2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
Section 17a-465 - (Formerly Sec. 17-222). Traffic regulation on grounds of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services facilities.

The superintendent or director of any state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Office of the State Traffic Administration, may: (1) Prohibit, limit, restrict or regulate the parking of vehicles; (2) determine speed limits; (3) install stop signs; (4) restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic; (5) designate the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway upon the grounds of the respective facilities; and (6) erect and maintain signs designating such prohibitions or restrictions. Agency police appointed to act as state policemen on the grounds of state-operated facilities under the provisions of section 29-18 may arrest or issue summons for violation of such restrictions or prohibitions. Any person who fails to comply with any such prohibition or restriction shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars, and the court or traffic or parking authority having jurisdiction of traffic or parking violations in the town in which such facility is located shall have jurisdiction over violations of this section.

(1951, S. 1519d; 1959, P.A. 451; 1963, P.A. 279; P.A. 77-454; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 09-145, S. 1; P.A. 11-256, S. 5; P.A. 12-132, S. 44.)

History: 1959 act extended application of statute from Connecticut Valley Hospital to any institution in department of mental health, added requirement for approval by commissioner of mental health, granted authority to regulate parking of vehicles, added provision re arrest or summons for violation, raised maximum fine from $1 to $5 and placed jurisdiction in court in town where institution is located; 1963 act added provision re jurisdiction of traffic or parking authority; P.A. 77-454 replaced “institutions” with “state-operated facilities”, included directors of facilities in provisions and increased fine levied from $5 to $25 maximum; Sec. 17-222 transferred to Sec. 17a-465 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 09-145 substituted “Agency police” for “Security officers or institutional patrolmen” and replaced “state institution grounds” with “the grounds of state-operated facilities”; P.A. 11-256 added provision re installation of stop signs, inserted numeric Subdiv. designators and made technical changes; P.A. 12-132 replaced “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012.