Connecticut 2018 2018 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00140 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/14/2018

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 140
February Session, 2018  LCO No. 682
 *00682*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 140 

February Session, 2018

LCO No. 682

*00682*

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION 

Introduced by:

SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING FINES FOR VIOLATIONS COMMITTED IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, UTILITY WORK ZONE, TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT ZONE AND FIRE STATION ZONE AND IMPROVING THE SIGNS AT SUCH ZONES.

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

That section 14-212a of the general statutes be amended to (1) increase fines for violations committed in a highway and municipal road construction zone, utility work zone, traffic incident management zone and fire station work zone, and (2) improve the signs at the beginning and end of such zones.

Statement of Purpose: 

To (1) increase fines for violations committed in a construction zone, utility work zone, traffic incident management zone and fire station work zone, and reduce the risk of injury for highway workers, and (2) improve the signs at the beginning and end of such zones.