General Assembly Raised Bill No. 423
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2484
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 423
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 2484
*02484_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL FIRE APPARATUS SAFETY AND TESTING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2016) Each municipal and volunteer fire department shall maintain the pump and aerial components of such department's fire apparatus in compliance with the inspection, maintenance and testing requirements of standard 1911 of the National Fire Protection Association.
Sec. 2. Section 14-19 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):
The commissioner shall [, at the request of the chief of any regular or volunteer fire department or the person in charge of any organized civil preparedness auxiliary fire company,] register, without charge, any motor vehicle used as fire apparatus by such department or company and shall issue a certificate of registration and number plates bearing the words "fire apparatus" therefor.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2016 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2016 14-19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2016
New section
Sec. 2
October 1, 2016
14-19
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that fire departments maintain fire apparatus in compliance with National Fire Protection Association standards.
[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.]