Connecticut 2022 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00304 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 304
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11	11	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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20	20	AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE POLICE
21	21	TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TASK FORCE.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. Section 7-291b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	26	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 2
27	27	Not later than January 1, 2016, each law enforcement unit, as defined 3
28	28	in section 7-294a, shall develop and implement guidelines for the 4
29	29	recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers, as 5
30	30	defined in section 7-294a. Such guidelines shall promote achieving the 6
31	31	goal of racial, gender, ideological and ethnic diversity within the law 7
32	32	enforcement unit and community involvement. 8
33	33	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than thirty days after the 9
34	34	effective date of this section, the Board of Regents for Higher Education 10
35	35	shall select a public institution of higher education to study and evaluate 11
36	36	the role and impact school resource officers have on students with 12
37	37	disabilities. 13
38	38	(b) As part of such study, the selected public institution of higher 14 Raised Bill No. 304
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44	44	education shall: 15
45	45	(1) Determine how many school resource officers are employed in 16
46	46	this state and the number of such officers in each school district; 17
47	47	(2) Detail the funding mechanisms each district uses to employ school 18
48	48	resource officers; 19
49	49	(3) Develop metrics for assessing the efficacy of school resource 20
50	50	officers, particularly in the context of interactions with students with 21
51	51	disabilities; 22
52	52	(4) Determine the chain of command structure when students with 23
53	53	disabilities experience crises in school, including who responds and 24
54	54	when; 25
55	55	(5) Determine what the process is for entering into memoranda of 26
56	56	understanding between school districts, boards of education and school 27
57	57	resource officers, and public accessibility to such process; and 28
58	58	(6) Explore other issues that the public institution of higher education 29
59	59	conducting the study deems relevant to such study. 30
60	60	(c) Not later than December 1, 2022, the selected public institution 31
61	61	shall report its findings and any recommendations in accordance with 32
62	62	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes to the joint 33
63	63	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 34
64	64	matters relating to education. 35
65	65	Sec. 3. Section 7-294d of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 36
66	66	is amended by adding subsection (h) as follows (Effective October 1, 37
67	67	2022): 38
68	68	(NEW) (h) (1) The chief law enforcement officer of each law 39
69	69	enforcement unit shall report to the council any violation where the 40
70	70	holder has been found by the law enforcement unit, pursuant to 41
71	71	procedures established by such unit, to have: (A) Used unreasonable, 42
72	72	excessive, or illegal force that causes serious physical injury or the death 43 Raised Bill No. 304
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78	78	of another person, or to have used unreasonable, excessive or illegal 44
79	79	force that was likely to cause serious physical injury or death to another 45
80	80	person; (B) while acting in a law enforcement capacity, failed to 46
81	81	intervene or stop the use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by 47
82	82	another police officer that caused serious physical injury or death to 48
83	83	another person, or unreasonable, excessive or illegal force that was 49
84	84	likely to cause serious physical injury or death to another person, or to 50
85	85	notify a supervisor and submit a written report of such acts where the 51
86	86	holder has personal knowledge of such acts and the ability to prevent 52
87	87	such acts; (C) intentionally intimidated or harassed another person 53
88	88	based upon actual or perceived protected class membership, identity or 54
89	89	expression and in doing so threatens to commit or causes physical injury 55
90	90	to another person; and (D) been terminated, dismissed, resigned or 56
91	91	retired pursuant to the provisions of section 7-291c. 57
92	92	(2) If the chief law enforcement officer of any municipal police 58
93	93	department or the Department of Emergency Services and Public 59
94	94	Protection fails to report to the council as required in subdivision (1) of 60
95	95	this subsection, the council shall notify the Office of Policy and 61
96	96	Management of such failure and the office shall recommend and the 62
97	97	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may order an 63
98	98	appropriate penalty in the form of the withholding of state funds from 64
99	99	such municipal police department or the Department of Emergency 65
100	100	Services and Public Protection, as applicable. 66
101	101	Sec. 4. Section 7-294ee of the general statutes is repealed and the 67
102	102	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective form passage): 68
103	103	(a) [Until December 31, 2024, the] The Police Officer Standards and 69
104	104	Training Council, established under section 7-294b, and the 70
105	105	Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the 71
106	106	commissioner's designee, shall jointly develop, adopt and revise, as 72
107	107	necessary, minimum standards and practices for the administration, 73
108	108	[and] management and operation of law enforcement units, as defined 74
109	109	in section 7-294a. Such minimum standards and practices shall be based 75
110	110	upon standards established by the International Association of Chiefs of 76 Raised Bill No. 304
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116	116	Police and the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement 77
117	117	Agencies, Inc., and shall include, but need not be limited to, standards 78
118	118	and practices regarding bias-based policing, use of force, response to 79
119	119	crimes of family violence, use of body-worn recording equipment, 80
120	120	complaints that allege misconduct by police officers, use of electronic 81
121	121	defense weapons, eyewitness identification procedures, notifications in 82
122	122	death and related events and pursuits by police officers. Not later than 83
123	123	July 1, 2022, the council shall, within available appropriations, divide 84
124	124	the minimum standards and practices into three tiers, to be known as 85
125	125	tier one, tier two and tier three. Tier one shall consist of minimum 86
126	126	standards and practices designed to protect law enforcement units from 87
127	127	liability, enhance the delivery of services and improve public confidence 88
128	128	in law enforcement units. Tier two shall consist of minimum standards 89
129	129	and practices for the administration, management and operation of law 90
130	130	enforcement units. Tier three shall consist of higher minimum standards 91
131	131	and practices for the administration, management and operation of law 92
132	132	enforcement units. The council shall post [such] the minimum standards 93
133	133	and practices of each tier on the council's Internet web site and 94
134	134	disseminate [such] the minimum standards and practices of each tier to 95
135	135	law enforcement units. The council and commissioner or the 96
136	136	commissioner's designee shall jointly develop a process to review a law 97
137	137	enforcement unit's compliance with [such] the minimum standards and 98
138	138	practices of each tier and issue a certificate of compliance with [law 99
139	139	enforcement] the minimum standards and practices of tier one, tier two 100
140	140	or tier three, as the case may be, to a law enforcement unit that meets or 101
141	141	exceeds [such] the minimum standards and practices of such tier. 102
142	142	(b) On and after January 1, 2019, and until [December 31, 2024] June 103
143	143	30, 2022, each law enforcement unit shall adopt and maintain (1) the 104
144	144	minimum standards and practices developed by the council pursuant to 105
145	145	subsection (a) of this section, or (2) a higher level of accreditation 106
146	146	standards developed by the council or the Commission on Accreditation 107
147	147	for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. 108
148	148	(c) On and after July 1, 2022, and until December 31, 2022, each law 109
149	149	enforcement unit shall adopt and maintain the minimum standards and 110 Raised Bill No. 304
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155	155	practices of tier one developed by the council pursuant to subsection (a) 111
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157	157	(d) On and after January 1, 2023, and until December 31, 2024, each 113
158	158	law enforcement unit shall adopt and maintain the minimum standards 114
159	159	and practices of tier two developed by the council pursuant to 115
160	160	subsection (a) of this section. 116
161	161	[(c)] (e) On and after January 1, 2025, each law enforcement unit shall 117
162	162	[obtain and maintain accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation 118
163	163	for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. If a law enforcement until fails to 119
164	164	obtain or maintain such accreditation, the council shall work with the 120
165	165	law enforcement unit to obtain and maintain such accreditation] adopt 121
166	166	and maintain the minimum standards and practices of tier three 122
167	167	developed by the council pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 123
168	168	[(d)] (f) No civil action may be brought against a law enforcement 124
169	169	unit for damages arising from the failure of the law enforcement unit to 125
170	170	[(1)] adopt and maintain [such] the minimum standards and practices 126
171	171	or a higher level of accreditation standards pursuant to [subsection (b) 127
172	172	of] this section. [, or (2) obtain and maintain accreditation by the 128
173	173	Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., 129
174	174	pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.] 130
175	175	Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than October 1, 2022, 131
