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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6568 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4381 | |
| 3 | 3 | *04381_______TRA* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on Transportation | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (TRA) | |
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| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
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| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 6568 | |
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| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2011 | |
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| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 4381 | |
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| 16 | 16 | *04381_______TRA* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on Transportation | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
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| 22 | 22 | (TRA) | |
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| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES REQUIRING A SPECIAL PERMIT DUE TO THE WIDTH OR LENGTH OF SUCH VEHICLES. | |
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| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 28 | 28 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Any person operating a vehicle under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to section 14-270 of the general statutes shall be authorized to operate on routes not specified in such permit in order to seek refuge during inclement weather and shall be authorized to return to routes specified in such permit after the inclement weather has ended. If such permit specifies the hours of travel, such person shall be authorized to exceed such hours by a reasonable period of time based on the circumstances of such inclement weather. | |
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| 30 | 30 | (b) Any person operating a vehicle under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to section 14-270 of the general statutes who is unable to reach the destination specified in such permit within the hours of travel specified in such permit because of delays resulting from traffic congestion or incidents shall be authorized to exceed the hours of travel specified in the permit by a reasonable period of time, based on the circumstances of such traffic congestion or incidents. | |
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| 35 | 35 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 36 | 36 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
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| 38 | 38 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 40 | 40 | Section 1 | |
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| 42 | 42 | from passage | |
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| 44 | 44 | New section | |
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| 46 | 46 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 48 | 48 | To authorize operators of certain vehicles operating under the authority of special permits to leave the route and exceed the hours of travel specified in such permit due to certain circumstances. | |
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| 50 | 50 | [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.] |