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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 3391 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6720 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 3391 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. SANTIAGO E., 130th Dist. |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE |
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| 21 | 21 | | WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ILLEGAL RACING. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | That section 14-222 of the general statutes be amended to increase 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | the penalty for negligent homicide with a motor vehicle to a fine of not 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment of not 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | more than three years or both, and that section 14-224 of the general 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | statutes be amended to increase the penalty for a first offense of illegal 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | racing to a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars or more than 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | six hundred dollars or imprisonment of not more than a year or both 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and mandatory completion of fifteen hours of a reckless aggressive 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | driving class, and in the case of any subsequent offense of illegal 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | racing, to a fine of not less than three hundred dollars or more than 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | one thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than a year or both, 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | mandatory completion of fifteen hours of a reckless aggressive driving 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | class and a sixty-day suspension of such person's motor vehicle 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | operating license. 14 Proposed Bill No. 6720 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 3391 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 44 | 44 | | To increase the criminal penalties associated with negligent homicide |
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| 45 | 45 | | with a motor vehicle and illegal racing. |
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