General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5544
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1072
*01072*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. BERTHEL, 68th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5544
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1072
*01072*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. BERTHEL, 68th Dist.
AN ACT PROVIDING AN EXEMPTION FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR A PERSON TAKING A BLOOD SAMPLE IN A MATTER WHERE A DRIVER IS SUSPECTED OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That sections 14-227a, 14-227b and 14-227c of the general statutes be amended to provide that no civil liability shall attach to any person authorized to take a blood sample as provided in said sections as a result of the act of taking such sample from a person required to submit to such sample.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide an exemption from civil liability to persons authorized to take blood samples from persons suspected of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.