Sec. 17a-465a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-5c). Traffic restrictions on grounds of facility. Penalty.
Sec. 17a-465a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-5c). Traffic restrictions on grounds of facility. Penalty. The superintendent of Blue Hills Hospital, subject to the approval of the
Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the State Traffic Commission, may prohibit, limit, restrict or regulate the parking of vehicles, may determine
speed limits, may restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic and may designate
the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway upon the grounds
of such facility, and may erect and maintain signs designating such prohibitions or
restrictions. Security officers or institutional patrol appointed to act as state police officers on state institution grounds 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.
(P.A. 86-371, S. 40, 45; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 5, 58.)
History: Sec. 17-155pp transferred to Sec. 17a-642 in 1991; P.A. 93-381 replaced executive director of Connecticut
alcohol and drug abuse commission with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993;
Sec. 17a-642 transferred to Sec. 19a-5c in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health
and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1,
1995; Sec. 19a-5c transferred to Sec. 17a-465a in 1997.