General Assembly Committee Bill No. 745
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4579
*04579SB00745PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 745
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 4579
*04579SB00745PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT RESTRICTING THE USE OF EXPLODING TARGETS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (a) As used in this section, "exploding target" means two or more components that are advertised and sold together with instructions on how to combine the components to create an explosive, as defined in section 29-343 of the general statutes, designed to detonate when struck by small arms ammunition or any other projectile.
(b) No person shall detonate any exploding target within five hundred feet of any building that is used for residential purposes and not owned by such person, without the owner's consent.
Sec. 2. Section 29-347 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
Any person who violates any provision of section 29-344, 29-345 or 29-346 or section 1 of this act shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both for each offense.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2013 29-347
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
New section
Sec. 2
October 1, 2013
29-347
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the use of exploding targets near residential buildings.
[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: SEN. GUGLIELMO, 35th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. GUGLIELMO, 35th Dist.
S.B. 745