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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 983
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING SL OWING DOWN FOR SERVI CE VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes of this 1
section, "service vehicle" means (1) a commercial motor vehicle 2
equipped with a garbage compactor, a detachable container or a 3
curbside recycling body, (2) a tank vehicle, (3) a vehicle authorized by 4
the United States government to carry mail, or (4) a vehicle operated by 5
an express delivery carrier. 6
(b) Except as provided in sections 14-233 and 14-234 of the general 7
statutes, the driver of a vehicle overtaking and proceeding in the same 8
direction of a service vehicle that is stationary or traveling significantly 9
below the posted speed limit shall immediately reduce speed to a 10
reasonable level below the posted speed limit and pass to the left of such 11
service vehicle at a safe distance. The driver shall not again drive to the 12
right side of the highway until safely clear of such service vehicle. 13
(c) (1) On and after October 1, 2021, and until June 30, 2022, any 14
person who violates any provision of this section shall receive a 15
warning. (2) On and after July 1, 2022, any person who violates any 16
provision of this section shall have committed an infraction. 17
Sec. 2. Subdivision (1) of section 14-212 of the general statutes is 18 Substitute Bill No. 983
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 19
1, 2021): 20
(1) The following terms shall be construed as they are defined in 21
section 14-1: "Authorized emergency vehicle", "class 1 electric bicycle", 22
"class 2 electric bicycle", "class 3 electric bicycle", "commissioner", 23
"driver", "electric bicycle", "electric foot scooter", "fuels", "gross weight", 24
"head lamp", "high-mileage vehicle", "highway", "light weight", "limited 25
access highway", "maintenance vehicle", "motor bus", "motorcycle", 26
"motor vehicle registration", "nonresident", "nonskid device", "number 27
plate", "officer", "operator", "owner", "passenger motor vehicle", 28
"passenger and commercial motor vehicle", "person", "pneumatic tires", 29
"pole trailer", "registration", "registration number", "second offense", 30
"semitrailer", "shoulder", "solid tires", "stop", "subsequent offense", "tail 31
lamp", "tank vehicle", "tractor", "tractor-trailer unit", "trailer", "truck" 32
and "vanpool vehicle";33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 14-212(1)
TRA Joint Favorable Subst.