176	176	the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall develop a 132
177	177	standardized state-wide reporting form and process for persons to file 133
178	178	complaints against police officers. The form shall clearly provide that 134
179	179	complaints may be made anonymously and need not be notarized. The 135
180	180	form shall solicit information about the race, ethnicity and gender of the 136
181	181	officer and complainant. The form shall be posted on the Department of 137
182	182	Emergency Services and Public Protection's and each municipality's 138
183	183	Internet web site and hard copies of the form shall be available at 139
184	184	municipal offices, including police stations and libraries. A complainant 140
185	185	may submit a completed form to the law enforcement unit employing 141
186	186	the officer who is the subject of the complaint. The council shall 142 Raised Bill No. 304
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192	192	collaborate with the Commission of Human Rights and Opportunities 143
193	193	to include information as part of the form that informs the complainant 144
194	194	of their right to also file a complaint with the commission. 145
195	195	(b) Each law enforcement unit shall immediately transmit data 146
196	196	collected from the form to the council as directed by the council. Such 147
197	197	data shall be tracked through a number system and shall not include 148
198	198	names or other identifying information of the complainant or any 149
199	199	officer. The council shall maintain a database of complaints which shall 150
200	200	be reported biannually in a manner publicly available. 151
201	201	(c) The council shall develop an audit policy that ensures law 152
202	202	enforcement units are complying with the provisions of subsections (a) 153
203	203	and (b) of this section. 154
204	204	Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) No officer may stop a vehicle 155
205	205	for a violation of any provision of title 14 of the general statutes that is 156
206	206	only a secondary violation. The provisions of this section shall not 157
207	207	prohibit enforcement of a secondary violation by automated 158
208	208	enforcement or by a mailed notice of violation or in the case of a vehicle 159
209	209	stopped for a violation that is not a secondary violation. 160
210	210	Sec. 7. Section 14-1 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 161
211	211	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 162
212	212	1, 2022): 163
213	213	Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless 164
214	214	another construction is clearly apparent from the language or context in 165
215	215	which the term is used or unless the construction is inconsistent with 166
216	216	the manifest intention of the General Assembly: 167
217	217	(1) "Activity vehicle" means a student transportation vehicle that is 168
218	218	used to transport students in connection with school-sponsored events 169
219	219	and activities, but is not used to transport students to and from school; 170
220	220	(2) "Agricultural tractor" means a tractor or other form of 171
221	221	nonmuscular motive power used for transporting, hauling, plowing, 172 Raised Bill No. 304
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227	227	cultivating, planting, harvesting, reaping or other agricultural purposes 173
228	228	on any farm or other private property, or used for the purpose of 174
229	229	transporting, from one farm to another, agricultural implements and 175
230	230	farm products, provided the agricultural tractor is not used on any 176
231	231	highway for transporting a pay load or for some other commercial 177
232	232	purpose; 178
233	233	(3) "Antique, rare or special interest motor vehicle" means a motor 179
234	234	vehicle twenty years old or older which is being preserved because of 180
235	235	historic interest and which is not altered or modified from the original 181
236	236	manufacturer's specifications; 182
237	237	(4) "Apparent candle power" means an illumination equal to the 183
238	238	normal illumination in foot candles produced by any lamp or lamps, 184
239	239	divided by the square of the distance in feet between the lamp or lamps 185
240	240	and the point at which the measurement is made; 186
241	241	(5) "Authorized emergency vehicle" means (A) a fire department 187
242	242	vehicle, (B) a police vehicle, or (C) an ambulance; 188
243	243	(6) "Autocycle" means a motor vehicle that meets the requirements of 189
244	244	a motorcycle under 49 CFR Part 571, and (A) does not have more than 190
245	245	three wheels in contact with the ground, (B) is designed to be controlled 191
246	246	with a steering wheel and foot pedals for acceleration, braking or 192
247	247	shifting, (C) has a seat or seats that are fully or partially enclosed and in 193
248	248	which the occupants sit with their legs forward, and (D) is equipped 194
249	249	with safety belts, in accordance with section 14-100a, for all occupants; 195
250	250	(7) "Auxiliary driving lamp" means an additional lighting device on 196
251	251	a motor vehicle used primarily to supplement the general illumination 197
252	252	in front of a motor vehicle provided by the motor vehicle's head lamps; 198
253	253	(8) "Bulb" means a light source consisting of a glass bulb containing a 199
254	254	filament or substance capable of being electrically maintained at 200
255	255	incandescence; 201
256	256	(9) "Camp trailer" includes any trailer designed for living or sleeping 202 Raised Bill No. 304
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262	262	purposes and used exclusively for camping or recreational purposes; 203
263	263	(10) "Camp trailer registration" means the type of registration issued 204
264	264	to any trailer that is for nonbusiness use and is limited to camp trailers 205
265	265	and utility trailers; 206
266	266	(11) "Camp vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is regularly used 207
267	267	to transport persons under eighteen years of age in connection with the 208
268	268	activities of any youth camp, as defined in section 19a-420; 209
269	269	(12) "Camper" means any motor vehicle designed or permanently 210
270	270	altered in such a way as to provide temporary living quarters for travel, 211
271	271	camping or recreational purposes; 212
272	272	(13) "Class 1 electric bicycle" means an electric bicycle equipped with 213
273	273	a motor that engages only when the rider operates the electric bicycle's 214
274	274	foot pedals, and disengages when the rider stops pedaling or such 215
275	275	electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour; 216
276	276	(14) "Class 2 electric bicycle" means an electric bicycle equipped with 217
277	277	a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the electric bicycle, and 218
278	278	disengages when the brakes are applied or such electric bicycle reaches 219
279	279	the speed of twenty miles per hour; 220
280	280	(15) "Class 3 electric bicycle" means an electric bicycle equipped with 221
281	281	a motor that engages only when the rider operates the electric bicycle's 222
282	282	foot pedals, and disengages when the rider stops pedaling or such 223
283	283	electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight miles per hour; 224
284	284	(16) "Combination registration" means the type of registration issued 225
285	285	to a motor vehicle used for both private passenger and commercial 226
286	286	purposes if such vehicle does not have a gross vehicle weight rating in 227
287	287	excess of twelve thousand five hundred pounds; 228
288	288	(17) "Commercial driver's license" or "CDL" means a license issued to 229
289	289	an individual in accordance with the provisions of sections 14-44a to 14-230
290	290	44m, inclusive, which authorizes such individual to drive a commercial 231
291	291	motor vehicle; 232 Raised Bill No. 304
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297	297	(18) "Commercial driver's license information system" or "CDLIS" 233
298	298	means the national database of holders of commercial driver's licenses 234
299	299	established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 235
300	300	pursuant to Section 12007 of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act 236
301	301	of 1986; 237
302	302	(19) "Commercial motor vehicle" means a vehicle designed or used to 238
303	303	transport passengers or property, except a vehicle used for farming 239
304	304	purposes in accordance with 49 CFR 383.3(d), fire fighting apparatus or 240
305	305	an emergency vehicle, as defined in section 14-283, or a recreational 241
306	306	vehicle in private use, which (A) has a gross vehicle weight rating of 242
307	307	twenty-six thousand and one pounds or more, or a gross combination 243
308	308	weight rating of twenty-six thousand and one pounds or more, inclusive 244
309	309	of a towed unit or units with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 245
310	310	ten thousand pounds; (B) is designed to transport sixteen or more 246
311	311	passengers, including the driver, or is designed to transport more than 247
312	312	ten passengers, including the driver, and is used to transport students 248
313	313	under the age of twenty-one years to and from school; or (C) is 249
314	314	transporting hazardous materials and is required to be placarded in 250
315	315	accordance with 49 CFR 172, Subpart F, as amended, or any quantity of 251
316	316	a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR Part 73; 252
317	317	(20) "Commercial registration" means the type of registration 253
318	318	required for any motor vehicle designed or used to transport 254
319	319	merchandise, freight or persons in connection with any business 255
320	320	enterprise, unless a more specific type of registration is authorized and 256
321	321	issued by the commissioner for such class of vehicle; 257
322	322	(21) "Commercial trailer" means a trailer used in the conduct of a 258
323	323	business to transport freight, materials or equipment whether or not 259
324	324	permanently affixed to the bed of the trailer; 260
325	325	(22) "Commercial trailer registration" means the type of registration 261
326	326	issued to any commercial trailer; 262
327	327	(23) "Commissioner" includes the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles 263
328	328	and any assistant to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles who is 264 Raised Bill No. 304
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334	334	designated and authorized by, and who is acting for, the Commissioner 265
