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Connecticut Statutes § 9-45 Removal from registry list of certain convicted felons who are committed to custody of Commissioner of Correction

⤴ Up to Chapter 143: Electors: Qualifications and Admission

Statute Text

(a) The Commissioner of Correction shall, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, transmit to the Secretary of the State a list of all persons who, during the preceding calendar month, have been (1) convicted in the Superior Court of a felony and committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for confinement in a correctional institution or facility, or (2) returned to confinement in a correctional institution or facility from parole or special parole, release pursuant to section 18-100 , 18-100c , 18-100e , 18-100h or 18-100i or furlough pursuant to section 18-101a . Such lists shall include the names, birth dates and addresses of such persons, with the dates of their conviction and the crimes of which such persons have been convicted, or the dates of the violation of their parole, special parole, release or furlough and the nature of such violation, as applicable. The Secretary of the State shall transmit such lists to the registrars of the towns in which such persons who have been convicted or returned to confinement, as applicable, resided at the time of their conviction or violation of parole, special parole, release or furlough and to the registrars of any towns where the Secretary believes such persons may be electors. The registrars of such towns shall compare the same with the list of electors upon their registry lists and, after written notice mailed by certified mail to each of the persons named at the last-known place of address of such person, shall erase such names from the registry lists in their respective towns or voting districts.
(b) Any person who procures such person or another to be registered after having been disfranchised by reason of conviction of crime and committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a community residence, and any person who votes at any election after having forfeited such privileges by reason of conviction of crime and confinement, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than one year.

Source

(1949 Rev., S. 1007; 1953, S. 547d; 1961, P.A. 105, S. 2; P.A. 96-207 , S. 1 , 4 ; P.A. 01-11 , S. 1 , 4 .)

History

Amended by P.A. 21-0002 , S. 96 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session , eff. 7/1/2021 .

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