Bill Text: CT HB05387 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5387 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Removal Of Snow And Ice From Motor Vehicles.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-08 - Signed by the Governor [HB05387 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05387-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5387*
*February Session, 2010*		LCO No. 1562
		01562_______TRA
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
(TRA)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE FROM MOTOR VEHICLES.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010) (a) The operator of any motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1 of the general statutes, shall have an affirmative duty to remove accumulated ice or snow from such motor vehicle, including the hood, trunk and roof of such motor vehicle, so that any ice or snow accumulated on such vehicle does not pose a threat to persons or property while the vehicle is being operated on any street or highway of this state.

(b) When the operator of a motor vehicle violates the provisions of this section and snow or ice is dislodged from such vehicle and causes personal injury or property damage, the operator shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars but not more than one thousand dollars for each offense.

(c) This section shall not apply to (1) any operator of a motor vehicle operated during a period of snow, sleet or freezing rain if such period began and continued during the period of the motor vehicle's operation, or (2) any operator of a motor vehicle while such vehicle is parked.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require the removal of snow and ice from motor vehicles.

[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.]