Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05940 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5940
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1699
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44 Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
55 Introduced by:
66 REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 5940
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 1699
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1818 Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING SIGNS PROHIBITING "JAKE-BRAKING".
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That the general statutes be amended to allow the Department of Transportation to place "No Jake-Braking – Residential Area", "Residential Area - Do Not Engine Brake", or an equivalent message, warning signs in downhill stretches of interstate or state highways where the roadway is in close proximity to densely-settled neighborhoods and where over-the-road trucks have historically employed such intrusive, noisy engine braking methods.
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3232 To provide the Department of Transportation with an option to alleviate a noise problem for state residents.