The commissioner shall have the following general powers, duties and responsibilities:
(1) To coordinate and develop comprehensive, integrated transportation policy and planning to include a long-range master plan of transportation for the state;
(2) To coordinate and assist in the development and operation of a modern, safe, efficient and energy-conserving system of highway, mass transit, marine and aviation facilities and services;
(3) To promote the coordinated and efficient use of all available and future modes of transportation;
(4) To study commuter and urban travel and in cooperation with federal, regional and local agencies and persons to formulate and implement plans and programs to improve such travel;
(5) To study means of providing facilities for parking motor vehicles so as to encourage travel by the combination of motor vehicle and other modes of transportation and in cooperation with federal, regional and local agencies and persons to formulate and implement plans and programs for this purpose;
(6) To study means of improving transportation safety and to formulate and implement plans and programs and adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for this purpose;
(7) To cooperate with federal, state, interstate and local agencies, organizations and persons performing activities relating to transportation;
(8) To exercise and perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be conferred under this chapter and title 13a or as may otherwise be conferred by law;
(9) To prepare a plan setting forth a recommendation for a restructured system of regional transit districts within the state. Said plan shall be based on: (A) Established patterns of commuter traffic within the state; (B) federal requirements for receiving aid under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964; and (C) present planning regions. On or before February 1, 1978, the commissioner shall present such plan to the General Assembly;
(10) To prepare pertinent reports, including but not limited to, detailed reports of energy use analysis by mode of transportation;
(11) To provide for the planning and construction of any capital improvements and the remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of any real asset that may be required for the development and operation of a safe, efficient system of highway, mass transit, marine and aviation transportation, provided (A) the acquisition, other than by condemnation, or the sale or lease, of any property that is used for such purposes shall be subject to the review and approval of the State Properties Review Board in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of section 4b-3, and (B) any contract for the planning, construction, remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of any public building which is estimated to cost more than five hundred thousand dollars shall be advertised and awarded in accordance with section 13b-20n; and
(12) To participate, subject to the availability of funds, in transit-oriented development projects at or near transit facilities.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 4; P.A. 77-33, S. 2; 77-614, S. 550, 610; P.A. 81-421, S. 3, 9; P.A. 82-446, S. 3, 4; P.A. 83-587, S. 27, 96; P.A. 91-124, S. 3; P.A. 03-115, S. 48; 03-215, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 94; P.A. 11-84, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 77-33 added new Subsec. (j) providing for preparation of plan for restructured regional transit districts to be presented by February 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 added new Subsec. (k) providing for preparation of reports, substituted “integrated” for “balanced” in Subsec. (a), and added “energy conserving” as a qualification in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-421 expanded the powers of the commissioner to include the planning and construction of capital improvements related to highway, mass transit, marine and aviation transportation while maintaining the role of the state properties review board; P.A. 82-446 clarified the role of the state properties review board in approving contracts with architects or engineers; P.A. 83-587 made a technical amendment, restoring language inadvertently dropped in the printing of the statutes; P.A. 91-124 in Subdiv. (12) deleted the requirement that the properties review board approve selection of and contract with any architect or engineer; P.A. 03-115 amended Subdivs. (6), (10) and (11) to make technical changes; P.A. 03-215 amended Subdiv. (12) to designate existing proviso as Subpara. (A) and add Subpara. (B) re the advertisement and award of public building contracts valued over $500,000, effective October 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 added Subdiv. (13) re transit-oriented development projects, effective November 2, 2007; P.A. 11-84 deleted former Subdiv. (7) re study of airport operations and redesignated existing Subdivs. (8) to (13) as Subdivs. (7) to (12), effective July 1, 2011.
See chapter 244 re motor buses.
See chapter 244a re taxicabs.
See chapter 244b re motor vehicles in livery service.
See chapter 245 re railroads and railways.
See chapter 245a re railroad construction and location.
See chapter 245b re railroad operations.
