General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7096
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3878
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7096
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3878
*_____HB07096TRA___032017____*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT REVISING MOTOR VEHICLE STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 14-262a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
A wrecker, as defined in section 14-1 and operated in accordance with section 14-66 with a divisible or nondivisible load as referenced in 23 CFR 658.5, may tow or haul a vehicle or combination of vehicles, without regard to the limitations of length or distance contained in section 14-262. A wrecker that has been issued an annual wrecker towing or transporting permit pursuant to section 14-270 may tow or haul a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of the axle, gross combination vehicle weight limits or federal bridge formula requirements for vehicles with divisible or nondivisible loads as referenced in 23 CFR 658.17, as prescribed by section 14-267a, (1) from any highway, (2) if such vehicle was involved in an accident, (3) if such vehicle became disabled and remains where such vehicle became disabled, or (4) if such vehicle is being towed or hauled by order of a traffic or law enforcement authority. Any towing operations in excess of one hundred sixty thousand pounds and in excess of an axle, gross combination vehicle weight or federal bridge formula requirements for vehicles with divisible or nondivisible loads as referenced in 23 CFR 658.17, as [defined in] prescribed by section 14-267a, shall require a single-trip permit in addition to the annual permit as defined in section 14-270. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 14-286c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(a) Each person riding a bicycle upon the traveled portion of a highway and intending to make a left turn after proceeding pursuant to the provisions of section 14-244 or subsection (b) of this section [,] may, in lieu of the procedure prescribed by section 14-241, approach as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the highway, proceed across the intersecting roadway and make such turn as close as practicable to the curb or edge of the highway on the far side of the intersection, provided such procedure is not prohibited by any regulation issued by any town, city, borough or the Office of the State Traffic Administration.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 14-262a
Sec. 2 October 1, 2017 14-286c(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
14-262a
Sec. 2
October 1, 2017
14-286c(a)
TRA Joint Favorable
TRA
Joint Favorable