General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5453
February Session, 2016 *_____HB05453PH____030816____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5453
February Session, 2016
*_____HB05453PH____030816____*
AN ACT CONCERNING SMOKING IN MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2016) (a) As used in this section: (1) "Smoke" or "smoking" means the lighting or carrying of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or similar device; and (2) "minor" means an individual who is under eighteen years of age.
(b) No person shall smoke in a motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1 of the general statutes, when a minor is present in such vehicle.
(c) Prior to October 1, 2017, any person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section shall be issued a verbal warning for such violation. On and after October 1, 2017, any person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section shall have committed an infraction.
(d) Smoking in a motor vehicle in violation of this section shall not constitute probable cause for a law enforcement official to conduct a search of such vehicle and its contents.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2016 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2016
New section
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