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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5865
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1489
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 14-227a of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
that if at such time the driver's blood contained five nanograms or 2
more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol per milliliter in whole blood, as 3
shown by analysis of the defendant's blood, such fact shall give rise to 4
a permissible inference that the defendant was under the influence of 5
one or more drugs. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To provide for a permissible inference that a defendant was under the
influence of one or more drugs.