General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5278 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4499 *04499HB05278PS_* Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: (PS) General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5278 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4499 *04499HB05278PS_* Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: (PS) AN ACT AUTHORIZING FIREFIGHTERS TO CONDUCT CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING BOOT DRIVES ON STATE HIGHWAYS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) Notwithstanding any provision of section 14-298 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted thereunder, the Office of the State Traffic Administration shall, at the request of a local traffic authority of a municipality, issue a special event permit to allow members of the fire department of such municipality to use a state highway, other than a limited access highway, to collect donations for charitable purposes. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section Statement of Purpose: To allow firefighters the ability to use state highways to conduct fundraising boot drives. [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. GENTILE, 104th Dist.; REP. NICASTRO, 79th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.; REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.; REP. CONROY, 105th Dist. Co-Sponsors: REP. GENTILE, 104th Dist.; REP. NICASTRO, 79th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.; REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.; REP. CONROY, 105th Dist. H.B. 5278