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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6161
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5943
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE USE OF HELMETS BY MO TORCYCLE
OPERATORS AND PASSEN GERS UNDER TWENTY -ONE YEARS OF
AGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 14-289g of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) No person under [eighteen] twenty-one years of age may (1) 3
operate a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle, as defined in section 14-4
1, or (2) be a passenger on a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, unless 5
such operator or passenger is wearing protective headgear of a type 6
which conforms to the minimum specifications established in 49 CFR 7
571.218, as amended from time to time. Any person who violates this 8
section shall have committed an infraction and shall be fined not less 9
than ninety dollars. 10
(b) As used in this section, the term "motorcycle" [shall] does not 11
include "autocycle". 12
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 14-40a of the general statutes is 13
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 14 Committee Bill No. 6161
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October 1, 2019): 15
(b) A person who is sixteen years of age or older and who has not 16
had such a license suspended or revoked may apply to the 17
commissioner for a motorcycle instruction permit. The commissioner 18
may issue a motorcycle instruction permit, containing [such] any 19
limitation as [said] the commissioner deems advisable, to an applicant 20
after the applicant has passed all parts of the examination, other than 21
the driving skills test, for a motor vehicle operator's license with a 22
motorcycle endorsement as required by subsection (c) of this section. 23
The motorcycle instruction permit shall entitle the applicant, while 24
[said] the applicant is in immediate possession of [said] the permit, to 25
drive a motorcycle on the public highways, other than multiple lane, 26
limited access highways, for a period of sixty days. A motorcycle 27
instruction permit may be renewed, or a new permit issued, for an 28
additional period of sixty days. Each applicant issued a motorcycle 29
instruction permit shall, while operating a motorcycle, wear protective 30
headgear [of a type which conforms to the minimum specifications 31
established by regulations adopted under subsection (b) of] as required 32
by section 14-289g, as amended by this act. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 14-289g
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 14-40a(b)
TRA Joint Favorable