Bill Text: CT HB05278 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Authorizing Firefighters To Conduct Charitable Fundraising Boot Drives On State Highways.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-06 - Signed by the Governor [HB05278 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05278-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 4499 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT AUTHORIZING FIREFIGHTERS TO CONDUCT CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING BOOT DRIVES ON STATE HIGHWAYS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) Notwithstanding any provision of section 14-298 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted thereunder, the Office of the State Traffic Administration shall, at the request of a local traffic authority of a municipality, issue a special event permit to allow members of the fire department of such municipality to use a state highway, other than a limited access highway, to collect donations for charitable purposes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2013 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To allow firefighters the ability to use state highways to conduct fundraising boot drives.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
REP. GENTILE, 104th Dist.; REP. NICASTRO, 79th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.; REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.; REP. CONROY, 105th Dist. |