335	335	of Motor Vehicles under a designation; except that the deputy 266
336	336	commissioners of motor vehicles and the Attorney General are deemed, 267
337	337	unless the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles otherwise provides, to be 268
338	338	designated and authorized by, and acting for, the Commissioner of 269
339	339	Motor Vehicles under a designation; 270
340	340	(24) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as provided in 271
341	341	section 21a-240 and the federal laws and regulations incorporated in 272
342	342	chapter 420b; 273
343	343	(25) "Conviction" means an unvacated adjudication of guilt, or a 274
344	344	determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the 275
345	345	law in a court of original jurisdiction or an authorized administrative 276
346	346	tribunal, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure 277
347	347	the person's appearance in court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or 278
348	348	violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or 279
349	349	not the penalty is rebated, suspended or probated; 280
350	350	(26) "Dealer" includes any person actively engaged in buying, selling 281
351	351	or exchanging motor vehicles or trailers who has an established place of 282
352	352	business in this state and who may, incidental to such business, repair 283
353	353	motor vehicles or trailers, or cause them to be repaired by persons in his 284
354	354	or her employ; 285
355	355	(27) "Disqualification" means a withdrawal of the privilege to drive a 286
356	356	commercial motor vehicle, which occurs as a result of (A) any 287
357	357	suspension, revocation, or cancellation by the commissioner of the 288
358	358	privilege to operate a motor vehicle; (B) a determination by the Federal 289
359	359	Highway Administration, under the rules of practice for motor carrier 290
360	360	safety contained in 49 CFR 386, as amended from time to time, that a 291
361	361	person is no longer qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle 292
362	362	under the standards set forth in 49 CFR 391, as amended from time to 293
363	363	time; or (C) the loss of qualification which follows any of the convictions 294
364	364	or administrative actions specified in section 14-44k; 295
365	365	(28) "Drive" means to drive, operate or be in physical control of a 296 Raised Bill No. 304
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371	371	motor vehicle, including a motor vehicle being towed by another; 297
372	372	(29) "Driver" means any person who drives, operates or is in physical 298
373	373	control of a commercial motor vehicle, or who is required to hold a 299
374	374	commercial driver's license; 300
375	375	(30) "Driver's license" or "operator's license" means a valid 301
376	376	Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license or a license issued by 302
377	377	another state or foreign jurisdiction authorizing the holder thereof to 303
378	378	operate a motor vehicle on the highways; 304
379	379	(31) "Electric bicycle" means a bicycle equipped with operable foot 305
380	380	pedals and an electric motor of fewer than seven hundred fifty watts of 306
381	381	power that is either a class 1, class 2 or class 3 bicycle. "Electric bicycle" 307
382	382	does not include a dirt bike or an all-terrain vehicle; 308
383	383	(32) "Electric foot scooter" means a device (A) that weighs not more 309
384	384	than seventy-five pounds, (B) that has two or three wheels, handlebars 310
385	385	and a floorboard that can be stood upon while riding, (C) that is 311
386	386	powered by an electric motor and human power, and (D) whose 312
387	387	maximum speed, with or without human propulsion on a paved level 313
388	388	surface, is not more than twenty miles per hour; 314
389	389	(33) "Employee" means any operator of a commercial motor vehicle, 315
390	390	including full-time, regularly employed drivers, casual, intermittent or 316
391	391	occasional drivers, drivers under contract and independent owner-317
392	392	operator contractors, who, while in the course of operating a commercial 318
393	393	motor vehicle, are either directly employed by, or are under contract to, 319
394	394	an employer; 320
395	395	(34) "Employer" means any person, including the United States, a 321
396	396	state or any political subdivision thereof, who owns or leases a 322
397	397	commercial motor vehicle, or assigns a person to drive a commercial 323
398	398	motor vehicle; 324
399	399	(35) "Farm implement" means a vehicle designed and adapted 325
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406	406	and which is not operated on a highway for transporting a pay load or 327
407	407	for any other commercial purpose; 328
408	408	(36) "Felony" means any offense, as defined in section 53a-25 and 329
409	409	includes any offense designated as a felony under federal law; 330
410	410	(37) "Fatality" means the death of a person as a result of a motor 331
411	411	vehicle accident; 332
412	412	(38) [Foreign jurisdiction"] "Foreign jurisdiction" means any 333
413	413	jurisdiction other than a state of the United States; 334
414	414	(39) "Fuels" means (A) all products commonly or commercially 335
415	415	known or sold as gasoline, including casinghead and absorption or 336
416	416	natural gasoline, regardless of their classification or uses, (B) any liquid 337
417	417	prepared, advertised, offered for sale or sold for use, or commonly and 338
418	418	commercially used, as a fuel in internal combustion engines, which, 339
419	419	when subjected to distillation in accordance with the standard method 340
420	420	of test for distillation of gasoline, naphtha, kerosene and similar 341
421	421	petroleum products by "American Society for Testing Materials Method 342
422	422	D-86", shows not less than ten per cent distilled (recovered) below 347° 343
423	423	Fahrenheit (175° Centigrade) and not less than ninety-five per cent 344
424	424	distilled (recovered) below 464° Fahrenheit (240° Centigrade); provided 345
425	425	the term "fuels" does not include commercial solvents or naphthas 346
426	426	which distill, by "American Society for Testing Materials Method D-86", 347
427	427	not more than nine per cent at 176° Fahrenheit and which have a 348
428	428	distillation range of 150° Fahrenheit, or less, or liquefied gases which 349
429	429	would not exist as liquids at a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit and a 350
430	430	pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute, and (C) any liquid 351
431	431	commonly referred to as "gasohol" which is prepared, advertised, 352
432	432	offered for sale or sold for use, or commonly and commercially used, as 353
433	433	a fuel in internal combustion engines, consisting of a blend of gasoline 354
434	434	and a minimum of ten per cent by volume of ethyl or methyl alcohol; 355
435	435	(40) "Garage" includes every place of business where motor vehicles 356
436	436	are, for compensation, received for housing, storage or repair; 357 Raised Bill No. 304
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442	442	(41) "Gross vehicle weight rating" or "GVWR" means the value 358
443	443	specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a 359
444	444	single or a combination (articulated) vehicle. The GVWR of a 360
445	445	combination (articulated) vehicle commonly referred to as the "gross 361
446	446	combination weight rating" or GCWR is the GVWR of the power unit 362
447	447	plus the GVWR of the towed unit or units; 363
448	448	(42) "Gross weight" means the light weight of a vehicle plus the 364
449	449	weight of any load on the vehicle, provided, in the case of a tractor-365
450	450	trailer unit, "gross weight" means the light weight of the tractor plus the 366
451	451	light weight of the trailer or semitrailer plus the weight of the load on 367
452	452	the vehicle; 368
453	453	(43) "Hazardous materials" has the same meaning as provided in 49 369
454	454	CFR 383.5; 370
455	455	(44) "Head lamp" means a lighting device affixed to the front of a 371
456	456	motor vehicle projecting a high intensity beam which lights the road in 372
457	457	front of the vehicle so that it can proceed safely during the hours of 373
458	458	darkness; 374
459	459	(45) "High-mileage vehicle" means a motor vehicle having the 375
460	460	following characteristics: (A) Not less than three wheels in contact with 376
461	461	the ground; (B) a completely enclosed seat on which the driver sits; (C) 377
462	462	a single or two cylinder, gasoline or diesel engine or an electric-powered 378
463	463	engine; and (D) efficient fuel consumption; 379
464	464	(46) "Highway" includes any state or other public highway, road, 380
465	465	street, avenue, alley, driveway, parkway, place or dedicated roadway 381
466	466	for bus rapid transit service, under the control of the state or any 382
467	467	political subdivision of the state, dedicated, appropriated or opened to 383
468	468	public travel or other use; 384
469	469	(47) "Imminent hazard" means the existence of a condition that 385
470	470	presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe 386
471	471	personal injury or a substantial endangerment to health, property, or the 387
472	472	environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion 388 Raised Bill No. 304
473	473
474	474
475	475
476	476	LCO No. 2580 14 of 36
477	477
478	478	date of a formal proceeding begun to lessen the risk of that death, illness, 389
479	479	injury or endangerment; 390
480	480	(48) "Intersecting highway" includes any public highway which joins 391
481	481	another at an angle whether or not it crosses the other; 392
482	482	(49) "Light weight" means the weight of an unloaded motor vehicle 393
483	483	as ordinarily equipped and ready for use, exclusive of the weight of the 394
484	484	operator of the motor vehicle; 395
485	485	(50) "Limited access highway" means a state highway so designated 396
486	486	under the provisions of section 13b-27; 397
487	487	(51) "Local authorities" includes the board of aldermen, common 398
488	488	council, chief of police, warden and burgesses, board of selectmen or 399
489	489	other officials having authority for the enactment or enforcement of 400
490	490	traffic regulations within their respective towns, cities or boroughs; 401
491	491	(52) "Maintenance vehicle" means any vehicle in use by the state or 402
492	492	by any town, city, borough or district, any state bridge or parkway 403
493	493	authority or any public service company, as defined in section 16-1, in 404
494	494	the maintenance of public highways or bridges and facilities located 405