See Sec. 3-6d re highway safety programs.
See Sec. 7-136i re preliminary review of municipal petitions, applications or permit requests.
See Sec. 13a-95a re award of contracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
See Secs. 13b-79kk, 13b-79ll re transit-oriented development projects.
See Sec. 14-270e re duty of commissioner to establish and report on program for operation of weigh stations.
See Sec. 23-42 et seq. re railroad fire hazards.
State, not town, is liable for defect in a state or state aid highway. 94 C. 542, 595; 105 C. 360. Former statute cited. 124 C. 35; Id., 677; 125 C. 413, 418; Id., 506; 150 C. 374. Cited. 186 C. 300.
Cited. 25 CA 468.
State, not town, liable for damages resulting from nuisance on state aid and trunk line highway. 6 CS 116. Town, not state, liable for special damages resulting from change of grade on state aid highway. 8 CS 447; 12 CS 115.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation
Section 13b-1. - Short title: State Transportation Act.
Section 13b-3. - Department of Transportation. Appointment of commissioner.
Section 13b-4. - Powers and duties of commissioner.
Section 13b-4b. - Commissioner's duties and responsibilities re railroads.
Section 13b-4d. - Commissioner's power to declare a state of emergency.
Section 13b-10a. - Transfer of employees connected with livery service.
Section 13b-10b. - Office of Innovative Finance and Project Delivery.
Section 13b-10e. - Consideration of application for employment.
Section 13b-11. - Connecticut Transportation Authority.
Section 13b-11a. - Connecticut Public Transportation Commission.
Section 13b-11b. - State-wide transportation goals. Report.
Section 13b-11c. - Connecticut Public Transportation Commission.
Section 13b-12 and 13b-13. - Connecticut Aeronautics Commission. Steamship Terminals Commission.
Section 13b-13a. - Connecticut Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board.
Section 13b-13b. - Transportation Policy Advisory Council.
Section 13b-13c. - Assessment of transportation projects.
Section 13b-14. - Long-range planning.
Section 13b-14a. - Funding for hazard elimination activities.
Section 13b-15. - Master transportation plan.
Section 13b-15a. - Hartford-New Britain busway project.
Section 13b-16. - Assessment of modes of transportation. Experimental projects.
Section 13b-16a. - Definitions. Public transportation analysis.
Section 13b-16b. - Southwest Corridor Action Council.
Section 13b-16c. - Commissioner's power to sit on a consortium or trade organization board.
Section 13b-18. - Investigations, inquiries and hearings.
Section 13b-19. - Cooperation with agencies and persons. Bonds for rail freight support facilities.
Section 13b-20a. - Regulations re hiring of consultants.
Section 13b-20b. - Definitions.
Section 13b-20c. - Consultant services evaluation and selection panels.
Section 13b-20d. - Negotiation committees.
Section 13b-20f. - Evaluation of consultants having active agreements with department.
Section 13b-20g. - Notice of need for consultants. Responses.
Section 13b-20h. - Selection panel. Responsibilities. Meetings.
Section 13b-20i. - Criteria for selection of consultants.
Section 13b-20k. - Negotiations with selected consultants. Memorandum re negotiations.
Section 13b-20l. - Regulations re selection of consultants.
Section 13b-20m. - Guidelines for determining reasonableness of consultant services.
Section 13b-20p. - Reduction of number of consultants. Report.
Section 13b-21. - Grants to the department.
Section 13b-22. - Annual report.
Section 13b-23. - Additional powers.
Section 13b-23a. - Leasing of naming rights of transit stations and transit-owned property.
Section 13b-23b. - Vision Zero Council.
Section 13b-24. - Jurisdiction over state highway system. Responsibility for highways of state.
Section 13b-25. - Bureau of Highways.
Section 13b-26. - Alteration of state highway system.
Section 13b-26a. - Certification upon completion of highway or bridge project.
Section 13b-27. - Limited access highway.
Section 13b-28. - Agreement with adjoining state.
Section 13b-29. - Commuter parking facilities. Regulations.
Section 13b-30. - Maintenance of roads on state property.
Section 13b-31. - Town highways.
Section 13b-31b. - Definitions.
Section 13b-31c. - Designation of scenic roads.
Section 13b-31d. - Alteration or improvement of scenic road.
Section 13b-31e. - Regulations.
Section 13b-31f. - Ninety-day permit application final determinations.
Section 13b-32. - Declaration of policy.
Section 13b-33. - Bureau of Public Transportation.
Section 13b-34. - Powers of commissioner.
Section 13b-34a. - Subsidy equalization grants for privately owned bus companies.
Section 13b-34b. - Annual report re public transportation costs.
Section 13b-35. - Express finding required before commissioner can exercise power.
Section 13b-37. - Hearing before the Department of Public Utility Control.
Section 13b-38. - Advice and assistance to transit districts. Grants and loans.
Section 13b-38c. - Loans for the acquisition of vanpool vehicles.
Section 13b-38cc. - Buses for 21st Century Mobility program.
Section 13b-38ee. - CTpass program.
Section 13b-38f. - Bus shelter construction program.
Section 13b-38g. - Expansion of mass transportation systems.
Section 13b-38h. - Fare changes for mass transportation.
Section 13b-38i. - Failure to pay lawful charge for bus service.
Section 13b-38k. - Paratransit vehicles defined. Bidding for service programs.
Section 13b-38l. - Citizens' Transportation Advisory Council. Appointments. Functions and duties.
Section 13b-38o. - Definitions.
Section 13b-38p. - Voluntary traffic reduction program.
Section 13b-38t. - Assistance to Department of Transportation from Labor Commissioner.
Section 13b-38u. - Exempted employers.
Section 13b-38v. - Moneys received for traffic reduction programs.
Section 13b-38w. - Filing fees.
Section 13b-38x. - Regulations re traffic reduction program.
Section 13b-39. - Jurisdiction over and responsibility for aeronautics.
Section 13b-39a. - Registration of aircraft.
Section 13b-39b. - Aircraft registration forms and decals.
Section 13b-39c. - Display of registration decal. Certificate of registration.
Section 13b-39d. - Registration fee.
Section 13b-39e. - Exemption for military aircraft, government aircraft or aircraft dealers.
Section 13b-39f. - Penalty for failure to register.
Section 13b-39g. - Municipality may retain fees.
Section 13b-39h. - Grants to municipalities.
Section 13b-40 and 13b-41. - Bureau of Aeronautics. State airways system.
Section 13b-43. - Municipal airports.
Section 13b-44. - Establishment and maintenance of state airports.
Section 13b-44a. - Filing of documents with the Properties Review Board.
Section 13b-45. - Publication of standards applicable in taking of land.
Section 13b-46. - Certificate of approval. Licenses.
Section 13b-47. - Criteria for approval.
Section 13b-48. - Hearing on application for certificate of approval or license.
Section 13b-49. - Revocation of certificate of approval or license.
Section 13b-50a. - Initiatives for the preservation of airports.
Section 13b-50b. - Set aside for veterans with service in time of war.
Section 13b-50c. - Connecticut airport and aviation account.
Section 13b-51a. - Connecticut Maritime Commission. Establishment. Members. Duties.
Section 13b-51b. - State Maritime Office.
Section 13b-52. - Bureau of Waterways.
Section 13b-55. - Sale or conveyance of excess property or rights therein.
Section 13b-55a. - Harbor improvement projects.
Section 13b-55b. - Harbor improvement account. Deposit and expenditure of funds.
Section 13b-55c. - Priority ranking for certified clean marinas.
Section 13b-56. (Formerly Sec. 8-211). - Harbor improvement agencies.
Section 13b-57. (Formerly Sec. 8-212). - State grants-in-aid for harbor improvement projects.