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	7	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 186
	8	+	January Session, 2021
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
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	15	+	Introduced by:
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4		-	Senate Bill No. 186
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6		-	Public Act No. 21-38
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9		-	AN ACT ALLOWING PERSONS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR
10		-	OLDER TO OPERATE RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARKS.
	20	+	AN ACT ALLOWING PERS ONS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER
	21	+	TO OPERATE RIDES AT AMU SEMENT PARKS.
11	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	23		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. Section 29-133 of the general statutes is repealed and the
15		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021):
16		-	When used in sections 29-134 to [29-142] 29-143b, inclusive, as
17		-	amended by this act:
18		-	(1) "Amusement" means any circus or carnival presented in the open,
19		-	including a place where one or more rides or devices capable of
20		-	accommodating one or more passengers and normally requiring the
21		-	supervision or services of [an] a ride or device operator are presented
22		-	for amusement or entertainment purposes, and any circus, carnival or
23		-	other portable show or exhibition presented under any single tent, air-
24		-	supported plastic or fabric or other portable shelter, and involving the
25		-	assembly of one hundred or more persons. "Amusement" does not
26		-	include an inflatable device leased for private residential use;
27		-	(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer
28		-	Protection;
29		-	(3) "Insurance Commissioner" means the state Insurance Senate Bill No. 186
	25	+	Section 1. Section 29-133 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	26	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
	27	+	When used in sections 29-134 to [29-142] 29-143b, inclusive, as 3
	28	+	amended by this act: 4
	29	+	(1) "Amusement" means any circus or carnival presented in the open, 5
	30	+	including a place where one or more rides or devices capable of 6
	31	+	accommodating one or more passengers and normally requiring the 7
	32	+	supervision or services of [an] a ride or device operator are presented 8
	33	+	for amusement or entertainment purposes, and any circus, carnival or 9
	34	+	other portable show or exhibition presented under any single tent, air-10
	35	+	supported plastic or fabric or other portable shelter, and involving the 11
	36	+	assembly of one hundred or more persons. "Amusement" does not 12
	37	+	include an inflatable device leased for private residential use; 13 Committee Bill No. 186
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33		-	Commissioner;
34		-	(4) "Grandstand" means any structure, either with or without a roof,
35		-	providing seating for one hundred or more persons;
36		-	(5) "Owner" means the proprietor, operator, agent or possessor of
37		-	such amusement;
38		-	(6) "Tent" means any structure with or without side panels having
39		-	wood or metal supports and using any kind of a textile or similar
40		-	material for coverage, and having a capacity sufficient to shelter one
41		-	hundred or more persons or covering a ground area of more than one
42		-	thousand two hundred square feet; [.]
43		-	(7) "Ride or device operator" means the person in charge of a
44		-	mechanical amusement ride or device who causes such ride or device to
45		-	operate and has direct control of the starting, stopping or speed of a
46		-	mechanical amusement ride or device; and
47		-	(8) "Carnival" means a transient enterprise that offers portable
48		-	mechanical amusement rides or devices for public amusement and
49		-	entertainment purposes, but excluding any enterprise that offers the
50		-	lease of inflatable devices for private residential use.
51		-	Sec. 2. Section 29-143b of the general statutes is repealed and the
52		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021):
53		-	(a) Nothing in section 29-133, as amended by this act, or 29-136 shall
54		-	be construed to preclude the hiring of a ride or device operator under
55		-	the age of eighteen to operate amusement rides and devices at a location
56		-	other than a carnival, provided (1) any such amusement ride or device
57		-	operator is at least sixteen years of age, and (2) an adult of at least
58		-	eighteen years of age who is trained in normal operating and emergency
59		-	procedures supervises the area containing such amusement rides and
60		-	devices. Senate Bill No. 186
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	44	+	(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 14
	45	+	Protection; 15
	46	+	(3) "Insurance Commissioner" means the state Insurance 16
	47	+	Commissioner; 17
	48	+	(4) "Grandstand" means any structure, either with or without a roof, 18
	49	+	providing seating for one hundred or more persons; 19
	50	+	(5) "Owner" means the proprietor, operator, agent or possessor of 20
	51	+	such amusement; 21
	52	+	(6) "Tent" means any structure with or without side panels having 22
	53	+	wood or metal supports and using any kind of a textile or similar 23
	54	+	material for coverage, and having a capacity sufficient to shelter one 24
	55	+	hundred or more persons or covering a ground area of more than one 25
	56	+	thousand two hundred square feet; 26
	57	+	(7) "Ride or device operator" means the person in charge of a 27
	58	+	mechanical amusement ride or device who causes such ride or device to 28
	59	+	operate and has direct control of the starting, stopping or speed of a 29
	60	+	mechanical amusement ride or device; and 30
	61	+	(8) "Carnival" means a transient enterprise that offers portable 31
	62	+	mechanical amusement rides or devices for public amusement and 32
	63	+	entertainment purposes, but excluding any enterprise that offers the 33
	64	+	lease of inflatable devices for private residential use. 34
	65	+	Sec. 2. Section 29-143b of the general statutes is repealed and the 35
	66	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 36
	67	+	(a) Nothing in section 29-133 or 29-136 shall be construed to preclude 37
	68	+	the hiring of a ride or device operator under the age of eighteen to 38
	69	+	operate amusement rides and devices at a location other than a carnival, 39
	70	+	provided (1) any such amusement ride or device operator is at least 40
	71	+	sixteen years of age, and (2) an adult of at least eighteen years of age 41
	72	+	who is trained in normal operating and emergency procedures 42 Committee Bill No. 186
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64		-	(b) Nothing in section 29-133, as amended by this act, or 29-136 shall
65		-	be construed to preclude the hiring of certified lifeguards under the age
66		-	of eighteen to oversee aquatic rides and devices such as pools, water
67		-	slides, lazy rivers, or interactive aquatic play devices, provided an adult
68		-	of at least eighteen years of age who is trained in normal operating and
69		-	emergency procedures supervises the area containing such aquatic rides
70		-	or devices.
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	79	+	supervises the area containing such amusement rides and devices. 43
	80	+	(b) Nothing in section 29-133 or 29-136 shall be construed to preclude 44
	81	+	the hiring of certified lifeguards under the age of eighteen to oversee 45
	82	+	aquatic rides and devices such as pools, water slides, lazy rivers, or 46
	83	+	interactive aquatic play devices, provided an adult of at least eighteen 47
	84	+	years of age who is trained in normal operating and emergency 48
	85	+	procedures supervises the area containing such aquatic rides or devices. 49
	86	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	87	+	sections:
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	89	+	Section 1 July 1, 2021 29-133
	90	+	Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 29-143b
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	92	+	GL Joint Favorable
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