Connecticut General Statutes/Title 13a/Chapter 241/Section 13a-263

CGS § 13a-263. Exceeding speed limit in highway work zone detected by work zone speed control system. Penalty.

(a) No person operating a motor vehicle shall exceed the posted speed limit by ten or more miles per hour, as detected by a work zone speed control system, within a highway work zone where a work zone speed control system is operational.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the owner of a motor vehicle identified by a work zone speed control system as violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall, (1) for a first violation, receive a written warning, and (2) for a second or subsequent violation that occurs within one year of the date of such owner's most recent violation, be fined seventy-five dollars. Any subsequent violation occurring more than one year after such owner's most recent violation shall be considered a first violation.

(c) The owner of a motor vehicle identified by a work zone speed control system as violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and traveling at a rate of speed of eighty-five miles per hour or greater shall be fined seventy-five dollars.

(d) The owner shall be liable for any fine imposed pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a citation from a law enforcement officer at the time of the violation. In the case of a motor vehicle that is leased for more than thirty days and identified by a work zone speed control system as violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the lessee shall be considered the owner of such motor vehicle for the purposes of this section and sections 13a-264 and 13a-266.

(e) All amounts received in respect to the violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited into the Special Transportation Fund, established pursuant to section 13b-68 and maintained pursuant to article thirty-second of the amendments to the Constitution of the state.

Short History

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 298; P.A. 24-40, S. 44.)

Long History

History: P.A. 24-40 amended Subsec. (a) by changing 15 or more miles per hour to 10 or more miles per hour, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re except as provided in Subsec. (c), adding reference to subsequent violation and adding “that occurs within one year of the date of such owner's most recent violation” in Subdiv. (2), deleting Subdiv. (3) re subsequent violation and adding provision re subsequent violation occurring more than 1 year after most recent violation shall be considered a first violation, added new Subsec. (c) re violation of Subsec. (a) when traveling 85 miles per hour or greater, designated existing provision re owner liability as Subsec. (d) and amended same to add reference to Subsecs. (b) and (c) and add provision re lessee considered owner of motor vehicle and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 2024.

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