Connecticut § 54-201 - Definitions.

§ 54-201. Definitions.

Sec. 54-201. Definitions. As used in sections 54-201 to 54-235, inclusive:

(1) “Victim” means a person who is injured or killed as provided in section 54-209;

(2) “Personal injury” means (A) actual bodily harm or emotional harm and includes pregnancy and any condition thereof, or (B) injury or death to a service animal, as defined in 28 CFR 35.104, as amended from time to time, owned or kept by a person with a disability;

(3) “Dependent” means any relative of a deceased victim or a person designated by a deceased victim in accordance with section 1-56r who was wholly or partially dependent upon his income at the time of his death or the child of a deceased victim and shall include the child of such victim born after his death;

(4) “Relative” means a person's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, child, including a natural born child, stepchild and adopted child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother or half sister or a parent of a person's spouse;

(5) “Crime” means any act which is a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, or misdemeanor, as defined in section 53a-26, and includes any crime committed by a juvenile;

(6) “Emotional harm” means a mental or emotional impairment that is directly attributable to a threat of (A) physical injury, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 53a-3, or (B) death to the affected person; and

(7) “Disability” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-345.

(P.A. 78-261, S. 1, 17; P.A. 87-554, S. 17; P.A. 95-175, S. 4; P.A. 02-105, S. 15; P.A. 03-129, S. 1; P.A. 10-36, S. 31; P.A. 17-99, S. 21; P.A. 24-18, S. 14; 24-108, S. 22.)

History: P.A. 87-554 redefined “dependents” to include children of deceased victims and added definition of “crime”; P.A. 95-175 redefined crime to include crimes committed by juveniles; P.A. 02-105 amended Subdiv. (3) by making technical changes and adding a person designated by a victim pursuant to Sec. 1-56r to definition of “dependent”; P.A. 03-129 redefined “personal injury” in Subdiv. (2) by inserting Subpara. (A) designator and adding Subpara. (B) to include injury to a guide dog or assistance dog owned or kept by a blind or disabled person; P.A. 10-36 amended Subdiv. (4) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 17-99 replaced reference to Sec. 54-233 with reference to Sec. 54-235, redefined “personal injury” in Subdiv. (2), redefined “relative” in Subdiv. (4), added Subdiv. (6) defining “emotional harm”, and made technical changes; P.A. 24-18 amended Subdiv. (2) to redefine “personal injury” by adding 28 CFR 35.104 reference re service animal in Subpara. (B) and added Subdiv. (7) defining “disability”, effective July 1, 2024; P.A. 24-108 redefined “emotional harm” in Subdiv. (6), effective July 1, 2024.