| 14 | | - | Section 1. Section 14-300i of the general statutes is repealed and the |
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| 15 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): |
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| 16 | | - | (a) As used in subsection (b) of this section, (1) "vulnerable user" |
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| 17 | | - | means: (A) A pedestrian; (B) a highway worker; (C) a person riding or |
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| 18 | | - | driving an animal; (D) a person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an |
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| 19 | | - | electric foot scooter; (E) a person using a skateboard, roller skates or in- |
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| 20 | | - | line skates; (F) a person operating or riding on an agricultural tractor; |
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| 21 | | - | (G) a person using a wheelchair or motorized chair; [and] (H) a person |
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| 22 | | - | who is blind and such person's service animal; and (I) a person |
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| 23 | | - | operating (i) a commercial motor vehicle equipped with a garbage |
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| 24 | | - | compactor, a detachable container or a curbside recycling body, (ii) a |
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| 25 | | - | tank vehicle, (iii) a vehicle authorized by the United States government |
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| 26 | | - | to carry mail, or (iv) a vehicle operated by an express delivery carrier, |
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| 27 | | - | (2) "public way" includes any state or other public highway, road, street, |
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| 28 | | - | avenue, alley, driveway, parkway or place, under the control of the state |
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| 29 | | - | or any political subdivision of the state, dedicated, appropriated or |
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| 30 | | - | opened to public travel or other use, (3) "substantial bodily harm" means |
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| 31 | | - | bodily injury that involves a temporary but substantial disfigurement, Substitute Senate Bill No. 983 |
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| 18 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes of this 1 |
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| 19 | + | section, "service vehicle" means (1) a commercial motor vehicle 2 |
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| 20 | + | equipped with a garbage compactor, a detachable container or a 3 |
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| 21 | + | curbside recycling body, (2) a tank vehicle, (3) a vehicle authorized by 4 |
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| 22 | + | the United States government to carry mail, or (4) a vehicle operated by 5 |
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| 23 | + | an express delivery carrier. 6 |
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| 24 | + | (b) Except as provided in sections 14-233 and 14-234 of the general 7 |
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| 25 | + | statutes, the driver of a vehicle overtaking and proceeding in the same 8 |
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| 26 | + | direction of a service vehicle that is stationary or traveling significantly 9 |
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| 27 | + | below the posted speed limit shall immediately reduce speed to a 10 |
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| 28 | + | reasonable level below the posted speed limit and pass to the left of such 11 |
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| 29 | + | service vehicle at a safe distance. The driver shall not again drive to the 12 |
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| 30 | + | right side of the highway until safely clear of such service vehicle. 13 |
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| 31 | + | (c) (1) On and after October 1, 2021, and until June 30, 2022, any 14 |
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| 32 | + | person who violates any provision of this section shall receive a 15 |
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| 33 | + | warning. (2) On and after July 1, 2022, any person who violates any 16 |
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| 34 | + | provision of this section shall have committed an infraction. 17 |
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| 35 | + | Sec. 2. Subdivision (1) of section 14-212 of the general statutes is 18 Substitute Bill No. 983 |
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| 35 | | - | causes a temporary but substantial loss or impairment of the function of |
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| 36 | | - | any bodily part or organ, or causes a fracture of any bodily part, and (4) |
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| 37 | | - | "serious physical injury" has the same meaning as provided in section |
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| 38 | | - | 53a-3. |
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| 39 | | - | (b) Any person operating a motor vehicle on a public way who fails |
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| 40 | | - | to exercise reasonable care and causes substantial bodily harm to, or the |
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| 41 | | - | serious physical injury or death, of a vulnerable user of a public way, |
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| 42 | | - | provided such vulnerable user has shown reasonable care in such user's |
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| 43 | | - | use of the public way, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. |
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| 44 | | - | Sec. 2. Subdivision (1) of section 14-297 of the general statutes is |
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| 45 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October |
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| 46 | | - | 1, 2021): |
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| 47 | | - | (1) The following terms shall be construed as they are defined in |
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| 48 | | - | section 14-1: "Authorized emergency vehicle", "class 1 electric bicycle", |
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| 49 | | - | "class 2 electric bicycle", "class 3 electric bicycle", "driver", "electric |
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| 50 | | - | bicycle", "electric foot scooter", "head lamp", "highway", "intersection", |
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| 51 | | - | "limited access highway", "motor vehicle", "number plate", "operator", |
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| 52 | | - | "person", "rotary" or "roundabout", "shoulder", "stop", "tank vehicle", |
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| 53 | | - | "truck" and "vehicle"; |
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| 54 | | - | Sec. 3. Section 14-232 of the general statutes is repealed and the |
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| 55 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): |
