General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5567
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4025
*04025HB05567GL_*
Referred to Committee on General Law
Introduced by:
(GL )
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5567
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 4025
*04025HB05567GL_*
Referred to Committee on General Law
Introduced by:
(GL )
AN ACT REQUIRING MINORS TO WEAR HELMETS IN COMMERCIAL BASEBALL BATTING CAGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) No person under eighteen years of age may enter into a commercial baseball batting cage unless such person is wearing protective headgear of a type which conforms to the minimum specifications established by regulations adopted under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, establishing minimum specifications for protective headgear for use by persons under eighteen years of age in commercial baseball batting cages.
(c) Failure to comply with this section shall not be a violation or an offense. Failure to wear protective headgear as required by subsection (a) of this section shall not be considered to be contributory negligence on the part of the parent or guardian of the person under eighteen years of age nor shall such failure be admissible in any civil action.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require minors to wear protective headgear in commercial baseball batting cages.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist.; SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist.; SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.
H.B. 5567