Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 284 - Natural Gas Pipelines
Section 16-280a. - Definitions.

As used in sections 16-280a to 16-280f, inclusive:

(1) “Person” means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, municipality or cooperative association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof;
(2) “Gas” means natural gas, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive;
(3) “Transportation of gas” means the gathering, transmission or distribution of gas by pipeline or its storage;
(4) “Pipeline facilities” includes, without limitation, new and existing pipe rights-of-way and any equipment, facility or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas during the course of transportation;
(5) “Municipality” means a city, county, or any other political subdivision of the state;
(6) “Authority” means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority;
(7) “Federal act” means 49 USC Chapter 601.
(1971, P.A. 429, S. 1; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 127, 348; P.A. 95-79, S. 52, 189; P.A. 99-31, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 99-31 made technical changes in definitions of “department” and “federal act”; (Revisor's note: In 2005, a reference to Sec. “16-280g” in the introductory clause was changed editorially by the Revisors to “16-280f” to reflect the repeal of Sec. 16-280g by P.A. 04-103); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, in Subdiv. (6) effective July 1, 2011.

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