00124JUD
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT PROHIBITING PLEA BARGAINING WITH RESPECT TO A CHARGE OF THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2005) If a person is charged with a violation of section 53-202c, 53a-217 or 53a-217c of the general statutes, such charge may not be reduced, nolled or dismissed as a result of a plea agreement between such person and the prosecuting authority.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2005	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To enforce the punishment for illegally obtaining a gun by prohibiting plea bargaining resulting in the reduction, nolle or dismissal of a charge of the illegal possession of a gun.

[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.]

Co-Sponsors:

SEN. COLAPIETRO, 31st Dist.