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| 7 | 6 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6364 |
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| 8 | 7 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 8 | | LCO No. 6384 |
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| 11 | 10 | | |
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| 12 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 14 | 13 | | |
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| 15 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 15 | | (PH) |
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| 20 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING EM ERGENCY TRANSPORTATION FOR |
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| 21 | 20 | | STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT K9S. |
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| 22 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 24 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) Any ambulance service 1 |
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| 26 | 25 | | licensed or certified pursuant to chapter 368d of the general statutes (1) 2 |
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| 27 | 26 | | may provide emergency transportation for a state or local law 3 |
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| 28 | 27 | | enforcement K9 to an emergency animal hospital for treatment of an 4 |
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| 29 | 28 | | injury or illness incurred in the line of duty, and (2) shall not be liable 5 |
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| 30 | 29 | | for damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution for the 6 |
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| 31 | 30 | | emergency transportation of a state or local law enforcement K9. 7 |
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| 32 | 31 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 33 | 32 | | sections: |
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| 35 | 34 | | Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section |
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| 36 | 35 | | |
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| 37 | | - | PH Joint Favorable |
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| 36 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 37 | + | To allow ambulance services to transport a state or local law |
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| 38 | + | enforcement K9 to an emergency animal hospital when the law |
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| 39 | + | enforcement K9 is injured in the line of duty. |
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| 40 | + | Committee Bill No. 6364 |
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| 41 | + | |
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| 42 | + | |
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| 43 | + | LCO No. 6384 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 46 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 47 | + | not underlined.] |
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| 48 | + | |
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| 49 | + | Co-Sponsors: REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.; SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist. |
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| 50 | + | REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist.; REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist. |
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| 51 | + | REP. DIMASSA, 116th Dist. |
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| 53 | + | H.B. 6364 |
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