General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7139
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4273
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7139
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4273
*04273_______TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTIES FOR OBSTRUCTING EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 14-283 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(h) (1) Any person who [wilfully or] negligently obstructs or retards any (A) ambulance or vehicle operated by a member of an emergency medical service organization while answering any emergency call or taking a patient to a hospital; [, or any] (B) vehicle used by a fire department or any officer or member of a fire department while on the way to a fire, or while responding to an emergency call; [, or any] or (C) vehicle used by the state police or any local police department, or any officer of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any local police department while on the way to an emergency call or in the pursuit of fleeing law violators, shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
(2) Any person who wilfully obstructs or retards any (A) ambulance or vehicle operated by a member of an emergency medical service organization while answering any emergency call or taking a patient to a hospital; (B) vehicle used by a fire department or any officer or member of a fire department while on the way to a fire, or while responding to an emergency call; or (C) vehicle used by the state police or any local police department, or any officer of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any local police department while on the way to an emergency call or in the pursuit of fleeing law violators, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 14-283(h)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
14-283(h)
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the penalty for wilfully obstructing an emergency vehicle from a fine to a class D felony.
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