Bill Text: CT SB00321 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 321 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Development And Implementation Of A Strategic Highway Safety Plan.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-01 - Senate Recommitted to Public Safety and Security [SB00321 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00321-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 321*
*February Session, 2012*		_____SB00321PS____031412____

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.

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

Section 1. Section 14-315 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall study the problems of street and highway safety, shall act as the central coordinating agency of state departments, organizations and instrumentalities engaged in the elimination of motor vehicle accidents; shall study all phases of the problem of obtaining better observance and uniform enforcement of the laws for the regulation of highway travel and motor vehicle operation; shall study methods of safety control and engineering in this and other states with a view to improvement in such methods in this state; shall study problems of safety as they affect home, farm and school accidents; shall act as the central coordinating agency of the state in the planning and execution of safety programs and campaigns for the prevention of accidents and the loss of manpower and may conduct educational programs and campaigns relating to industrial safety; shall advise with and assist the Commissioner of Transportation and other state department heads in the accomplishment of the purposes stated [herein] in this subsection.

(b) Not later than July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall develop and implement a strategic highway safety plan to substantially reduce vehicle-related fatalities and injuries on state highways. For the purposes of this subsection, "state highway" has the same meaning as provided in section 13a-1. Not later than January 9, 2013, the commissioner shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety on the progress made in developing and implementing such strategic plan.