Bill Text: CT SB00099 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Motor Vehicles Formerly Used For Law Enforcement.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-07 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Transportation [SB00099 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00099-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 99
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 899
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLES FORMERLY USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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

Section 1. Section 14-163b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

Any person who is the owner or who becomes the owner of any motor vehicle originally designed for use primarily as an ambulance or a police or other law enforcement vehicle and who ceases to use such vehicle for its original or former purpose shall remove therefrom all exterior indication of and all exterior equipment solely used or related to the original or former use of such vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any motor vehicle registered as an antique, rare or special interest motor vehicle, in accordance with section 14-20.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	14-163b

Statement of Purpose:

To require an owner of a vehicle formerly used as a police or other law enforcement vehicle to remove all exterior indication and equipment related to the former use.

[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.]