Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05903 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/21/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5903
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1517
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. WILLIAMS, 68th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5903 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1517

Referred to Committee on Judiciary 

Introduced by:

REP. WILLIAMS, 68th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES RESULTING IN DEATH.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 54-193 of the general statutes be amended to provide that there shall be no limitation of time within which a person may be prosecuted for a violation of section 53a-56b of the general statutes concerning manslaughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle or section 53a-57 of the general statutes concerning misconduct with a motor vehicle.

Statement of Purpose: 

To eliminate the statute of limitations on the prosecution of the crimes of manslaughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle and misconduct with a motor vehicle.