Bill Text: CT HB05143 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5143 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Authorizing Animal Control Officers To Utilize Emergency Lights And Sirens On Their Vehicles When Transporting Injured Animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Public Safety and Security [HB05143 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05143-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5143*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 358

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist. SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS TO UTILIZE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIRENS ON THEIR VEHICLES WHEN TRANSPORTING INJURED ANIMALS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to authorize animal control officers to utilize emergency lights and sirens when transporting injured animals in their vehicles.

Statement of Purpose:

To facilitate the expeditious medical treatment of injured animals.