Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06282 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/19/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6282
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2259
 *02259*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6282 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2259

*02259*

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION 

Introduced by:

REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING OPEN CONTAINERS IN MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 53a the general statutes be amended to provide that no person shall possess an open alcoholic beverage container within the passenger area of a motor vehicle while such motor vehicle is on any highway in this state. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To ban open containers of alcohol in vehicles and reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes, fatalities and damages resulting from drivers operating under the influence of alcohol.