Sec. 29-1ee. Speed enforcement on rural roads grant program.
Sec. 29-1f. Clearinghouse to assist in location of missing persons other than children, persons with intellectual disability, other developmental disabilities. (a) The clearinghouse established under section 29-1e shall collect, process, maintain and disseminate information to assist in the location of any missing person who (1) is eighteen years of age or older and has a mental impairment, (2) is sixty-five years of age or older, or (3) on and after January 15, 2024, has an intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities, provided a missing person report prepared by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection has been filed by such missing person's relative, guardian, conservator or agent appointed by the missing person in accordance with sections 1-350 to 1-353b, inclusive, any health care representative appointed by the missing person in accordance with section 19a-576 or a nursing home administrator, as defined in section 19a-511, or, pursuant to section 17a-465b, by an employee of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services who is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive. Such relative, guardian, conservator, agent, health care representative, nursing home administrator or employee shall attest under penalty of perjury that the missing person (A) is eighteen years of age or older and has a mental impairment, (B) is sixty-five years of age or older, or (C) has an intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities. No other proof shall be required in order to verify that the missing person meets the criteria to be eligible for assistance under this subsection. Such relative, guardian, conservator, agent, health care representative, nursing home administrator or employee who files a missing person report shall immediately notify the clearinghouse or law enforcement agency if the missing person's location has been determined.
(b) Subject to available resources, the clearinghouse established by section 29-1e may collect, process, maintain and disseminate information to assist in the location of missing persons other than children and those persons who are eligible for assistance under subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 85-441, S. 2, 4; P.A. 09-109, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-48, S. 1; P.A. 15-240, S. 56; P.A. 16-40, S. 9; P.A. 23-137, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 09-109 added Subsec. (a) re use of clearinghouse to assist in location of missing persons 65 years of age or older and missing persons 18 years of age or older with mental impairment, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and added provision therein re persons eligible for assistance under Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-48 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize filing of missing person report pursuant to Sec. 17a-465b by certified employee of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and make attestation and notification requirements applicable to such employee; P.A. 15-240 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by substituting “agent” for “attorney-in-fact” and by substituting “sections 1-350 to 1-353b, inclusive” for “chapter 7”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 16-40 changed effective date of P.A. 15-240, S. 56, from July 1, 2016, to October 1, 2016, effective May 27, 2016; P.A. 23-137 amended Subsec.(a) by adding Subdiv. (3) and Subdiv. (3)(C) re persons with intellectual or other developmental disabilities and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2023.
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Sec. 29-1ee. Speed enforcement on rural roads grant program. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, within available resources, administer a grant program to provide grants-in-aid to eligible municipalities for speed enforcement activities on rural roads. Any municipality that has a population of less than twenty-five thousand may apply for such grants in such manner as the department prescribes. The department shall award grants of up to five thousand dollars to eligible municipalities, and may award not more than a total of ten grants to any such municipality. The department shall continue to award grants until all resources dedicated to such grant program have been expended.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 78; P.A. 23-204, S. 52.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022; P.A. 23-204 deleted reference to administering grant program on and after July 1, 2022, and provision re municipality have a law enforcement unit or resident state trooper to apply for grant, effective July 1, 2023.
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