Sec.14-289j-1. Posting of warning sign

(a) Each person offering a mini-motorcycle for sale, lease, or rent shall prominently display a sign twenty-four (24) inches by thirty-six (36) inches in each area where sales, leases, or rents are negotiated with customers. The sign, which shall be in boldface type, shall read as follows:

WARNING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE LEGAL USE OF MINI-MOTORCYCLES

1. No person shall operate, or ride as a passenger, a mini-motorcycle on any highway or public sidewalk.

2. No owner of a mini-motorcycle shall permit a person to operate the owner's mini-motorcycle, or a person to ride as a passenger on the owner's mini-motorcycle, on any highway or public sidewalk.

3. No person shall operate a mini-motorcycle or ride as a passenger on a mini-motorcycle on any private property, except property owned by the operator, unless such operator has in the operator's possession written permission from the owner of the private property to operate such mini-motorcycle and, as the case may be, to carry a passenger on such property.

4. No owner of a mini-motorcycle shall permit a person to operate the owner's mini-motorcycle, or a person to ride as a passenger on the owner's mini-motorcycle, on any private property in this state, except property owned by the owner of the mini-motorcycle, unless such operator has in the operator's possession written permission from the owner of the private property to operate such mini-motorcycle and, as the case may be, to carry a passenger on such property.

5. Any police officer issuing a summons for an alleged violation of any of the above prohibited acts, shall cause the mini-motorcycle that was being operated to be impounded for a period of forty-eight (48) hours after the issuance of the summons.

6. The owner of an impounded mini-motorcycle may reclaim such mini-motorcycle, after the expiration of the forty-eight (48) hour period, upon payment of all transportation and storage costs.

(b) For the purposes of this section, reasonable transportation costs shall be the actual costs of transporting the mini-motorcycle from the property where it was being operated in violation of section 14-289j of the Connecticut General Statutes to the police or motor vehicle storage facility in the municipality in which the summons was issued. Reasonable transportation costs shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00), unless there is written documentation as to the reason for costs in excess of this amount, which documentation shall be furnished to the owner of the mini-motorcycle at the time of request for payment.

(c) For the purposes of this section, reasonable storage costs shall be the same as those established by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to section 14-66 of the Connecticut General Statutes and section 14-63-36 of the Regulations of Connecticut State agencies.

(Adopted effective May 2, 2007)