Connecticut General Statutes 54-240a – Program purpose. Regulations
(a) There shall be an address confidentiality program established in the office of the Secretary of the State to provide a substitute mailing address for any person who wishes to keep such person’s residential address confidential because of safety concerns and (1) has been a victim of (A) family violence, (B) injury or risk of injury to a child, (C) kidnapping, (D) sexual assault, (E) stalking, (F) trafficking in persons, or (G) child abuse or neglect, where such abuse or neglect was substantiated by the Department of Children and Families and was the basis for the issuance of a restraining order under section 46b-15 or civil protection order under section 46b-16a, or (2) a termination of parental rights was granted pursuant to section 45a-717 or 46b-129.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 54-240a
- Injury or risk of injury to a child: means any act or conduct that constitutes a violation of section 53-21. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
- Kidnapping: means any act that constitutes a violation of section 53a-92, 53a-92a, 53a-94 or 53a-94a. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
- program: means the program established pursuant to this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
- Sexual assault: means any act that constitutes a violation of section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
- Stalking: means any act that constitutes a violation of section 53a-181c, 53a-181d or 53a-181e. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
- Trafficking in persons: means any act that constitutes a violation of section 53a-192a. See Connecticut General Statutes 54-240
(b) The Secretary of the State shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such regulations may include, but need not be limited to, provisions for applications for participation in the address confidentiality program, certification of program participants, certification cancellation, agency use of program addresses, forwarding of program participants’ mail, voting by program participants and recording of vital statistics for program participants.