{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-198","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-198","heading":"Smoking in motor buses, railroad cars and school buses.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 53. CRIMES","CHAPTER 943. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_943.htm#sec_53-198","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:18Z","sha256":"d8fa4b0c013bcc77f3eb1f6a5ea40b8857d7507e87dd6a9e2dc21ab9fd72b29a","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-195-to-53-197","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-199"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}