Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05546 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/18/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5546
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1792
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5546 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1792

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION 

Introduced by:

REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF HANDICAPPED PARKING LAWS.

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

That section 14-253a of the general statutes be amended to require that police issue a citation to anyone who violates state law by parking in spaces designated for those with disabilities.

Statement of Purpose: 

To eliminate the discretion of police to give a warning rather than a citation to violators of laws that are intended to reserve parking spaces for those with disabilities.