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| 56 | | - | (a) Except as provided in sections 14-233 and 14-234, (1) the driver of |
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| 57 | | - | a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction |
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| 58 | | - | shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive |
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| 59 | | - | to the right side of the highway until safely clear of the overtaken |
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| 60 | | - | vehicle; and (2) the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the |
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| 61 | | - | right in favor of the overtaking vehicle and shall not increase the speed |
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| 62 | | - | of his or her vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle. |
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| 63 | | - | For the purposes of this subsection, "safe distance" means not less than Substitute Senate Bill No. 983 |
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| 65 | | - | Public Act No. 21-195 3 of 4 |
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| 42 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 19 |
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| 43 | + | 1, 2021): 20 |
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| 44 | + | (1) The following terms shall be construed as they are defined in 21 |
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| 45 | + | section 14-1: "Authorized emergency vehicle", "class 1 electric bicycle", 22 |
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| 46 | + | "class 2 electric bicycle", "class 3 electric bicycle", "commissioner", 23 |
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| 47 | + | "driver", "electric bicycle", "electric foot scooter", "fuels", "gross weight", 24 |
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| 48 | + | "head lamp", "high-mileage vehicle", "highway", "light weight", "limited 25 |
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| 49 | + | access highway", "maintenance vehicle", "motor bus", "motorcycle", 26 |
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| 50 | + | "motor vehicle registration", "nonresident", "nonskid device", "number 27 |
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| 51 | + | plate", "officer", "operator", "owner", "passenger motor vehicle", 28 |
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| 52 | + | "passenger and commercial motor vehicle", "person", "pneumatic tires", 29 |
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| 53 | + | "pole trailer", "registration", "registration number", "second offense", 30 |
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| 54 | + | "semitrailer", "shoulder", "solid tires", "stop", "subsequent offense", "tail 31 |
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| 55 | + | lamp", "tank vehicle", "tractor", "tractor-trailer unit", "trailer", "truck" 32 |
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| 56 | + | and "vanpool vehicle";33 |
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| 57 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 58 | + | sections: |
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| 67 | | - | three feet when the driver of a vehicle overtakes and passes (A) a person |
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| 68 | | - | riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter, (B) a |
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| 69 | | - | commercial motor vehicle equipped with a garbage compactor, a |
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| 70 | | - | detachable container or a curbside recycling body, (C) a tank vehicle, |
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| 71 | | - | (D) a vehicle authorized by the United States government to carry mail, |
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| 72 | | - | (E) a vehicle operated by an express delivery carrier, or (F) an |
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| 73 | | - | agricultural tractor. |
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| 74 | | - | (b) No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the |
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| 75 | | - | highway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the |
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| 76 | | - | same direction unless the left side is clearly visible and is free of |
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| 77 | | - | oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such |
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| 78 | | - | overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with |
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| 79 | | - | the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite |
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| 80 | | - | direction or any vehicle overtaken. |
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| 81 | | - | (c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. |
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| 82 | | - | Sec. 4. Subdivision (1) of section 14-212 of the general statutes is |
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| 83 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October |
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| 84 | | - | 1, 2021): |
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| 85 | | - | (1) The following terms shall be construed as they are defined in |
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| 86 | | - | section 14-1: ["Authorized emergency vehicle"] "Agricultural tractor", |
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| 87 | | - | "authorized emergency vehicle", "class 1 electric bicycle", "class 2 electric |
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| 88 | | - | bicycle", "class 3 electric bicycle", "commissioner", "driver", "electric |
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| 89 | | - | bicycle", "electric foot scooter", "fuels", "gross weight", "head lamp", |
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| 90 | | - | "high-mileage vehicle", "highway", "light weight", "limited access |
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| 91 | | - | highway", "maintenance vehicle", "motor bus", "motorcycle", "motor |
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| 92 | | - | vehicle registration", "nonresident", "nonskid device", "number plate", |
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| 93 | | - | "officer", "operator", "owner", "passenger motor vehicle", "passenger and |
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| 94 | | - | commercial motor vehicle", "person", "pneumatic tires", "pole trailer", |
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| 95 | | - | "registration", "registration number", "second offense", "semitrailer", |
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| 96 | | - | "shoulder", "solid tires", "stop", "subsequent offense", "tail lamp", "tank Substitute Senate Bill No. 983 |
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| 60 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section |
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| 61 | + | Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 14-212(1) |
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