(a) No town, city or borough or other political subdivision may adopt or enforce a local ordinance that includes drinking intoxicating liquor, being a common drunkard or being found in an intoxicated condition as one of the elements of an offense giving rise to a criminal or civil penalty or sanction.
(b) No town, city or borough may interpret or apply any law of general application to circumvent the provision of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Nothing in sections 17a-465, 17a-673 and 17a-680 to 17a-690, inclusive, shall affect any law against driving under the influence of alcoholic liquor, or other similar offense involving the operation of a vehicle, aircraft, boat, machinery or other equipment, or regarding the sale, purchase, dispensing, possessing or use of alcoholic beverages at stated times and places or by a particular class of persons.
(P.A. 74-280, S. 20, 25; P.A. 93-381, S. 20, 39; P.A. 99-234, S. 9; P.A. 09-145, S. 17.)
History: Sec. 17-155dd transferred to Sec. 17a-632 in 1991; P.A. 93-381 amended Subsec. (c) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-632 transferred to Sec. 19a-126j in 1995; Sec. 19a-126j transferred to Sec. 17a-690 in 1997; P.A. 99-234 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 17a-677; P.A. 09-145 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to Sec. 17a-465a and adding reference to Sec. 17a-465.
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