Bill Text: CT SB00336 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-19 - Public Hearing 03/24 [SB00336 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00336-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 336
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 1606
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE.

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

Section 1. Section 14-222a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person who, in consequence of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle, causes the death of another person shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than [six months] two years, or both.

(b) Any person who, in consequence of the negligent operation of a commercial motor vehicle, causes the death of another person shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than [six months] two years, or both.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	14-222a

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the penalty for negligent homicide with a motor vehicle from an unclassified misdemeanor to an unclassified felony.

[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.]