2011 Connecticut Code
Title 29 Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 528 Department of Public Safety
Sec. 29-1g. Child support enforcement. Special policemen. Appointment. Powers.

      Sec. 29-1g. Child support enforcement. Special policemen. Appointment. Powers. The Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint not more than six persons nominated by the Commissioner of Social Services as special policemen in the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement of the Department of Social Services for the service of any warrant or capias mittimus issued by the courts on child support matters. Such appointees, having been sworn, shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Public Safety and, during such tenure, shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen and state marshals.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 58, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 00-99, S. 72, 154; P.A. 06-149, S. 6; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 45.)

      History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriffs and their deputies with state marshals, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 06-149 increased number of special policeman from 2 to 4 and made a technical change; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 changed maximum number of special policemen appointments from 4 to 6, effective October 5, 2009.