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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT INCREASING THE FINE FOR FAILING TO MOVE OVER FOR AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND INJURING THE OPERATOR OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 1. Section 14-283b of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018): |
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| 18 | 18 | | (a) For the purpose of this section "emergency vehicle" means any vehicle with activated flashing lights (1) operated by a member of an emergency medical service organization responding to an emergency call, (2) operated by a fire department or by any officer of a fire department responding to a fire or other emergency, (3) operated by a police officer, (4) that is a maintenance vehicle, as defined in section 14-1, or (5) that is a wrecker, as defined in section 14-1, "police officer" has the meaning set forth in section 7-294a, [and] "highway" has the meaning set forth in section 14-1, provided such highway has two or more travel lanes that proceed in the same direction, and "physical injury" and "serious physical injury" have the meaning set forth in section 53a-3. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) Any operator of a motor vehicle on a highway when approaching one or more emergency vehicles that are stationary or traveling significantly below the posted speed limit and located on the shoulder, lane or breakdown lane of such highway shall (1) immediately reduce speed to a reasonable level below the posted speed limit, and (2) if traveling in the lane adjacent to the shoulder, lane or breakdown lane containing such emergency vehicle, move such motor vehicle over one lane, unless such movement would be unreasonable or unsafe. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) Any operator of a motor vehicle on a highway when approaching one or more nonemergency vehicles that are stationary and located on the shoulder, lane or breakdown lane of such highway shall, if traveling in the lane adjacent to the shoulder, lane or breakdown lane containing such nonemergency vehicle, move such motor vehicle over one lane, unless such movement would be unreasonable or unsafe. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (d) (1) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall have committed an infraction, except that (A) if such violation results in the physical injury of the operator of an emergency vehicle, such person shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, [and,] (B) if such violation results in the serious physical injury of the operator of an emergency vehicle, such person shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or (C) if such violation results in the death of the operator of an emergency vehicle, such person shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall have committed an infraction. |
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| 31 | 31 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 1 October 1, 2018 14-283b |
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| 34 | 34 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 1 |
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| 38 | 38 | | October 1, 2018 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 14-283b |
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| 44 | 44 | | PS Joint Favorable Subst. |
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