495	495	within the limits of public highways or bridges; 406
496	496	(53) "Manufacturer" means (A) a person, whether a resident or 407
497	497	nonresident, engaged in the business of constructing or assembling new 408
498	498	motor vehicles of a type required to be registered by the commissioner, 409
499	499	for operation upon any highway, except a utility trailer, which are 410
500	500	offered for sale in this state, or (B) a person who distributes new motor 411
501	501	vehicles to new car dealers licensed in this state; 412
502	502	(54) "Median divider" means an intervening space or physical barrier 413
503	503	or clearly indicated dividing section separating traffic lanes provided 414
504	504	for vehicles proceeding in opposite directions; 415
505	505	(55) "Modified antique motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle twenty 416
506	506	years old or older which has been modified for safe road use, including, 417
507	507	but not limited to, modifications to the drive train, suspension, braking 418 Raised Bill No. 304
508	508
509	509
510	510
511	511	LCO No. 2580 15 of 36
512	512
513	513	system and safety or comfort apparatus; 419
514	514	(56) "Motor bus" includes any motor vehicle, except a taxicab, as 420
515	515	defined in section 13b-95, operated in whole or in part on any street or 421
516	516	highway in a manner affording a means of transportation by 422
517	517	indiscriminately receiving or discharging passengers, or running on a 423
518	518	regular route or over any portion of a regular route or between fixed 424
519	519	termini; 425
520	520	(57) "Motor home" means a vehicular unit designed to provide living 426
521	521	quarters and necessary amenities which are built into an integral part 427
522	522	of, or permanently attached to, a truck or van chassis; 428
523	523	(58) "Motor-driven cycle" means any of the following vehicles that 429
524	524	have a seat height of not less than twenty-six inches and a motor having 430
525	525	a capacity of less than fifty cubic centimeters piston displacement: (A) A 431
526	526	motorcycle, other than an autocycle; (B) a motor scooter; or (C) a bicycle 432
527	527	with attached motor, except an electric bicycle; 433
528	528	(59) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled or drawn by any 434
529	529	nonmuscular power, except aircraft, motor boats, road rollers, baggage 435
530	530	trucks used about railroad stations or other mass transit facilities, 436
531	531	electric battery-operated wheel chairs when operated by persons with 437
532	532	physical disabilities at speeds not exceeding fifteen miles per hour, golf 438
533	533	carts operated on highways solely for the purpose of crossing from one 439
534	534	part of the golf course to another, golf-cart-type vehicles operated on 440
535	535	roads or highways on the grounds of state institutions by state 441
536	536	employees, agricultural tractors, farm implements, such vehicles as run 442
537	537	only on rails or tracks, self-propelled snow plows, snow blowers and 443
538	538	lawn mowers, when used for the purposes for which they were 444
539	539	designed and operated at speeds not exceeding four miles per hour, 445
540	540	whether or not the operator rides on or walks behind such equipment, 446
541	541	motor-driven cycles, as defined in section 14-286, special mobile 447
542	542	equipment, as defined in section 14-165, mini-motorcycles, as defined in 448
543	543	section 14-289j, electric bicycles, electric foot scooters and any other 449
544	544	vehicle not suitable for operation on a highway; 450 Raised Bill No. 304
545	545
546	546
547	547
548	548	LCO No. 2580 16 of 36
549	549
550	550	(60) "Motorcycle" means (A) an autocycle, as defined in this section, 451
551	551	or (B) a motor vehicle, with or without a side car, that has (i) not more 452
552	552	than three wheels in contact with the ground, (ii) a saddle or seat which 453
553	553	the rider straddles or a platform on which the rider stands, and (iii) 454
554	554	handlebars with which the rider controls the movement of the vehicle. 455
555	555	"Motorcycle" does not include a motor-driven cycle, an electric bicycle 456
556	556	or an electric foot scooter; 457
557	557	(61) "National Driver Registry" or "NDR" means the licensing 458
558	558	information system and database operated by the National Highway 459
559	559	Traffic Safety Administration and established pursuant to the National 460
560	560	Driver Registry Act of 1982, as amended; 461
561	561	(62) "New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, the equitable or 462
562	562	legal title to which has never been transferred by a manufacturer, 463
563	563	distributor or dealer to an ultimate consumer; 464
564	564	(63) "Nonresident" means any person whose legal residence is in a 465
565	565	state other than Connecticut or in a foreign country; 466
566	566	(64) "Nonresident commercial driver's license" or "nonresident CDL" 467
567	567	means a commercial driver's license issued by a state to an individual 468
568	568	who resides in a foreign jurisdiction; 469
569	569	(65) "Nonskid device" means any device applied to the tires, wheels, 470
570	570	axles or frame of a motor vehicle for the purpose of increasing the 471
571	571	traction of the motor vehicle; 472
572	572	(66) "Number plate" means any sign or marker furnished by the 473
573	573	commissioner on which is displayed the registration number assigned 474
574	574	to a motor vehicle by the commissioner; 475
575	575	(67) "Officer" includes any constable, state marshal, inspector of 476
576	576	motor vehicles, state policeman or other official authorized to make 477
577	577	arrests or to serve process, provided the officer is in uniform or displays 478
578	578	the officer's badge of office in a conspicuous place when making an 479
579	579	arrest; 480 Raised Bill No. 304
580	580
581	581
582	582
583	583	LCO No. 2580 17 of 36
584	584
585	585	(68) "Operator" means any person who operates a motor vehicle or 481
586	586	who steers or directs the course of a motor vehicle being towed by 482
587	587	another motor vehicle and includes a driver; 483
588	588	(69) "Out-of-service order" means an order (A) issued by a person 484
589	589	having inspection authority, as defined in regulations adopted by the 485
590	590	commissioner pursuant to section 14-163c, or by an authorized official 486
591	591	of the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor 487
592	592	Carrier Safety Administration pursuant to any provision of federal law, 488
593	593	to prohibit any motor vehicle specified in subsection (a) of section 14-489
594	594	163c from being operated on any highway, or to prohibit a driver from 490
595	595	operating any such motor vehicle, or (B) issued by the United States 491
596	596	Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety 492
597	597	Administration, pursuant to any provision of federal law, to prohibit 493
598	598	any motor carrier, as defined in Section 386.2 of Title 49 of the Code of 494
599	599	Federal Regulations, from engaging in commercial motor vehicle 495
600	600	operations; 496
601	601	(70) "Owner" means any person holding title to a motor vehicle, or 497
602	602	having the legal right to register the same, including purchasers under 498
603	603	conditional bills of sale; 499
604	604	(71) "Parked vehicle" means a motor vehicle in a stationary position 500
605	605	within the limits of a public highway; 501
606	606	(72) "Passenger and commercial motor vehicle" means a motor 502
607	607	vehicle used for private passenger and commercial purposes which is 503
608	608	eligible for combination registration; 504
609	609	(73) "Passenger motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle used for the 505
610	610	private transportation of persons and their personal belongings, 506
611	611	designed to carry occupants in comfort and safety, with a capacity of 507
612	612	carrying not more than ten passengers including the operator thereof; 508
613	613	(74) "Passenger registration" means the type of registration issued to 509
614	614	a passenger motor vehicle unless a more specific type of registration is 510
615	615	authorized and issued by the commissioner for such class of vehicle; 511 Raised Bill No. 304
616	616
617	617
618	618
619	619	LCO No. 2580 18 of 36
620	620
621	621	(75) "Person" includes any individual, corporation, limited liability 512
622	622	company, association, copartnership, company, firm, business trust or 513
623	623	other aggregation of individuals but does not include the state or any 514
624	624	political subdivision thereof, unless the context clearly states or 515
625	625	requires; 516
626	626	(76) "Pick-up truck" means a motor vehicle with an enclosed forward 517
627	627	passenger compartment and an open rearward compartment used for 518
628	628	the transportation of property; 519
629	629	(77) "Pneumatic tires" means tires inflated or inflatable with air; 520
630	630	(78) "Pole trailer" means a trailer which is (A) intended for 521
631	631	transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, logs, pipes 522
632	632	or structural members, which loads are capable of sustaining 523
633	633	themselves as beams between supporting connections, and (B) designed 524
634	634	to be drawn by a motor vehicle and attached or secured directly to the 525
635	635	motor vehicle by any means including a reach, pole or boom; 526
636	636	(79) "Public passenger endorsement" means an endorsement issued 527
637	637	to an individual, which authorizes such individual to transport 528
638	638	passengers, including, but not limited to, passengers who are students 529
639	639	in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) of section 14-36a; 530
640	640	(80) "Recreational vehicle" includes the camper, camp trailer and 531
641	641	motor home classes of vehicles; 532
642	642	(81) "Registration" includes the certificate of motor vehicle 533
643	643	registration and the number plate or plates used in connection with such 534
644	644	registration; 535
645	645	(82) "Registration number" means the identifying number or letters, 536
646	646	or both, assigned by the commissioner to a motor vehicle; 537
647	647	(83) "Resident", for the purpose of registering motor vehicles, 538
648	648	includes any person who is a legal resident of this state, as the 539
649	649	commissioner may presume from the fact that such person occupies a 540
650	650	place of dwelling in this state for more than six months in a year, or any 541 Raised Bill No. 304
651	651
652	652
653	653
654	654	LCO No. 2580 19 of 36
655	655
656	656	person, firm or corporation owning or leasing a motor vehicle used or 542
