Bill Text: CT HB06142 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Negligent Homicide With A Motor Vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-10 - Public Hearing 02/14 [HB06142 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06142-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6142
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 1767
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE.

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

That section 14-215 of the general statutes be amended to provide that any person operating a motor vehicle during the period that such person's operator's license is suspended or revoked who is at fault in a motor vehicle accident that results in the death of another person shall be in violation of section 14-222a of the general statutes concerning negligent homicide with a motor vehicle.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide that the actions of a person with a suspended license who disobeys the law by continuing to drive shall constitute negligent homicide with a motor vehicle if that person is at fault in a fatal accident.