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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.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100966D  pdf

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