Connecticut General Statutes/Title 17a/Chapter 319i/Section 17a-574

CGS § 17a-574. (Formerly Sec. 17-255). Cases affecting juveniles unaffected.

Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall be construed to extend to or affect any case in the Superior Court involving a juvenile matter, or to any person arrested for an offense which is not punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or both or except as provided in section 46b-127.

Short History

(1957, P.A. 650, S. 18; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 18; P.A. 74-183, S. 214, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 183, 681; P.A. 95-225, S. 40; P.A. 18-86, S. 45.)

Long History

History: 1961 act substituted circuit court for obsolete municipal and trial justice courts; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas; P.A. 76-436 replaced juvenile court with superior court and specified cases involving juvenile matters, deleted reference to court of common pleas and extended exclusion to persons arrested for offenses where maximum penalty is $1,000 fine and/or one year's imprisonment and to provisions of Secs. 46b-126 and 46b-127, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 17-255 transferred to Sec. 17a-574 in 1991; P.A. 95-225 deleted from the exception the reference to Sec. 46b-126; P.A. 18-86 replaced reference to Sec. 17a-576 with reference to Sec. 17a-575, effective June 4, 2018.

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