657	657	operated in intrastate business in this state, or a firm or corporation 543
658	658	having its principal office or place of business in this state; 544
659	659	(84) "School bus" means any school bus, as defined in section 14-275, 545
660	660	including a commercial motor vehicle used to transport preschool, 546
661	661	elementary school or secondary school students from home to school, 547
662	662	from school to home, or to and from school-sponsored events, but does 548
663	663	not include a bus used as a common carrier; 549
664	664	(85) "Second" violation or "subsequent" violation means an offense 550
665	665	committed not more than three years after the date of an arrest which 551
666	666	resulted in a previous conviction for a violation of the same statutory 552
667	667	provision, except in the case of a violation of section 14-215, 14-224, 14-553
668	668	227a or 14-227m, "second" violation or "subsequent" violation means an 554
669	669	offense committed not more than ten years after the date of an arrest 555
670	670	which resulted in a previous conviction for a violation of the same 556
671	671	statutory provision; 557
672	672	(86) "Secondary violation" means a violation of any provision of this 558
673	673	title that may be enforced only in accordance with the provisions of 559
674	674	section 1 of this act; 560
675	675	[(86)] (87) "Semitrailer" means any trailer type vehicle designed and 561
676	676	used in conjunction with a motor vehicle so that some part of its own 562
677	677	weight and load rests on or is carried by another vehicle; 563
678	678	[(87)] (88) "Serious traffic violation" means a conviction of any of the 564
679	679	following offenses: (A) Excessive speeding, involving a single offense in 565
680	680	which the speed is fifteen miles per hour or more above the posted 566
681	681	speed limit, in violation of section 14-218a or 14-219; (B) reckless driving 567
682	682	in violation of section 14-222; (C) following too closely in violation of 568
683	683	section 14-240 or 14-240a; (D) improper or erratic lane changes, in 569
684	684	violation of section 14-236; (E) using a hand-held mobile telephone or 570
685	685	other electronic device or typing, reading or sending text or a text 571
686	686	message with or from a mobile telephone or mobile electronic device in 572
687	687	violation of subsection (e) of section 14-296aa while operating a 573 Raised Bill No. 304
688	688
689	689
690	690
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692	692
693	693	commercial motor vehicle; (F) driving a commercial motor vehicle 574
694	694	without a valid commercial driver's license in violation of section 14-36a 575
695	695	or 14-44a; (G) failure to carry a commercial driver's license in violation 576
696	696	of section 14-44a; (H) failure to have the proper class of license or 577
697	697	endorsement, or violation of a license restriction in violation of section 578
698	698	14-44a; or (I) a violation of any provision of chapter 248, by an operator 579
699	699	who holds a commercial driver's license or instruction permit that 580
700	700	results in the death of another person; 581
701	701	[(88)] (89) "Service bus" includes any vehicle except a vanpool vehicle 582
702	702	or a school bus designed and regularly used to carry ten or more 583
703	703	passengers when used in private service for the transportation of 584
704	704	persons without charge to the individual; 585
705	705	[(89)] (90) "Service car" means any motor vehicle used by a 586
706	706	manufacturer, dealer or repairer for emergency motor vehicle repairs on 587
707	707	the highways of this state, for towing or for the transportation of 588
708	708	necessary persons, tools and materials to and from the scene of such 589
709	709	emergency repairs or towing; 590
710	710	[(90)] (91) "Shoulder" means that portion of a highway immediately 591
711	711	adjacent and contiguous to the travel lanes or main traveled portion of 592
712	712	the roadway; 593
713	713	[(91)] (92) "Solid tires" means tires of rubber, or other elastic material 594
714	714	approved by the Commissioner of Transportation, which do not depend 595
715	715	on confined air for the support of the load; 596
716	716	[(92)] (93) "Spot lamp" or "spot light" means a lighting device 597
717	717	projecting a high intensity beam, the direction of which can be readily 598
718	718	controlled for special or emergency lighting as distinguished from 599
719	719	ordinary road illumination; 600
720	720	[(93)] (94) "State" means any state of the United States and the District 601
721	721	of Columbia unless the context indicates a more specific reference to the 602
722	722	state of Connecticut; 603 Raised Bill No. 304
723	723
724	724
725	725
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727	727
728	728	[(94)] (95) "Stop" means complete cessation of movement; 604
729	729	[(95)] (96) "Student" means any person under the age of twenty-one 605
730	730	years who is attending a preprimary, primary or secondary school 606
731	731	program of education; 607
732	732	[(96)] (97) "Tail lamp" means a lighting device affixed to the rear of a 608
733	733	motor vehicle showing a red light to the rear and indicating the presence 609
734	734	of the motor vehicle when viewed from behind; 610
735	735	[(97)] (98) "Tank vehicle" means any commercial motor vehicle 611
736	736	designed to transport any liquid or gaseous material within a tank that 612
737	737	is either permanently or temporarily attached to the vehicle or its 613
738	738	chassis, which includes, but is not limited to, a cargo tank and portable 614
739	739	tank, as defined in 49 CFR 383.5, as amended, provided it does not 615
740	740	include a portable tank with a rated capacity not to exceed one thousand 616
741	741	gallons; 617
742	742	[(98)] (99) "Tractor" or "truck tractor" means a motor vehicle designed 618
743	743	and used for drawing a semitrailer; 619
744	744	[(99)] (100) "Tractor-trailer unit" means a combination of a tractor and 620
745	745	a trailer or a combination of a tractor and a semitrailer; 621
746	746	[(100)] (101) "Trailer" means any rubber-tired vehicle without motive 622
747	747	power drawn or propelled by a motor vehicle; 623
748	748	[(101)] (102) "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used or 624
749	749	maintained primarily for the transportation of property; 625
750	750	[(102)] (103) "Ultimate consumer" means, with respect to a motor 626
751	751	vehicle, the first person, other than a dealer, who in good faith purchases 627
752	752	the motor vehicle for purposes other than resale; 628
753	753	[(103)] (104) "United States" means the fifty states and the District of 629
754	754	Columbia; 630
755	755	[(104)] (105) "Used motor vehicle" includes any motor vehicle which 631 Raised Bill No. 304
756	756
757	757
758	758
759	759	LCO No. 2580 22 of 36
760	760
761	761	has been previously separately registered by an ultimate consumer; 632
762	762	[(105)] (106) "Utility trailer" means a trailer designed and used to 633
763	763	transport personal property, materials or equipment, whether or not 634
764	764	permanently affixed to the bed of the trailer; 635
765	765	[(106)] (107) "Vanpool vehicle" includes all motor vehicles, the 636
766	766	primary purpose of which is the daily transportation, on a prearranged 637
767	767	nonprofit basis, of individuals between home and work, and which: (A) 638
768	768	If owned by or leased to a person, or to an employee of the person, or to 639
769	769	an employee of a local, state or federal government unit or agency 640
770	770	located in Connecticut, are manufactured and equipped in such manner 641
771	771	as to provide a seating capacity of at least seven but not more than 642
772	772	fifteen individuals, or (B) if owned by or leased to a regional ride-643
773	773	sharing organization in the state recognized by the Commissioner of 644
774	774	Transportation, are manufactured and equipped in such manner as to 645
775	775	provide a seating capacity of at least six but not more than nineteen 646
776	776	individuals; 647
777	777	[(107)] (108) "Vehicle" includes any device suitable for the 648
778	778	conveyance, drawing or other transportation of persons or property, 649
779	779	whether operated on wheels, runners, a cushion of air or by any other 650
780	780	means. The term does not include devices propelled or drawn by human 651
781	781	power or devices used exclusively on tracks; 652
782	782	[(108)] (109) "Vehicle identification number" or "VIN" means a series 653
783	783	of Arabic numbers and Roman letters that is assigned to each new motor 654
784	784	vehicle that is manufactured within or imported into the United States, 655
785	785	in accordance with the provisions of 49 CFR 565, unless another 656
786	786	sequence of numbers and letters has been assigned to a motor vehicle 657
787	787	by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of section 14-658
788	788	149; 659
789	789	[(109)] (110) "Wrecker" means a vehicle which is registered, designed, 660
790	790	equipped and used for the purposes of towing or transporting wrecked 661
791	791	or disabled motor vehicles for compensation or for related purposes by 662
792	792	a person, firm or corporation licensed in accordance with the provisions 663 Raised Bill No. 304
793	793
794	794
795	795
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797	797
798	798	of subpart (D) of part III of this chapter or a vehicle contracted for the 664
799	799	consensual towing or transporting of one or more motor vehicles to or 665
800	800	from a place of sale, purchase, salvage or repair. 666
801	801	Sec. 8. Subdivision (1) of section 14-212 of the 2022 supplement to the 667
802	802	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 668
803	803	thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 669
804	804	(1) The following terms shall be construed as they are defined in 670
805	805	section 14-1, as amended by this act: "Agricultural tractor", "authorized 671
806	806	emergency vehicle", "class 1 electric bicycle", "class 2 electric bicycle", 672
807	807	"class 3 electric bicycle", "commissioner", "driver", "electric bicycle", 673
808	808	"electric foot scooter", "fuels", "gross weight", "head lamp", "high-674
809	809	mileage vehicle", "highway", "light weight", "limited access highway", 675
810	810	"maintenance vehicle", "motor bus", "motorcycle", "motor vehicle 676
811	811	registration", "nonresident", "nonskid device", "number plate", "officer", 677
812	812	"operator", "owner", "passenger motor vehicle", "passenger and 678
813	813	commercial motor vehicle", "person", "pneumatic tires", "pole trailer", 679
