l9n/ Connecticut

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 5670

AN ACT PERMITTING THE TOWING OF CERTAIN TRUCKS AND TRAILERS BY LICENSED REPAIR TOW TRUCKS; REQUIRING THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE RECORDED WITH THE TOWN CLERK OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE SELLER AND PURCHASER RESIDE; PROVIDING PROTECTIONS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS WHOSE VEHICLES ARE TOWED; AND PROTECTING THE ABILITY OF A PERSON WHOSE MOTOR VEHICLE HAS BEEN STOLEN TO RETRIEVE SUCH VEHICLE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on February 29, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

(1) To permit licensed repair tow trucks to tow disabled trucks and trailers without regard to the length, width or weight of such disabled truck or trailer; (2) to require the purchase and sale of a motor vehicle to be recorded in the office of the town clerk of the municipality in which the seller and the purchaser reside; (3) to provide protections for motor vehicle owners whose vehicles are towed; and (4) to protect the ability of a crime victim whose motor vehicle has been stolen to retrieve the vehicle.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    John A. Kissel

    Its course

    February 22 to February 29, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action2 actions on 2 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 22 to Feb 29 · stopped7 days

    Transportation CommitteeFeb 22 to Feb 29 · stopped7 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 22 – Feb 29

    1. Feb 22Introduced and sent to Transportation Committee
    2. Feb 29Heard in Transportation Committee
    All 2 actions, as published
    1. Feb 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 29PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses