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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 261 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5059 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 261 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. HAINES I., 34th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING AND RECKLESS |
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| 19 | 19 | | DRIVING. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | That (1) sections 14-111, 14-137a and 14-222 of the general statutes be 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended to provide that (A) any person who operates a motor vehicle 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | at a rate of speed greater than eighty-six miles per hour, but not greater 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | than ninety-nine miles per hour, shall be fined not less than five 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | hundred dollars and assessed two points against the person's motor 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | vehicle operator's license; and (B) any person who operates a motor 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | vehicle at a rate of speed greater than ninety-nine miles per hour shall 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | be fined not less than one thousand dollars and assessed four points 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | against the person's operator's license and the Commissioner of Motor 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Vehicles shall, without hearing, suspend such person's operator's 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle for a period of thirty days; 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) subsection (b) of section 14-111 of the general statutes be amended to 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to suspend, without 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | hearing, a person's operator's license or privilege to operate a motor 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | vehicle for a violation of section 14-222 of the general statutes, for a 15 Proposed Bill No. 5059 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 261 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | period of ninety days; and (3) sections 14-111 and 14-111b of the general 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | suspend, without hearing, a person's operator's license or privilege to 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | operate a motor vehicle for a second or subsequent violation of section 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14-219 or 14-222 of the general statutes within a ten-year period, for a 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | period of not less than six months or more than one year. 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 49 | 49 | | To increase penalties for speeding and reckless driving. |
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