814	814	"registration", "registration number", "second offense", "secondary 680
815	815	violation", "semitrailer", "shoulder", "solid tires", "stop", "subsequent 681
816	816	offense", "tail lamp", "tank vehicle", "tractor", "tractor-trailer unit", 682
817	817	"trailer", "truck" and "vanpool vehicle"; 683
818	818	Sec. 9. Subsections (f) and (g) of section 14-99g of the general statutes 684
819	819	are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 685
820	820	October 1, 2022): 686
821	821	(f) Any person who violates any provision of subsections (b) to (e), 687
822	822	inclusive, of this section shall be deemed to have committed an 688
823	823	infraction for each offense. Any person who violates any provision of 689
824	824	subsection (b) of this section shall remove such object or material which 690
825	825	obstructs his clear and full view of the road and report within sixty days 691
826	826	to the police department which issued the infractions complaint to 692
827	827	present his vehicle for inspection and to demonstrate compliance with 693
828	828	the provisions of this section. If such person fails to report to such police 694
829	829	department and is cited for a subsequent violation of this section, his 695 Raised Bill No. 304
830	830
831	831
832	832
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834	834
835	835	vehicle shall be impounded after notice and opportunity for hearing. A 696
836	836	violation of any provision of subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of this 697
837	837	section is a secondary violation. 698
838	838	(g) Any person owning a vehicle having a window which has been 699
839	839	tinted or darkened with any tinted material after factory delivery, shall 700
840	840	present such vehicle to the Department of Motor Vehicles, by July 1, 701
841	841	1996, to receive a sticker for any tinted or darkened window to indicate 702
842	842	such tinting or darkening is in compliance with this section. Any person 703
843	843	operating a motor vehicle, on or after July 1, 1996, in violation of this 704
844	844	subsection shall be deemed to have committed an infraction. A violation 705
845	845	of any provision of this subsection is a secondary violation. 706
846	846	Sec. 10. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 14-18 of the general 707
847	847	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 708
848	848	(Effective October 1, 2022): 709
849	849	(a) (1) Each motor vehicle for which one number plate has been issued 710
850	850	shall, while in use or operation upon any public highway, display in a 711
851	851	conspicuous place at the rear of such vehicle the number plate. The 712
852	852	commissioner may issue a sticker denoting the expiration date of the 713
853	853	registration. Such sticker shall be displayed in such place on the vehicle 714
854	854	as the commissioner may direct. Such sticker may contain the 715
855	855	corresponding letters and numbers of the registration and number plate 716
856	856	issued by the commissioner. 717
857	857	(2) Each motor vehicle for which two number plates have been issued 718
858	858	shall, while in use or operation upon any public highway, display in a 719
859	859	conspicuous place at the front and the rear of such vehicle the number 720
860	860	plates. Provided the numerals and letters on any such plate are plainly 721
861	861	legible, displaying a number plate against a vehicle's rear window is a 722
862	862	secondary violation. The commissioner may issue a sticker denoting the 723
863	863	expiration date of the registration. Such sticker shall be displayed in 724
864	864	such place on the vehicle as the commissioner may direct. Such sticker 725
865	865	may contain the corresponding letters and numbers of the number plate 726
866	866	issued by the commissioner. 727 Raised Bill No. 304
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868	868
869	869
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871	871
872	872	(b) Repealed by 1969, P.A. 247, S. 1. 728
873	873	(c) Official number plates when displayed upon motor vehicles shall 729
874	874	be [entirely] substantially unobscured and the numerals and letters 730
875	875	thereon shall be plainly legible at all times. Such number plates shall be 731
876	876	horizontal, and shall be fastened so as not to swing. [and, during the 732
877	877	time when a motor vehicle is required to display lights, the rear number 733
878	878	plate shall be so illuminated as to be legible at a distance of fifty feet.] 734
879	879	Nothing may be affixed to a motor vehicle or to the official number 735
880	880	plates displayed on such vehicle that obscures or impairs the visibility 736
881	881	of [any information] the numerals and letters on such number plates. 737
882	882	Not more than one number plate shall be displayed on the front or rear 738
883	883	of any motor vehicle in operation upon the public highways of the state; 739
884	884	provided any motor vehicle may, upon permission of the commissioner, 740
885	885	display more than one number plate in front or rear, subject to such 741
886	886	conditions as the commissioner prescribes. If any number plate supplied 742
887	887	by the commissioner is lost, or if the registered number thereon becomes 743
888	888	mutilated or illegible, the owner of or the person in control of the motor 744
889	889	vehicle for which such number plate was furnished shall immediately 745
890	890	place a temporary number plate bearing said registration number upon 746
891	891	such motor vehicle, which temporary number plate shall conform to the 747
892	892	regular number plate and shall be displayed as nearly as possible as 748
893	893	herein provided for such regular number plate; and such owner shall, 749
894	894	within forty-eight hours after such loss or mutilation of the number 750
895	895	plate, give notice thereof to the commissioner and apply for a new 751
896	896	number plate. The commissioner may issue a permit to operate with 752
897	897	such temporary plate and shall supply new number plates upon 753
898	898	payment of the fee therefor as provided in section 14-50a. Upon receipt 754
899	899	of such new number plates and new certificate, the remaining old 755
900	900	number plate, if any, and certificate shall be surrendered to the 756
901	901	commissioner. 757
902	902	Sec. 11. Section 14-96a of the general statutes is repealed and the 758
903	903	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 759
904	904	(a) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall display such 760 Raised Bill No. 304
905	905
906	906
907	907
908	908	LCO No. 2580 26 of 36
909	909
910	910	lighted lamps and illuminating devices as may be required under the 761
911	911	provisions of sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, as amended by this 762
912	912	act, (1) at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before 763
913	913	sunrise, (2) at any time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable 764
914	914	atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not 765
915	915	clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred feet ahead, and (3) at 766
916	916	any time during periods of precipitation, including, but not limited to, 767
917	917	periods of snow, rain or fog. 768
918	918	(b) Whenever in said sections any requirement is declared as to 769
919	919	distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects 770
920	920	visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, such 771
921	921	requirement shall apply during the times stated in subsection (a) of this 772
922	922	section in respect to a vehicle without load when upon a straight, level, 773
923	923	unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a 774
924	924	different time or condition is expressly stated. 775
925	925	(c) Whenever in said sections any requirement is declared as to the 776
926	926	mounted height of lamps or devices, such requirement shall mean the 777
927	927	height measured from the center of such lamps or devices to the level 778
928	928	ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a 779
929	929	load. 780
930	930	(d) Failure to [provide lighted] illuminate lamps and illuminating 781
931	931	devices at such time as required by this section shall be an infraction. 782
932	932	(e) To the extent that a violation concerning the number, placement, 783
933	933	intensity of lamps or illuminating devices or any other technical 784
934	934	specifications concerning lamps or illuminating devices provided for in 785
935	935	sections 14-96b to 14-96aa, inclusive, would also constitute a violation 786
936	936	under this section, such violation shall be enforced under sections 14-787
937	937	96b to 14-96aa, inclusive, and not under this section. 788
938	938	Sec. 12. Section 14-96c of the general statutes is repealed and the 789
939	939	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 790
940	940	(a) After October 1, 1967, every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and 791 Raised Bill No. 304
941	941
942	942
943	943
944	944	LCO No. 2580 27 of 36
945	945
946	946	pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a 792
947	947	combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two tail lamps 793
948	948	mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in subsection (a) 794
949	949	of section 14-96a, as amended by this act, shall emit a red light plainly 795
950	950	visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the rear, except that 796
951	951	passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to October 1, 1957, and 797
952	952	motorcycles shall have at least one such tail lamp. On a combination of 798
953	953	vehicles, only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be 799
954	954	seen from the distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than 800
955	955	one tail lamp, the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as 801
956	956	widely spaced laterally as practicable. 802
957	957	(b) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a mounted 803
958	958	height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than fifteen inches. 804
959	959	(c) The rear registration plate shall be so illumined with a white light 805
960	960	as to render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any 806
961	961	tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for 807
962	962	illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted 808
963	963	whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted, except 809
964	964	that any vehicle equipped by the manufacturer with daytime running 810
