General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 6134

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 662

   

Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. PERILLO, 113th Dist.

 

AN ACT DOUBLING THE FINES FOR MOVING MOTOR VEHICLE VIOLATIONS OCCURRING IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AREAS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent to two times the fine established or imposed for the violation of the provisions of section 14-218a, 14-219, 14-220, 14-222, 14-223, 14-227a, 14-230a, 14-231, 14-232, 14-233, 14-234, 14-235, 14-236, 14-237, 14-238, 14-238a, 14-239, 14-240, 14-241, 14-242 or 14-243 of the general statutes for any such violation committed in an emergency response area; and that "emergency response area" means the scene of an accident that public safety, fire or emergency personnel have designated as such with flares.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase safety in emergency response areas.