Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00252 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/17/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 252
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2551
 *02551*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 252 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2551

*02551*

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION 

Introduced by:

SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REGISTRATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ESTABLISHMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION STANDARDS FOR SUCH VEHICLES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to (1) authorize the registration of neighborhood electric vehicles, (2) direct the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish equipment standards for such vehicles, and (3) permit the operation of such vehicles on highways with posted speed limits of thirty miles per hour or less.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide registration and equipment standards for neighborhood electric vehicles and to permit their operation on highways with posted speed limits of thirty miles per hour or less.