965	965	lamps which meet federal requirements may have such daytime 811
966	966	running lamps illuminated without illumination of the tail lamps or rear 812
967	967	registration plate. 813
968	968	(d) Failure to have tail lamps or failure to illuminate the rear 814
969	969	registration plate as required in this section shall be an infraction. 815
970	970	Failure to have two functioning tail lamps shall be a secondary violation 816
971	971	if the vehicle has one illuminated and functioning tail lamp. Failure to 817
972	972	illuminate the rear registration plate shall be a secondary offense. 818
973	973	Sec. 13. Section 14-96d of the general statutes is repealed and the 819
974	974	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 820
975	975	(a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry 821
976	976	on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more 822
977	977	red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section. Each motorcycle 823 Raised Bill No. 304
978	978
979	979
980	980
981	981	LCO No. 2580 28 of 36
982	982
983	983	shall carry at least one such reflector. 824
984	984	(b) Each such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height of 825
985	985	not less than fifteen inches nor more than sixty inches, and shall be of 826
986	986	such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night 827
987	987	from all distances within three hundred fifty feet to one hundred feet 828
988	988	from such vehicle when directly in front of upper beams of head lamps. 829
989	989	(c) Failure to carry and mount reflectors as required in this section 830
990	990	shall be an infraction. Failure to carry and mount two reflectors shall be 831
991	991	a secondary violation if a vehicle has one reflector. 832
992	992	Sec. 14. Section 14-96e of the general statutes is repealed and the 833
993	993	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 834
994	994	(a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be 835
995	995	equipped with two or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of 836
996	996	subsection (a) of section 14-96r, except that passenger motor vehicles 837
997	997	manufactured or assembled prior to October 1, 1957, and motorcycles 838
998	998	shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp. On a combination of 839
999	999	vehicles, only the stop lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be 840
1000	1000	seen from the distance specified. 841
1001	1001	(b) Each motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, 842
1002	1002	and required signals shall be given by, a turn signal lamp or lamps 843
1003	1003	complying with the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, 844
1004	1004	Title 49, Section 571.108, as amended. 845
1005	1005	(c) Failure to equip vehicles with stop lamps or a turn signal lamp or 846
1006	1006	lamps or turn signal devices as required by this section shall be an 847
1007	1007	infraction. Failure to equip a vehicle with two or more functioning stop 848
1008	1008	lamps shall be a secondary violation if the vehicle has one functioning 849
1009	1009	stop lamp and is otherwise in compliance with the provisions of 850
1010	1010	subsection (a) of this section. 851
1011	1011	Sec. 15. Section 14-96y of the general statutes is repealed and the 852
1012	1012	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 853 Raised Bill No. 304
1013	1013
1014	1014
1015	1015
1016	1016	LCO No. 2580 29 of 36
1017	1017
1018	1018	(a) [At all times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, at least 854
1019	1019	two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of 855
1020	1020	every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, except when] Each motor 856
1021	1021	vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall have at least two functioning head 857
1022	1022	lamps, one of which shall be located on each side at the front of such 858
1023	1023	vehicle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the regulations 859
1024	1024	governing lights on parked vehicles. 860
1025	1025	(b) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as herein 861
1026	1026	required is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or 862
1027	1027	any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity 863
1028	1028	greater than three hundred candlepower, not more than a total of four 864
1029	1029	of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one 865
1030	1030	time when upon a highway. 866
1031	1031	(c) Failure to have two functioning head lamps as required by this 867
1032	1032	section shall be an infraction. Failure to have two functioning head 868
1033	1033	lamps shall be a secondary violation if the vehicle has one lighted head 869
1034	1034	lamp and is otherwise in compliance with the provisions of subsection 870
1035	1035	(a) of this section. 871
1036	1036	Sec. 16. Section 14-99f of the general statutes is repealed and the 872
1037	1037	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 873
1038	1038	(a) Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a windshield of a type 874
1039	1039	prescribed by section 14-100 and a windshield cleaner or wiper in 875
1040	1040	effective working order located directly in front of the operator while in 876
1041	1041	use on the highway. The windshield shall be reasonably free of defects 877
1042	1042	and accumulations, inside and out, of snow, ice, condensation and dirt. 878
1043	1043	The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a motorcycle or a 879
1044	1044	vehicle designed by the manufacturer for nonhighway operation 880
1045	1045	without a windshield. 881
1046	1046	(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle required to be equipped 882
1047	1047	with such a windshield if the windshield is in a condition to interfere 883
1048	1048	with an unobstructed view of the highway. 884 Raised Bill No. 304
1049	1049
1050	1050
1051	1051
1052	1052	LCO No. 2580 30 of 36
1053	1053
1054	1054	(c) No article, device, sticker or ornament shall be attached or affixed 885
1055	1055	to or hung on or in any motor vehicle in such a manner or location as to 886
1056	1056	interfere with the operator's unobstructed view of the highway or to 887
1057	1057	distract the attention of the operator. 888
1058	1058	(d) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. A 889
1059	1059	violation of subsection (c) of this section shall be a secondary violation 890
1060	1060	if the obstruction of the windshield is not substantial. 891
1061	1061	Sec. 17. Subsection (a) of section 14-12 of the 2022 supplement to the 892
1062	1062	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 893
1063	1063	thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 894
1064	1064	(a) No motor vehicle shall be operated, towed or parked on any 895
1065	1065	highway, except as otherwise expressly provided, unless it is registered 896
1066	1066	with the commissioner, provided any motor vehicle may be towed for 897
1067	1067	repairs or necessary work if it bears the number plates of a licensed and 898
1068	1068	registered dealer, manufacturer or repairer and provided any motor 899
1069	1069	vehicle which is validly registered in another state may, for a period of 900
1070	1070	ninety days following establishment by the owner of residence in this 901
1071	1071	state, be operated on any highway without first being registered with 902
1072	1072	the commissioner. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, (1) a 903
1073	1073	person commits an infraction if such person (A) registers a motor 904
1074	1074	vehicle he or she does not own, or (B) operates, allows the operation of, 905
1075	1075	parks or allows the parking of an unregistered motor vehicle on any 906
1076	1076	highway, or (2) a resident of this state who operates or parks a motor 907
1077	1077	vehicle such resident owns with number plates issued by another state 908
1078	1078	on any highway shall be fined two hundred fifty dollars, except that the 909
1079	1079	fine shall be suspended for a first time violator who presents proof of 910
1080	1080	registration for the motor vehicle subsequent to the violation but prior 911
1081	1081	to the imposition of a fine. If the owner of a motor vehicle previously 912
1082	1082	registered with the commissioner, the registration of which expired not 913
1083	1083	more than [thirty] sixty days previously, operates, allows the operation 914
1084	1084	of, parks or allows that parking of such a motor vehicle, such owner 915
1085	1085	shall be fined the amount designated for the infraction of failure to 916
1086	1086	renew a registration, but the right to retain his or her operator's license 917 Raised Bill No. 304
1087	1087
1088	1088
1089	1089
1090	1090	LCO No. 2580 31 of 36
1091	1091
1092	1092	shall not be affected. Such infraction shall be a secondary violation. No 918
1093	1093	operator other than the owner shall be subject to penalty for the 919
1094	1094	operation or parking of such a previously registered motor vehicle. As 920
1095	1095	used in this subsection, the term "unregistered motor vehicle" includes 921
1096	1096	any vehicle that is not eligible for registration by the commissioner due 922
1097	1097	to the absence of necessary equipment or other characteristics of the 923
1098	1098	vehicle that make it unsuitable for highway operation, unless the 924
1099	1099	operation of such vehicle is expressly permitted by another provision of 925
1100	1100	this chapter or chapter 248. 926
1101	1101	Sec. 18. Subsection (d) of section 14-41 of the 2022 supplement to the 927
1102	1102	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 928
1103	1103	thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 929
1104	1104	(d) The commissioner may, at least fifteen days before the date on 930
1105	1105	which each motor vehicle operator's license or identity card expires, 931
1106	1106	notify the holder of such license or identity card of the expiration date, 932
1107	1107	in a manner determined by the commissioner. The commissioner shall 933
1108	1108	not provide such notification by mail to any such licensee or identity 934
1109	1109	card holder if the United States Postal Service has determined that mail 935
1110	1110	is undeliverable to the address for such person that is documented in 936
1111	1111	the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Any previously 937
1112	1112	licensed operator who operates a motor vehicle within sixty days after 938
1113	1113	the expiration date of the operator's license without obtaining a renewal 939
1114	1114	of the license shall be fined in accordance with the amount designated 940
