General Assembly Committee Bill No. 260
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4161
*04161SB00260PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 260
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4161
*04161SB00260PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LENGTH OF THE REPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 14-108a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(a) (1) The Commissioner of Transportation shall prescribe for the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and for each police department and officer and other suitable agencies or individuals a uniform investigation of accident report, in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe, which form shall be followed in filing all such reports. Such report shall not exceed two pages in length, unless the police officer, agency or individual investigating the accident determines additional pages are necessary.
(2) In each motor vehicle accident in which any person is killed or injured or in which damage to the property of any one individual, including the operator, in excess of one thousand dollars is sustained, the police officer, agency or individual who, in the regular course of duty, investigates such accident, either at the time of or at the scene of the accident or thereafter, by interviewing the participants or witnesses, shall, within five days after completing such investigation, complete and forward one copy of such report to the Commissioner of Transportation. Such report shall call for and contain all available detailed information to disclose the location and cause of the accident, the conditions then existing, the persons and vehicles involved and the names of the insurance companies issuing their automobile liability policies, as well as the enforcement action taken. The Commissioner of Transportation shall forward to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles one copy of each report of any accident involving a school bus. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may inquire into or investigate any accident reported pursuant to this subsection and may request the assistance of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for such purposes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section October 1, 2015 14-108a(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section
October 1, 2015
14-108a(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce the workload of police officers by limiting the standard motor vehicle accident report to two pages in length.
[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. FASANO, 34th Dist.; REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.; REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
S.B. 260