§ 27-107 — State police duty. Regulation of traffic upon grounds of Department of Veterans Affairs.

Connecticut § 27-107

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 27: Armed Forces and Veterans
• Ch. 506: Veterans

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(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall assign one or more state policemen for duty upon the grounds of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Rocky Hill as may be requested by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. (b) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, subject to the approval of 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 Department of Veterans Affairs; and (6) erect and maintain signs designating such prohibitions or restrictions. Security officers or institutional patrolmen appointed to act as state policemen under the provisions of section 29-18 may arrest or issue a 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 of Rocky Hill shall have jurisdiction over violations of this section.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 2939; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 80-49, S. 2; P.A. 88-285, S. 5, 35; P.A. 04-169, S. 7; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-256, S. 7; P.A. 12-132, S. 46; P.A. 16-167, S. 6.) History: P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of public safety” for “commissioner of state police”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-49 provided for regulation of parking and speed limits by the commission with the approval of the state traffic commission in new Subsec. (b) and for implementing procedures, prohibitions, restrictions with a fine of not more than $25 for violations within jurisdiction in the court or traffic authority in the town of Rocky Hill; P.A. 88-285 replaced veterans' home and hospital commission with commissioner; P.A. 04-169 amended Subsec. (b) to change the name of the Veterans' Home and Hospital to the Veterans' Home, effective June 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-256 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re installation of stop signs, insert numeric Subdiv. designators and make technical changes; P.A. 12-132 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Veterans' Home” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”, replaced “Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs” with “Commissioner of Veterans Affairs” and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2016.