Constitution of Connecticut (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment XXIII

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Amendment XXIII Ratified amendment and publisher annotations.

ARTICLE XXIII.*
*Adopted November 28, 1984.
Cited. 221 C. 300; 227 C. 566; Id., 641; 234 C. 539.
Cited. 42 CS 291; 43 CS 38.
(Division of criminal justice. Appointment of state’s attorneys by a criminal
justice commission.)
Article fourth of the Constitution is amended by adding a new section to read as
follows:
There shall be established within the executive department a division of criminal
justice which shall be in charge of the investigation and prosecution of all criminal
matters. Said division shall include the chief state’s attorney, who shall be its admin-
istrative head, and the state’s attorneys for each judicial district, which districts shall
be established by law. The prosecutorial power of the state shall be vested in a chief
state’s attorney and the state’s attorney for each judicial district. The chief state’s attor-
ney shall be appointed as prescribed by law. There shall be a commission composed of
the chief state’s attorney and six members appointed by the governor and confirmed
by the general assembly, two of whom shall be judges of the superior court. Said
commission shall appoint a state’s attorney for each judicial district and such other
attorneys as prescribed by law.