2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 255 - Snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles, Dirt Bikes and Mini-Motorcycles
Section 14-386 - Enforcement. Failure to stop snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle upon request.
(a) Any law enforcement officer of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, motor vehicle inspector, state police officer, uniformed municipal police officer, constable, state park policeman, state forest policeman or forest ranger may enforce the provisions of sections 14-379 to 14-390, inclusive.
(b) No person operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle shall refuse to stop his snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle after being requested or signaled to do so by an authorized law enforcement officer, or the owner or the agent of the owner of the property upon which such snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle is being operated. Any person operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle who refuses to stop his snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle upon such request or such signal by an authorized law enforcement officer shall have committed an infraction.
(1969, P.A. 752, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 848, S. 10; 857, S. 3; P.A. 76-381, S. 15; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 acts gave constables, state park policemen and state forest policemen or forest rangers enforcement powers under Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (b) to include all-terrain vehicles in provisions and to require operator of vehicle to stop upon signal of property owner or his agent; P.A. 76-381 replaced provision for $50 maximum fine with statement that failure to stop is an infraction; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
