Sec. 27-107. State police duty. Regulation of traffic at Veterans' Home.

      Sec. 27-107. State police duty. Regulation of traffic at Veterans' Home. (a) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall assign one or more state policemen for duty at the home as may be requested by the commissioner.

      (b) The commissioner, subject to the approval of 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 the Veterans' Home, and may 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.

      (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.)

      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.