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Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation
Section 13b-1. - Short title: State Transportation Act. - This chapter shall be known as and may be cited...
Section 13b-2. - Definitions. - The following terms, when used in this chapter shall have...
Section 13b-3. - Department of Transportation. Appointment of commissioner. - There shall be a Department of Transportation which shall be...
Section 13b-4. - Powers and duties of commissioner. - The commissioner shall have the following general powers, duties and...
Section 13b-4a. - Certifications to enable nonprofit corporations and associations to participate in the Urban Mass Transportation Act; regulations. - The Commissioner of Transportation may, at the request of any...
Section 13b-4b. - Commissioner's duties and responsibilities re railroads. - Wherever the term “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” occurs or is...
Section 13b-4c. - Certifications re transportation programs for persons who are elderly or persons with disabilities. - Notwithstanding any section of the general statutes to the contrary,...
Section 13b-4d. - Commissioner's power to declare a state of emergency. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the...
Section 13b-5 to 13b-9. - Deputy commissioner. Departmental organization. Deputy commissioners of bureaus. Bureau of Planning and Research. Bureau of Administration. - Sections 13b-5 to 13b-9, inclusive, are repealed. (1969, P.A. 768,...
Section 13b-10. - Employees. - The commissioner may, subject to the provisions of chapter 67,...
Section 13b-10a. - Transfer of employees connected with livery service. - The employees formerly assigned duties connected with livery service under...
Section 13b-10b. - Office of Innovative Finance and Project Delivery. - There shall be within the Department of Transportation the Office...
Section 13b-10c. - Recruitment and compensation for summer worker professional engineer job classification. - (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall recruit interns for...
Section 13b-10d. - Recruitment of and applications for entry-level engineering positions, entry-level transportation maintainer one positions and transportation maintainer two positions. - On and after July 1, 2022, and until June 30,...
Section 13b-10e. - Consideration of application for employment. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 67, the Commissioner of Transportation...
Section 13b-11. - Connecticut Transportation Authority. - Section 13b-11 is repealed. (1969, P.A. 768, S. 9; P.A....
Section 13b-11a. - Connecticut Public Transportation Commission. - Section 13b-11a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 75-572,...
Section 13b-11b. - State-wide transportation goals. Report. - (a) It shall be the state-wide goal: (1) To increase...
Section 13b-11c. - Connecticut Public Transportation Commission. - Section 13b-11c is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (P.A. 13-277,...
Section 13b-12 and 13b-13. - Connecticut Aeronautics Commission. Steamship Terminals Commission. - Sections 13b-12 and 13b-13 are repealed. (1969, P.A. 768, S....
Section 13b-13a. - Connecticut Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board. - (a) There is established a Connecticut Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory...
Section 13b-13b. - Transportation Policy Advisory Council. - (a) There is established a Transportation Policy Advisory Council, which...
Section 13b-13c. - Assessment of transportation projects. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “transportation project” means...
Section 13b-14. - Long-range planning. - Comprehensive long-range planning concerning the future transportation needs of the...
Section 13b-14a. - Funding for hazard elimination activities. - The Department of Transportation shall allocate annually any amount transferred...
Section 13b-14b. - Approval of studies, plans, programs, materials or activities re mileage-based user fee on motor vehicles. - (a) The Department of Transportation shall not expend any state...
Section 13b-15. - Master transportation plan. - Section 13b-15 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (1969, P.A....
Section 13b-15a. - Hartford-New Britain busway project. - The Commissioner of Transportation may designate the Hartford-New Britain busway...
Section 13b-16. - Assessment of modes of transportation. Experimental projects. - (a) On or before September first in the even-numbered year...
Section 13b-16a. - Definitions. Public transportation analysis. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Public transportation” includes,...
Section 13b-16b. - Southwest Corridor Action Council. - Section 13b-16b is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 98-119,...
Section 13b-16c. - Commissioner's power to sit on a consortium or trade organization board. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation, or his designee, may sit...
Section 13b-17. - Regulations re conduct of business. Delegation of duties and responsibilities. Regulations re application fees. - (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the...
Section 13b-18. - Investigations, inquiries and hearings. - The commissioner may hold investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning all...
Section 13b-19. - Cooperation with agencies and persons. Bonds for rail freight support facilities. - The commissioner shall cooperate with agencies and persons, governmental or...
Section 13b-20. - Records. Certified copies furnished by commissioner or Office of the State Traffic Administration. Delegation of signature authority. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall keep a record of...
Section 13b-20a. - Regulations re hiring of consultants. - Section 13b-20a is repealed. (P.A. 79-53; P.A. 83-521, S. 12,...
Section 13b-20b. - Definitions. - As used in sections 13b-20b to 13b-20k, inclusive: (a) “Commissioner”...
Section 13b-20c. - Consultant services evaluation and selection panels. - There is established within the Department of Transportation one or...
Section 13b-20d. - Negotiation committees. - There shall be within the Department of Transportation one or...
Section 13b-20e. - Prequalification of consultants. Letters of interest for provision of consultant services. - (a) Any consultant who desires to provide consulting services to...
