Bill Text: CT HB06282 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Open Containers In Motor Vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/22 [HB06282 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06282-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6282
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2259
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING OPEN CONTAINERS IN MOTOR VEHICLES.

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

That title 53a the general statutes be amended to provide that no person shall possess an open alcoholic beverage container within the passenger area of a motor vehicle while such motor vehicle is on any highway in this state.

Statement of Purpose:

To ban open containers of alcohol in vehicles and reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes, fatalities and damages resulting from drivers operating under the influence of alcohol.