CT HB06599

Requires the Department of Transportation, Division of State Police, and Police Officer Standards and Training Council to jointly convene a working group by September 1, 2021 to examine the uniform motor vehicle accident report form.

Working group must consider modifications to the accident report form to address concerns about its length and the time needed by police officers and investigators to complete it.

Working group membership includes 11 categories of representatives: DOT employees, state and municipal police members, a transportation research professor, police chiefs from large and small towns, police chief and municipal associations, the Motor Vehicles Commissioner, and other invited members.

Working group must submit a report with findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee on public safety and security no later than January 1, 2023.

Working group terminates on the date it submits its report or January 1, 2023, whichever is later.