General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 6059 |
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January Session, 2009 |
LCO No. 205 | ||||
Referred to Committee on Transportation |
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Introduced by: |
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REP. MILLER L., 122nd Dist. |
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHILE USING A HAND-HELD MOBILE TELEPHONE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 14-296aa of the general statutes be amended to provide that any person who causes a motor vehicle accident while driving and using a hand-held mobile telephone shall be fined an additional five hundred dollars, and that if a death results from any such accident, such person shall be fined an additional five hundred dollars and such person's driver's license shall be suspended for one year.
Statement of Purpose: