Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-557q

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.
Section 52-557q - Immunity from liability of broadcaster that broadcasts emergency alert and information concerning child abduction. Immunity from liability of outdoor advertising establishment

No claim for damages shall be made against a broadcaster, as defined in subsection (k) of section 12-218, or an outdoor advertising establishment, as described in the United States Department of Labor Standard Industrial Classification System Code 7312, that, pursuant to a voluntary program between broadcasters and law enforcement agencies, or between law enforcement agencies and outdoor advertising establishments, broadcasts or disseminates an emergency alert and information provided by a law enforcement agency concerning the abduction of a child, including, but not limited to, a description of the abducted child, a description of the suspected abductor and the circumstances of the abduction. Nothing in this section shall be construed to (1) limit or restrict in any way any legal protection a broadcaster or outdoor advertising establishment may have under any other law for broadcasting, outdoor advertising or otherwise disseminating any information, or (2) relieve a law enforcement agency from acting reasonably in providing information to the broadcaster or outdoor advertising establishment.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-557q

( P.A. 03-111, S. 1; P.A. 05-210, S. 33; P.A. 06-196, S. 183; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 46.)

Amended by P.A. 15-0001, S. 46 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Second Special Session, eff. 1/1/2016.