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2016 SESSION
HB 785 Emergency custody and temporary detention; clarifies definition of law-enforcement agency.
Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Emergency custody; temporary detention; law-enforcement agency. Provides that for the purposes of executing emergency custody and temporary detention orders and providing transportation for persons subject to such orders, the definition of "law-enforcement agency" does not include any town that has a police department that does not provide law-enforcement services on a 24-hours-per-day, seven-days-per-week basis.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100966D
- 01/12/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 02/05/16 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/16/16 House: Left in Courts of Justice