Bill Text: CT HB05545 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5545 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Fines For Illegal Use Of A Cellular Telephone While Operating A Motor Vehicle.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-31 - Public Hearing 02/04 [HB05545 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05545-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5545*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 865

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. PERILLO, 113^th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE FINES FOR ILLEGAL USE OF A CELLULAR TELEPHONE WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE.

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

That section 14-296aa of the general statutes, concerning illegal use of a cellular telephone while operating a motor vehicle, be amended to provide that any person who uses a cellular telephone in violation of said section shall be fined two hundred dollars for a first violation, three hundred dollars for a second violation and five hundred dollars for a third or subsequent violation.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the fine for the first, second and third or subsequent illegal use of a cellular telephone while operating a motor vehicle.