Bill Text: CT SB00895 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

---

Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Penalty For Engaging A Police Officer In Vehicular Pursuit.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-25 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Judiciary [SB00895 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00895-Comm_Sub.html

---

General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 895
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 2911
		*_____SB00895PS_JUD022311____*
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR ENGAGING A POLICE OFFICER IN VEHICULAR PURSUIT.

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

Section 1. Section 14-223 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

(a) Whenever the operator of any motor vehicle fails promptly to bring his or her motor vehicle to a full stop upon the signal of any officer in uniform or prominently displaying the badge of [his] such officer's office, or disobeys the direction of such officer with relation to the operation of [his] such motor vehicle, [he] the operator shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars.

(b) No person operating a motor vehicle, when signaled to stop by an officer in a police vehicle using an audible signal device or flashing or revolving lights, shall increase the speed of the motor vehicle in an attempt to escape or elude such police officer. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a class [A misdemeanor] D felony, except that, if such violation causes the death or serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, of another person, such person shall be guilty of a class C felony, and shall have such person's motor vehicle operator's license suspended for one year for the first offense, except that the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, after a hearing, as provided for in subsection (k) of section 14-111, and upon a showing of compelling mitigating circumstances, reinstate such person's license before the expiration of such one-year period. For any subsequent offense such person shall be guilty of a class C felony, except that if any prior offense by such person under this subsection caused, and such subsequent offense causes, the death or serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, of another person, such person shall be guilty of a class C felony for which one year of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and shall have such person's motor vehicle operator's license suspended for not less than eighteen months nor more than two years, except that said commissioner may, after a hearing, as provided for in subsection (k) of section 14-111, and upon a showing of compelling mitigating circumstances, reinstate such person's license before such period.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	14-223

PS

Joint Favorable C/R

JUD