HB 7378 — AN ACT CONCERNING NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ILLEGAL RACING.

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7378 January Session, 2019 LCOAN No.ACT CONCERNING NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ILLEGAL RACING.

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(JUD) AN ACT CONCERNING NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ILLEGAL RACING.

The commissioner may require any motor vehicle operator over twenty- LCOfour No.years of age, who has been convicted of a moving violation or a suspension violation or a combination of said violations, committed on three or more occasions to attend a motor vehicle operator's retraining program.

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The7378 commissioner shall require any motor vehicle operator convicted of traveling more than seventy-five miles per hour, [or] any person operating a commercial motor vehicle convicted of traveling more than sixty-five miles per hour in a highway work zone, as defined in section 14-212d, or any person convicted of a violation of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 14-22414-224, to attend a motor vehicle operator's retraining program.

[(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any] Any person who, in consequence of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle, causes the death of another person shall be fined not more than [one thousand] three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than [six months] three yearsyears, or both.

(g) (1) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars or more than six hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than five years or be both fined and imprisoned, and for any LCO {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-073782 of 3 R01-HB.docx } Substitute Bill No.

62137378 2 of 3 Raised Bill No.7378 (g) (1) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars or more than six hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than five years or be both fined and imprisoned, and for any subsequent offense shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than five years or be both fined and imprisoned.

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