(a) There is established an Office of State Capitol Police within the Legislative Department which shall ensure the orderly operation of the House and Senate, the joint standing committees thereof and the security of the State Capitol building and grounds, the Legislative Office Building and parking garage and related structures, grounds and parking facilities and other buildings, facilities and areas under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management.

(b) State Capitol police officers shall be certified as provided in section 7-294d, shall have the same duties, responsibilities and authority under sections 7-281, 14-8 and 54-1f, and title 53a as members of a duly organized local police department and shall have jurisdiction to act in the performance of their duties anywhere within the state.

(c) The joint committee may adopt rules regarding the organization, supervision and operations of the Office of State Capitol Police, prescribing the qualifications, training and duties of the State Capitol police officers and all other matters relating to the performance of their responsibilities.

(d) State Capitol police officers shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 67. The provisions of part V of chapter 104 and section 7-433c shall not apply to such officers.

(e) The Office of State Capitol Police shall have access to, and use of, the Connecticut on-line law enforcement communications teleprocessing system without charge.

(P.A. 73-516, S. 3; P.A. 83-13, S. 3; P.A. 89-82, S. 1, 11; P.A. 96-219, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 83-13 created an office of state capitol security under the aegis of the joint committee on legislative management, replacing provisions whereby house speaker and senate president pro tempore appointed security officers; P.A. 89-82 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that areas to be secured include legislative office building and parking garage and related structures, grounds and parking facilities and other buildings and facilities under supervision and control of joint committee; P.A. 96-219 amended Subsec. (a) by changing the name of the “Office of State Capitol Security” to the “Office of State Capitol Police”, placing the office under the sole control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management and deleting reference to the chief security officer, amended Subsec. (b) by adding the provision that State Capitol police officers shall have the same duties, responsibilities and authority under Secs. 7-281, 14-8 and 54-1f and title 53a as members of local police departments, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to the Commissioner of Public Safety, deleted former Subsec. (d) re the submission of names of state police officers qualified to be chief security officer, added new Subsec. (d) making State Capitol police officers subject to chapter 67 and providing that part V of chapter 104 shall not apply to such officers and added new Subsec. (e) giving the office access to, and use of, the Connecticut on-line law enforcement communications teleprocessing system without charge (Revisor's note: A reference in Subsec. (c) to the “Office of State Capitol Security” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Office of State Capitol Police” for consistency with customary statutory usage).