Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00691 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 691
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1414 SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTIES FOR PASSING A SCHOOL
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2020 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2121 Assembly convened:
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2323 That (1) subsection (b) of section 14-279 of the general statutes be 1
2424 amended to increase the penalty for passing a school bus to a one-2
2525 thousand-dollar fine and sixty-day suspension of a motor vehicle 3
2626 operator's license or nonresident operating privilege for a first offense 4
2727 and a two-thousand-dollar fine and six-month suspension of a motor 5
2828 vehicle operator's license or nonresident operating privilege for a 6
2929 second or subsequent offense, and (2) subsection (e) of section 51-56a of 7
3030 the general statutes be amended to remit fifty per cent of the fine 8
3131 amounts received in respect to the violation of section 14-279 of the 9
3232 general statutes to the local or regional school district in which the 10
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3434 Statement of Purpose:
3535 To increase the penalties for passing a school bus and remit fifty per cent
3636 of the fine amounts received for passing a school bus to the local or
3737 regional school district in which the violation occurred.