The Chief State's Attorney and each state's attorney shall biennially prepare a merit and performance rating for each state's attorney, assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant state's attorney and shall submit the biennial merit and performance rating conducted pursuant to the policy of the Division of Criminal Justice for each state's attorney to the Criminal Justice Commission for its consideration at the time for reappointing such attorneys to any new term or terms. As part of any such biennial merit and performance rating process, the commission may call a state's attorney before the commission for questions concerning any issue raised in a biennial merit and performance rating.
(P.A. 73-122, S. 22, 27; P.A. 76-436, S. 569, 681; P.A. 84-406, S. 8, 13; P.A. 21-8, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 76-436 deleted reference to prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecuting attorneys and added reference to deputy assistant state's attorneys, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 84-406 added provision that each state's attorney shall prepare a merit and performance rating and such rating shall be submitted to the criminal justice commission, effective November 28, 1984, upon certification by secretary of state of vote on constitutional amendment re state's attorneys; P.A. 21-8 added provisions making reviews biennial and pursuant to policy of the division and provision permitting commission to call a state's attorney before it for questions.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice
Section 51-275. - Definitions.
Section 51-275a. - Criminal Justice Commission established. Meetings.
Section 51-276. - Division established.
Section 51-277d. - Complaint re failure to prosecute in death case. Response.
Section 51-278a. - Qualifications of prosecutorial officials. Full-time duties.
Section 51-278b. - Reprimand, suspension or removal of prosecutorial officials. Procedure.
Section 51-278c. - Term of office of Chief State's Attorney incumbent on June 3, 1985.
Section 51-279. - Duties of Chief State's Attorney. Budget.
Section 51-279a. - Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board. Members. Duties.
Section 51-279c. - Training program for prosecuting attorneys.
Section 51-279d. - Hate Crimes Advisory Committee.
Section 51-279f. - State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council.
Section 51-280. - Performance rating of state's attorneys.
Section 51-281. - Jurisdiction of prosecutorial officials.
Section 51-285. - Special prosecutors, special inspectors and special federal prosecutors.
Section 51-285a. - Prosecutorial officials handling juvenile matters.
Section 51-286. - Chief inspectors. Inspectors. Assistance of state and local police.
Section 51-286a. (Formerly Sec. 51-164a). - Duties and powers of prosecutorial officials.
Section 51-286b. - Duties re housing matters.
Section 51-286c. (Formerly Sec. 54-76). - Employment of detectives for special investigation.
Section 51-286d. - Notification to families of certain victims of court proceedings.
Section 51-286e. - Notification of victims re judicial proceedings.
Section 51-286h. - Reports re human trafficking.
Section 51-286j. - Collection of disaggregated, case level prosecutorial data.
Section 51-286k. - Tracking and reporting of use of testimony by jailhouse witnesses.
Section 51-286l. - Training program on a uniform process for seeking juvenile detention orders.
Section 51-288. (Formerly Sec. 51-175b). - Pension for widow of state's attorney.