Sec. 51-181b. Drug docket and drug courts.
Sec. 51-181b. Drug docket and drug courts. (a) The Chief Court Administrator
may establish in any court location or juvenile matters court location a docket separate
from other criminal or juvenile matters for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters
in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240. The
docket shall be available to offenders who could benefit from placement in a substance
abuse treatment program.
(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish, within the appropriations designated in public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session* for said purpose, one or more
drug courts for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240, who could benefit from placement in
a substance abuse treatment program.
(P.A. 95-131; P.A. 97-248, S. 6, 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 164.)
*Note: Public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session is entitled "An Act Concerning Expenditures and Revenue for
the Biennium Ending June 30, 2005". (See Reference Table captioned "June 30, 2003" in Volume 16 which indicates the
appropriations sections in said act.)
History: P.A. 97-248 replaced provision requiring Chief Court Administrator to designate a court location in which a
pilot program for a separate drug docket is to be established with provision authorizing said administrator to establish in
any geographical area court location or juvenile matters court location such a docket, specified that the docket shall be
separate from other juvenile matters, authorized the docket to hear juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent
person, specified that the availability of the docket to offenders 16 to years of age is only in a geographical area court
location and deleted former Subsec. (b) requiring the implementation of the pilot program and a report re its expansion,
effective July 1, 1997; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended said Subsec.
to delete provision that limited the docket to a "geographical area" court location and revise provision re availability of
the docket by replacing "shall be available to, but not be limited to, offenders who are sixteen to twenty-one years of age
and who could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program" with "shall be available to offenders who
could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program" and added new Subsec. (b) re establishment of one
or more drug courts, effective August 20, 2003.