Sec. 4-68p. Report and presentation.
Sec. 4-68p. Report and presentation. Not later than February fifteenth of each
year, the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy
and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, and make a
presentation to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to criminal justice and appropriations and the budgets of state
agencies concerning its activities and recommendations under section 4-68m and specifying the actions necessary to promote an effective and cohesive criminal justice system.
The report shall estimate the amount of savings inuring to the benefit of the state on
account of the actual prison population being less than projected prior to the adoption
of prison overcrowding reduction policies and make recommendations as to the manner
in which a portion of such cost savings may be reinvested in community-based services
and programs and community supervision by probation and parole officers in order to
maintain that reduction in projected prison population. Beginning with the report to be
submitted and the presentation to be made not later than February 15, 2008, the division
shall include an assessment of the status of the development and implementation of the
reentry strategy under section 18-81w.
(P.A. 05-249, S. 4; P.A. 06-193, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 200.)
History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-193 required that division report and presentation to be made not
later than January 1, 2008, include assessment of the status of development and implementation of the reentry strategy
under Sec. 18-81w, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-217 changed the annual deadline for submitting a report and making
a presentation from January first to February fifteenth and changed the deadline for beginning to include an assessment
of the status of the reentry strategy from January 1, 2008, to February 15, 2008, effective July 12, 2007.