"AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS. "

After the last section, add the following and renumber sections and internal references accordingly:

"Sec. 501. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2006) (a) No person, property owner, tenant, employer or business entity shall maintain, establish or enforce any policy or rule that has the effect of prohibiting any person, except a person convicted of a felony, from transporting and storing firearms in a locked motor vehicle or from transporting and storing firearms locked in or locked to a motor vehicle on any property set aside for any motor vehicle.

(b) No person, property owner, tenant, employer or business entity shall be liable in any civil action for occurrences that result from the storing of firearms in a locked motor vehicle on any property set aside for any motor vehicle, unless the person, property owner, tenant, employer or owner of the business entity commits a criminal act involving the use of firearms. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to claims pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act.

(c) An individual may bring a civil action to enforce this section. If a plaintiff prevails in a civil action against a person, property owner, tenant, employer or business entity for a violation of this section, the court shall award actual damages, enjoin further violations of this section and award court costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing plaintiff.

(d) As used in this section, "motor vehicle" means a passenger motor vehicle, truck, motorcycle, motor scooter and any other vehicle required to be registered under chapter 246 of the general statutes. "