1115	1115	for the infraction of failure to renew a motor vehicle operator's license. 941
1116	1116	Any such infraction shall be a secondary violation. Any operator so 942
1117	1117	charged shall not be prosecuted under section 14-36 for the same act 943
1118	1118	constituting a violation under this section but section 14-36 shall apply 944
1119	1119	after the sixty-day period. 945
1120	1120	Sec. 19. Section 14-45 of the general statutes is repealed and the 946
1121	1121	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 947
1122	1122	(a) A person holding (1) a license for the operation of a motor vehicle, 948
1123	1123	issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in accordance with 949 Raised Bill No. 304
1124	1124
1125	1125
1126	1126
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1128	1128
1129	1129	section 14-36, or (2) an identity card, issued by said commissioner in 950
1130	1130	accordance with section 1-1h, shall notify the commissioner within 951
1131	1131	forty-eight hours of any change of such person's address. The 952
1132	1132	notification shall include such person's old address and new address. 953
1133	1133	(b) In IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection 954
1134	1134	(b) of section 46b-231, upon written notification by the Department of 955
1135	1135	Social Services that the address listed for the holder of a motor vehicle 956
1136	1136	operator's license or the holder of an identity card is incorrect, the 957
1137	1137	Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall notify the operator that the 958
1138	1138	correct address must be furnished to the department. The commissioner 959
1139	1139	shall refuse to issue or renew a motor vehicle operator's license if the 960
1140	1140	address furnished by the applicant is determined to be incorrect. The 961
1141	1141	department shall notify the Department of Social Services of the current 962
1142	1142	address of holders of motor vehicle operator's licenses when a change 963
1143	1143	of address is reported. 964
1144	1144	(c) Failure of the holder of a motor vehicle operator's license or 965
1145	1145	identity card to give the notice required by this section shall be an 966
1146	1146	infraction and a secondary violation. 967
1147	1147	Sec. 20. Section 14-213 of the general statutes is repealed and the 968
1148	1148	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 969
1149	1149	Each operator of a motor vehicle shall carry his operator's license 970
1150	1150	while operating such vehicle. Failure to carry such operator's license as 971
1151	1151	required by the provisions of this section shall be an infraction and a 972
1152	1152	secondary violation. 973
1153	1153	Sec. 21. Section 14-215b of the general statutes is repealed and the 974
1154	1154	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 975
1155	1155	Any person whose motor vehicle operator's license has been 976
1156	1156	suspended who operates a motor vehicle after the expiration of such 977
1157	1157	period of suspension without obtaining the reinstatement of such 978
1158	1158	license shall (1) during the first sixty days after such expiration, be 979
1159	1159	deemed to have failed to renew such license and be subject to the 980 Raised Bill No. 304
1160	1160
1161	1161
1162	1162
1163	1163	LCO No. 2580 33 of 36
1164	1164
1165	1165	penalty for failure to renew a motor vehicle operator's license under 981
1166	1166	subsection (c) of section 14-41, and such infraction shall be a secondary 982
1167	1167	violation, and (2) after said sixty-day period, be subject to the penalty 983
1168	1168	for operating a motor vehicle without a license under section 14-36. Any 984
1169	1169	operator so charged shall not be prosecuted under section 14-215 for the 985
1170	1170	same act constituting a violation under this section. 986
1171	1171	Sec. 22. Section 14-21b of the general statutes is repealed and the 987
1172	1172	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 988
1173	1173	(a) The commissioner shall issue fully reflectorized safety number 989
1174	1174	plates for new registrations and renewal registrations issued on and 990
1175	1175	after January 1, 2000, for passenger, combination and commercial 991
1176	1176	registrations and other registrations as the commissioner deems feasible 992
1177	1177	within funds and personnel available. Each plate shall bear the words 993
1178	1178	"Constitution State" and "Connecticut". The commissioner shall issue 994
1179	1179	two fully reflectorized safety number plates in accordance with a 995
1180	1180	schedule established by the commissioner in such quantities as the 996
1181	1181	commissioner deems feasible within the funds and personnel available. 997
1182	1182	No safety fee shall be charged for the issuance of the replacement 998
1183	1183	number plates for such renewals. 999
1184	1184	(b) No additional charge shall be made for the issuance of such new 1000
1185	1185	or replacement fully reflectorized plates, except for the safety fee 1001
1186	1186	provided for in subsection (w) of section 14-49. 1002
1187	1187	(c) The owner or lessee of each registered motor vehicle who is issued 1003
1188	1188	two fully reflectorized safety number plates by the commissioner shall 1004
1189	1189	display such plates on such motor vehicle as provided in section 14-18, 1005
1190	1190	as amended by this act. A violation of this subsection shall be an 1006
1191	1191	infraction and a secondary violation. 1007
1192	1192	Sec. 23. Subsection (e) of section 14-80 of the general statutes is 1008
1193	1193	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1009
1194	1194	1, 2022): 1010
1195	1195	(e) Every motor vehicle shall, when operated on a highway, be 1011 Raised Bill No. 304
1196	1196
1197	1197
1198	1198
1199	1199	LCO No. 2580 34 of 36
1200	1200
1201	1201	equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting 1012
1202	1202	sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 1013
1203	1203	two hundred feet, but no horn or other warning device shall emit an 1014
1204	1204	unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. A violation of this 1015
1205	1205	subsection shall be a secondary violation. 1016
1206	1206	Sec. 24. Section 14-99 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1017
1207	1207	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 1018
1208	1208	(a) Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror attached to 1019
1209	1209	and so located and adjusted on such vehicle as to give the operator 1020
1210	1210	thereof a clear reflected view of the highway directly to the rear of or on 1021
1211	1211	a line parallel to the left side of the body of such motor vehicle. Any such 1022
1212	1212	infraction shall be a secondary violation. 1023
1213	1213	(b) Any person operating a motor vehicle with a commercial 1024
1214	1214	registration so constructed or which may be so loaded that the operator 1025
1215	1215	is prevented from having a free and unobstructed view of the highway 1026
1216	1216	immediately to the rear and at the left side of the same shall, by means 1027
1217	1217	of such mirror, make frequent observations of the approach of vehicles 1028
1218	1218	from the rear. When operating at below the posted speed limits and 1029
1219	1219	when so approached or overtaken, the operator of such motor vehicle 1030
1220	1220	shall drive to the extreme right of the traveled way as promptly as safety 1031
1221	1221	will permit, giving the vehicle approaching from the rear opportunity 1032
1222	1222	to pass. 1033
1223	1223	(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. 1034
1224	1224	Sec. 25. Section 14-285 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1035
1225	1225	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 1036
1226	1226	Each vehicle, except a motor vehicle, which is so constructed or which 1037
1227	1227	is so loaded that the driver is prevented from having a free and 1038
1228	1228	unobstructed view of the highway immediately to the rear and at the 1039
1229	1229	sides of the same, shall be equipped with a mirror or reflector attached 1040
1230	1230	to and so located and adjusted on such vehicle as to give the operator 1041
1231	1231	thereof a clear reflected view of the highway directly to the rear on a line 1042 Raised Bill No. 304
1232	1232
1233	1233
1234	1234
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1236	1236
1237	1237	parallel to the side of the body of such vehicle. Any person operating 1043
1238	1238	such a vehicle shall make observations for the approach of vehicles from 1044
1239	1239	the rear and, when so approached, shall drive to the right of the center 1045
1240	1240	line of the traveled way as promptly as safety will permit, giving the 1046
1241	1241	vehicle approaching from the rear opportunity to pass in safety. Any 1047
1242	1242	person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to 1048
1243	1243	have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars for each offense. 1049
1244	1244	Any such infraction shall be a secondary violation. 1050
1245	1245	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
1246	1246	sections:
1247	1247
1248	1248	Section 1 October 1, 2022 7-291b
1249	1249	Sec. 2 from passage New section
1250	1250	Sec. 3 October 1, 2022 7-294d
1251	1251	Sec. 4 form passage 7-294ee
1252	1252	Sec. 5 from passage New section
1253	1253	Sec. 6 October 1, 2022 New section
1254	1254	Sec. 7 October 1, 2022 14-1
1255	1255	Sec. 8 October 1, 2022 14-212(1)
1256	1256	Sec. 9 October 1, 2022 14-99g(f) and (g)
1257	1257	Sec. 10 October 1, 2022 14-18(a) to (c)
1258	1258	Sec. 11 October 1, 2022 14-96a
1259	1259	Sec. 12 October 1, 2022 14-96c
1260	1260	Sec. 13 October 1, 2022 14-96d
1261	1261	Sec. 14 October 1, 2022 14-96e
1262	1262	Sec. 15 October 1, 2022 14-96y
1263	1263	Sec. 16 October 1, 2022 14-99f
1264	1264	Sec. 17 October 1, 2022 14-12(a)
1265	1265	Sec. 18 October 1, 2022 14-41(d)
1266	1266	Sec. 19 October 1, 2022 14-45
1267	1267	Sec. 20 October 1, 2022 14-213
1268	1268	Sec. 21 October 1, 2022 14-215b
1269	1269	Sec. 22 October 1, 2022 14-21b
1270	1270	Sec. 23 October 1, 2022 14-80(e)
1271	1271	Sec. 24 October 1, 2022 14-99
1272	1272	Sec. 25 October 1, 2022 14-285
1273	1273	Raised Bill No. 304
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1279	1279	Statement of Purpose:
1280	1280	To implement recommendations of the police transparency and
1281	1281	accountability task force.
1282	1282	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
1283	1283	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
1284	1284	underlined.]
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