Bill Text: CT SB00260 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 260 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Length Of The Reports Of Motor Vehicle Accidents.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-31 - File Number 331 [SB00260 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00260-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Committee Bill No. 260*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 4161
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LENGTH OF THE REPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 14-108a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):

(a) (1) The Commissioner of Transportation shall prescribe for the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and for each police department and officer and other suitable agencies or individuals a uniform investigation of accident report, in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe, which form shall be followed in filing all such reports. Such report shall not exceed two pages in length, unless the police officer, agency or individual investigating the accident determines additional pages are necessary.

(2) In each motor vehicle accident in which any person is killed or injured or in which damage to the property of any one individual, including the operator, in excess of one thousand dollars is sustained, the police officer, agency or individual who, in the regular course of duty, investigates such accident, either at the time of or at the scene of the accident or thereafter, by interviewing the participants or witnesses, shall, within five days after completing such investigation, complete and forward one copy of such report to the Commissioner of Transportation. Such report shall call for and contain all available detailed information to disclose the location and cause of the accident, the conditions then existing, the persons and vehicles involved and the names of the insurance companies issuing their automobile liability policies, as well as the enforcement action taken. The Commissioner of Transportation shall forward to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles one copy of each report of any accident involving a school bus. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may inquire into or investigate any accident reported pursuant to this subsection and may request the assistance of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for such purposes.