Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 59 - State Real Property
Section 4b-13. (Formerly Sec. 4-27a). - Parking areas on state property. Programs to encourage state employees to use mass transportation.

(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish policies and procedures for the maintenance of order on, and the use of, parking areas on any property owned by the state or under the supervision of said commissioner, except as provided in sections 2-71h, 10a-79, 10a-92 and 10a-139 and except for properties under the supervision, care and control of the Chief Court Administrator. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may designate the commissioner of any other agency, as defined in section 4-166, to establish policies and procedures for the maintenance of order on, and the use of, parking areas on any property under the supervision of such commissioner. Any person violating any policy or procedure adopted pursuant to this subsection shall be fined not more than seventy-five dollars and the vehicle in violation of such policy or procedure may be towed, provided there is conspicuous signage giving notice of such towing and indicating where the vehicle will be stored, how the vehicle may be redeemed and any costs or fees that may be charged. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee, including, but not limited to, a third-party contractor retained by the commissioner, may issue a citation to, or tow the vehicle of, any person violating the policies or procedures established pursuant to this subsection.

(b) The Chief Court Administrator may establish policies and procedures for the maintenance of order and the use of parking areas on any property under the supervision, care and control of the Chief Court Administrator. Such policies and procedures may provide that any vehicle parked on such property in violation of such policies and procedures shall be towed.
(c) Each state agency shall develop a program to encourage its employees to use mass transportation. Such program shall address the feasibility of restricting the amount of free parking by at least ten per cent for those state employees who work in urban areas and for providing such employees with subsidies to ride mass transportation. Each state agency shall submit its program to the Department of Administrative Services. For the purposes of this subsection, “state agency” means each state department, office or other agency of the state; and “urban area” means any town or city having a population of seventy-five thousand or more or any town or city in which one hundred or more state employees are employed at the same site. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, after receipt of and pursuant to each state agency's plan to determine the amount and process by which a state employee may obtain a subsidy.
(1971, P.A. 458, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-116, S. 3; P.A. 90-171; P.A. 91-148, S. 2, 3; P.A. 92-41, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-123, S. 1, 2; 93-312, S. 6, 7; P.A. 94-169, S. 1, 20; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 4, 130; P.A. 95-220, S. 2, 6; P.A. 96-28, S. 1, 2; P.A. 03-202, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 44; P.A. 14-187, S. 44; P.A. 15-42, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 178.)
History: P.A. 88-116 inserted new Subsec. (a), re parking regulations, which was transferred from Sec. 4-133, relettering former Subsecs. accordingly; Sec. 4-27a transferred to Sec. 4b-13 in 1989; P.A. 90-171 added a new Subsec. (d) requiring each state agency to develop a program to encourage its employees to use mass transportation; P.A. 91-148 in Subsec. (d) added a requirement that each state agency consider the effect of charging their employees for parking, changed date of the report from January 1, 1991, to January 1, 1992, and changed definition of urban area to include a town or city where one hundred or more state employees are employed at the same site; P.A. 92-41 repealed Subsecs. (b) and (c) re state employee parking, relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 93-123 amended Subsec. (a) by changing applicability from property owned by the state and under supervision of commissioner to property so owned or under such supervision, adding references to Secs. 10a-79, 10a-92 and 10a-139, excepting parking areas of public educational institutions and increasing fine from $50 to $75, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-312 changed effective date of P.A. 92-41 applicable with respect to this section from July 1, 1995, to July 1, 1994, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-169 amended Subsec. (a) to provide exception for properties under supervision of chief court administrator, state library board and the chief justice under Sec. 4b-11, effective July 1, 1994; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-220 removed reference to properties under supervision, care and control of State Library Board and Chief Justice, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-28 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize towing of vehicles in violation of regulations and to authorize Department of Public Works buildings and grounds patrol officers to enforce such regulations, except for towing of such vehicles, effective April 30, 1996; P.A. 03-202 added new Subsec. (b) re maintenance of order and use of parking areas on property under supervision, care and control of the Chief Court Administrator and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), making technical changes therein; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” and “Department of Public Works” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-187 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to regulations with references to policies and procedures and making technical changes, effective June 11, 2014; P.A. 15-42 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re signage giving notice of towing; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re designation of the commissioner of another agency to establish policies and procedures for use of parking on property under supervision of such commissioner, deleting provision re enforcement of policies or procedures by special policemen and adding provision re issuance of citation or towing of vehicle of person violating policies or procedures, effective October 31, 2017.

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