Bill Text: CT HB05214 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Exempting Certain Fuel-efficient Vehicles From The Minimum Vehicle Occupancy Requirements Of High-occupancy Vehicle Lanes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation [HB05214 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05214-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5214
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 713
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES FROM THE MINIMUM VEHICLE OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS OF HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to (1) to establish a program exempting certain fuel-efficient vehicles from the minimum vehicle occupancy requirements for operation of a motor vehicle in the state's high-occupancy vehicle lanes, provided the operator of any such fuel-efficient vehicle pays an annual user fee of twenty-five dollars to participate in such program, and (2) to provide that any funds collected by the operation of such program shall be dedicated toward maintenance of the state's transportation infrastructure.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase funding for maintenance of the state's transportation infrastructure.