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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2245 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 597 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2245 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF MOTOR VEHICLE | |
| 19 | 19 | OPERATORS' LICENSES FOR FAILURE TO PAY FINES OR FEES. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | 23 | That section 14-140 of the general statutes be amended to eliminate 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | the duty of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to suspend the 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | operator's license of any person for failure to pay any fines, fees or other 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | charges associated with a motor vehicle violation. 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 28 | 28 | To eliminate the duty of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to suspend | |
| 29 | 29 | a motor vehicle operator's license for failure to pay any fine or fee | |
| 30 | 30 | associated with a motor vehicle violation as the suspension unfairly | |
| 31 | 31 | punishes residents for unpaid debts and creates a self-defeating vicious | |
| 32 | 32 | cycle exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. |