(a) There shall be a State-Wide Firearms Trafficking Task Force Policy Board within the Division of State Police, within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, for administrative purposes only, consisting of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Chief State's Attorney, the agent in Connecticut in charge of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and five chiefs of police designated by said association, each to serve for a term of one year, provided one such chief of police shall be from a municipality with a population of one hundred thousand or more.
(b) The policy board shall direct the formulation of policies and operating procedures of the task force.
(c) The policy board may apply for and administer any federal, state, local or private appropriations or grant funds made available for the operation of the task force.
(d) The receipts from the sale of seized firearms and ammunition pursuant to section 54-36e shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to a separate, nonlapsing forfeit firearms account which shall be established by the Comptroller. All moneys in the account are deemed to be appropriated and shall be expended for the purposes established in section 29-38e.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 41, 102; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-3, S. 40.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (d), a reference to “section 1 of this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to “section 40 of this act” and codified as “section 29-38e”, for accuracy); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (d) to add provision re receipts from sale of seized ammunition.
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.