Section 51-181b - Drug docket and drug courts(a) The Chief Court Administrator may establish in any court location or juvenile matters court location a docket separate from other criminal or juvenile matters for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240. The docket shall be available to offenders who could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program.(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish, within the appropriations designated in public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session * for said purpose, one or more drug courts for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240, who could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181b
( P.A. 95-131; P.A. 97-248, S. 6, 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 164.)
*Note: Public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session is entitled "An Act Concerning Expenditures and Revenue for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2005". (See Reference Table captioned "Public Acts of June 30, 2003" in Volume 16 which indicates the appropriations sections in said act.)