CT SB00337

Municipalities may adopt ordinances regulating all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles with penalties up to $1,000 for first violation, $1,500 for second, and $2,000 for third or subsequent violations, with authority to seize and forfeit vehicles to the municipality.

Municipalities with populations of 20,000 or more may regulate dirt bikes and mini-motorcycles on public property with identical penalty structure and seizure/forfeiture provisions as all-terrain vehicles.

Municipalities may prohibit organizing, participating in, or gathering to observe street takeovers, with vehicle impoundment authority until fines, towing fees, and overdue property taxes are paid.

Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked license for street takeover violations results in license suspension of one year for first offense, two years for subsequent offenses, and permanent revocation for a third violation of subsection (c) of section 14-224.

Office of Policy and Management shall administer a grant program of at least $500,000 annually to municipalities for enforcement of street takeover and illegal dirt bike/ATV laws, including overtime costs and equipment acquisition.