Sec. 14-211a. Motor vehicle theft task force.
Sec. 14-211a. Motor vehicle theft task force. (a) There is established a motor
vehicle theft task force composed of sixteen members as follows: Four police officers
of any organized police force in Connecticut, one to be appointed by each cochairperson
and each ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to transportation; two state police officers to be
appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety; two employees of the Department of
Motor Vehicles to be appointed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; one representative of the National Automobile Theft Bureau; one employee of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to be appointed by the director of the bureau; two assistant state's attorneys
to be appointed by the Chief State's Attorney; one representative of the insurance industry to be appointed by the cochairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance; one representative of
the insurance industry to be appointed by the ranking members of the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance;
and two public members to be appointed by the Governor.
(b) The task force shall select a chairperson from among its membership and shall
meet monthly or more often, as deemed necessary by the membership.
(c) The task force shall review (1) the problem of motor vehicle theft and its effects,
including its effects on the public, the insurance industry and the judiciary; (2) the
existing methods of discouraging and punishing motor vehicle theft; and (3) other procedures to decrease the number of motor vehicle thefts.
(d) On or before January 1, 1986, the task force shall report to the joint standing
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation and public safety its findings and recommendations, including proposals for legislative and regulatory changes.
(P.A. 80-292, S. 14, 17; P.A. 83-233; P.A. 85-191.)
History: P.A. 83-233 amended Sec. 14-211a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1981, which section
was eliminated from the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1983 as obsolete, by increasing the membership of
the task force from 14 to 16 to include public members appointed by the governor and extending the reporting date from
January 1, 1982, to February 1, 1985; P.A. 85-191 amended Subsec. (d), extending the reporting date from February 1,
1985, to January 1, 1986.