Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06146 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6146
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 128
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6146 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 128

Referred to Committee on Transportation 

Introduced by:

REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR (DUI) FROM OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE UNLESS SUCH VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH AN IGNITION LOCK.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that no person who has been convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor shall operate a motor vehicle unless such motor vehicle is equipped with an ignition lock.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prevent a person from committing multiple DUI offenses.