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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 1389
AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN ORDINANCES CONCERNING
STREET TAKEOVERS.
SUMMARY
This bill allows municipalities to prohibit, by ordinance, a person
from organizing, participating in, or gathering with intent to observe
and actually observing a street takeover. The ordinance may allow the
municipality to seize and deem forfeited any motor vehicle used in a
street takeover that violates the ordinance.
As under existing law, a “street takeover” means taking over a
portion of a public highway or parking area by blocking or impeding
the regular flow of traffic with intent to cause disorder or create a
nuisance for other users of the highway or parking area.
The bill’s forfeiture provisions are subject to any bona fide lien, lease,
or security interest. The bill protects an owner or lienholder’s interest
when forfeiture is due to someone else’s act or omission if the owner or
lienholder did not know, and could not have reasonably known, that
the vehicle was used or was intended to be used in violation of a
municipal ordinance.
Under the bill, any motor vehicle ordered forfeited under an
ordinance must be sold at a public auction the municipality conducts.
The sale proceeds must be paid to the municipality’s treasurer, who
must deposit the proceeds into the municipality’s general fund or in any
special fund the municipality designates and uses to support the
municipality’s police department or the resident state trooper serving
the municipality.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2025 2025SB-01389-R000486-BA.DOCX
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COMMITTEE ACTION
Public Safety and Security Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 29 Nay 0 (03/18/2025)