LCO No. 1789 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6108 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1789 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: REP. FOX, 148th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES FOR REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 7-148 of the general statutes be amended to allow a 1 municipality to prescribe for increased penalties, not to exceed five 2 hundred dollars, that may be imposed for a repeated violation of the 3 same ordinance within a one-year period that results in the issuance of 4 a subsequent citation. 5 Statement of Purpose: To improve a municipality's code enforcement process and reduce the rate of repeat offenders.