Connecticut § 53-198 Smoking in motor buses, railroad cars and school buses.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 53-198 — Smoking in motor buses, railroad cars and school buses.

Connecticut § 53-198

Title 53Crimes

Ch. 943Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-198 (2026).

Text

No passenger while traveling upon, and no employee while engaged in the operation of, a common carrier motor bus, passenger railroad car or school bus, as defined in section 14-275, shall have a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in his possession. This section shall not apply to any special bus or to any compartment or part of a regular bus or passenger railroad car especially provided or set apart for smoking therein. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

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No passenger while traveling upon, and no employee while engaged in the operation of, a common carrier motor bus, passenger railroad car or school bus, as defined in section 14-275, shall have a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in his possession. This section shall not apply to any special bus or to any compartment or part of a regular bus or passenger railroad car especially provided or set apart for smoking therein. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 8529; 1959, P.A. 75; P.A. 73-90; P.A. 85-136.) History: 1959 act included school buses; P.A. 73-90 specified applicability to passenger railroad cars and raised maximum fine from $10 to $25; P.A. 85-136 changed the penalty for a violation of provisions of section from a fine of not more than $25 to an infraction.