2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 54-142q. Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board to oversee offender-based tracking system. Members. Duties and responsibilities.

      Sec. 54-142q. Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board to oversee offender-based tracking system. Members. Duties and responsibilities. (a) There shall be a Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the governing board, which shall oversee an information system that enables, as determined by the governing board and subject to this chapter, criminal justice agencies, as defined in subsection (b) of section 54-142g, and the Division of Public Defender Services to share criminal history record information, as defined in subsection (a) of section 54-142g, and to access electronically maintained offender and case data involving felonies, misdemeanors, violations, motor vehicle violations, motor vehicle offenses for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment may be imposed, and infractions. For purposes of this section, "offender-based tracking system" shall mean such information system.

      (b) The governing board shall be composed of the Chief Court Administrator, who shall serve as chairperson, the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioner of Correction, the chairperson of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Chief State's Attorney, the Chief Public Defender, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Information Technology, the Victim Advocate, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association. Each member of the governing board may appoint a designee who shall have the same powers as such member.

      (c) The governing board shall meet at least once during each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairperson deems necessary. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

      (d) The duties and responsibilities of the governing board shall be to: (1) Oversee the operations and administration of the offender-based tracking system; (2) establish such permanent and ad hoc committees as it deems necessary, with appointments to such committees not restricted to criminal justice agencies; (3) recommend any legislation necessary for implementation, operation and maintenance of the offender-based tracking system; (4) establish and implement policies and procedures to meet the system-wide objectives, including the provision of appropriate controls for data access and security; and (5) perform all necessary functions to facilitate the coordination and integration of the offender-based tracking system.

      (e) A member of the governing board, a member of a permanent or an ad hoc committee established by the governing board, and any person operating and administering the offender-based tracking system shall be deemed to be "state officers and employees" for the purposes of chapter 53 and section 5-141d.

      (f) Information that may be accessed by the Division of Public Defender Services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be limited to: (1) Conviction information, as defined in subsection (c) of section 54-142g, (2) information that is otherwise available to the public, and (3) information, including no conviction information, concerning a client whom the division has been appointed by the court to represent and is representing at the time of the request for access to such information.

      (P.A. 99-14, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-20, S. 2-4; P.A. 04-219, S. 24; 04-234, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 99-14 effective May 12, 1999; P.A. 00-20 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the Division of Public Defender Services to participate in the offender-based tracking system and added Subsec. (f) to limit the types of information that the division may access, effective April 25, 2000; P.A. 04-219 amended Subsec. (b) to add the Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, effective January 1, 2005; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Pardons and Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.