Bill Text: CT SB00252 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 252 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Authorizing The Registration Of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles And Establishment Of Equipment And Operation Standards For Such Vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/22 [SB00252 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00252-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 252*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2551
		02551
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REGISTRATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ESTABLISHMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION STANDARDS FOR SUCH VEHICLES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to (1) authorize the registration of neighborhood electric vehicles, (2) direct the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish equipment standards for such vehicles, and (3) permit the operation of such vehicles on highways with posted speed limits of thirty miles per hour or less.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide registration and equipment standards for neighborhood electric vehicles and to permit their operation on highways with posted speed limits of thirty miles per hour or less.