Bill Text: CT HB05490 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Limiting The Use Of Emergency Notification Systems.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-18 - Public Hearing 02/22 [HB05490 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05490-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 5490
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 3259
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Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT LIMITING THE USE OF EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) Any municipality that operates its own emergency notification system, as defined by section 28-25 of the general statutes, shall use such system to contact the telephone numbers contained within the database of such system only in case of a life-threatening emergency.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To limit the use of all emergency notification systems to life-threatening emergencies.

Co-Sponsors:

REP. CHAPIN, 67th Dist.

H.B. 5490