Section 13b-20f. - Evaluation of consultants having active agreements with department. - The performance of all consultants who have active agreements with...
Section 13b-20g. - Notice of need for consultants. Responses. - Whenever there is a need to engage a consultant, the...
Section 13b-20h. - Selection panel. Responsibilities. Meetings. - (a) A selection panel shall be responsible for the preparation...
Section 13b-20i. - Criteria for selection of consultants. - In making the initial review of responses and in all...
Section 13b-20j. - Procedure for selection of consultants. Memorandum re application of evaluation criteria. - (a) A selection panel shall conduct interviews with the five...
Section 13b-20k. - Negotiations with selected consultants. Memorandum re negotiations. - (a) Upon notification by the commissioner of his selection, the...
Section 13b-20l. - Regulations re selection of consultants. - Section 13b-20l is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 83-521,...
Section 13b-20m. - Guidelines for determining reasonableness of consultant services. - In order to promote engineering and design quality and ensure...
Section 13b-20n. - Large contracts re public buildings to be awarded to the lowest responsible and qualified bidder. Regulations. Exception. - With respect to any contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration,...
Section 13b-20o. - Set aside for contractors or subcontractors with annual gross revenues not exceeding three million dollars. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of...
Section 13b-20p. - Reduction of number of consultants. Report. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall work to reduce the number...
Section 13b-21. - Grants to the department. - The commissioner may apply for and accept on behalf of...
Section 13b-22. - Annual report. - Section 13b-22 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (1969, P.A....
Section 13b-23. - Additional powers. - The commissioner shall have such additional powers, incidental to the...
Section 13b-23a. - Leasing of naming rights of transit stations and transit-owned property. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall develop and recommend procedures and...
Section 13b-23b. - Vision Zero Council. - (a) There is established a Vision Zero Council to develop...
Section 13b-23c. - Grant program for municipalities to modernize existing traffic signal equipment and operations. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall establish a matching grant program...
Section 13b-24. - Jurisdiction over state highway system. Responsibility for highways of state. - (a) The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over the state highway...
Section 13b-25. - Bureau of Highways. - Section 13b-25 is repealed. (1969, P.A. 768, S. 21; P.A....
Section 13b-26. - Alteration of state highway system. - (a) The commissioner shall make such alterations in the state...
Section 13b-26a. - Certification upon completion of highway or bridge project. - Upon the completion of a highway or bridge project, a...
Section 13b-27. - Limited access highway. - The commissioner, with the advice and consent of the Governor...
Section 13b-28. - Agreement with adjoining state. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, the commissioner, with...
Section 13b-29. - Commuter parking facilities. Regulations. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, the commissioner...
Section 13b-30. - Maintenance of roads on state property. - From funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation for general...
Section 13b-31. - Town highways. - The Commissioner of Transportation may, upon application of the selectmen...
Section 13b-31a. - Development of guidelines for design and construction of roads and streets in residential subdivisions. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall develop guidelines for the design...
Section 13b-31b. - Definitions. - As used in sections 13b-31c to 13b-31e, inclusive, “scenic road”...
Section 13b-31c. - Designation of scenic roads. - The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of...
Section 13b-31d. - Alteration or improvement of scenic road. - Prior to altering or improving a state highway or portion...
Section 13b-31e. - Regulations. - The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of...
Section 13b-31f. - Ninety-day permit application final determinations. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of...
Section 13b-32. - Declaration of policy. - Improvement in the transportation of people and goods within, to...
Section 13b-33. - Bureau of Public Transportation. - Section 13b-33 is repealed. (1969, P.A. 768, S. 27; P.A....
Section 13b-34. - Powers of commissioner. - (a) The commissioner shall have power, in order to aid...
Section 13b-34a. - Subsidy equalization grants for privately owned bus companies. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall make grants under the bus...
Section 13b-34b. - Annual report re public transportation costs. - Section 13b-34b is repealed, effective June 29, 1993. (June Sp....
Section 13b-35. - Express finding required before commissioner can exercise power. - Section 13b-35 is repealed, effective October 1, 2018. (1969, P.A....
Section 13b-36. - Acquisition of land, buildings, equipment or facilities; right of first refusal of railroad properties and facilities, when. - (a) The commissioner may purchase or take and, in the...
Section 13b-37. - Hearing before the Department of Public Utility Control. - Section 13b-37 is repealed, effective June 18, 2003. (1969, P.A....
Section 13b-38. - Advice and assistance to transit districts. Grants and loans. - The commissioner may furnish to any transit district formed under...
Section 13b-38a. - Establishment of commuter programs. Advice and assistance to employers. Traffic management programs. - (a) The Department of Transportation shall assist all employers in...
Section 13b-38b. - Ride-sharing organizations. Eligibility for state funds. Plans for transport of the handicapped. Regulations. - Section 13b-38b is repealed, effective June 11, 2014. (P.A. 86-308,...
Section 13b-38bb. - State matching grant program for elderly and disabled demand responsive transportation. Allocations. Requirements. Data collection. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall establish a state matching...
Section 13b-38c. - Loans for the acquisition of vanpool vehicles. - The Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to loan funds for...
Section 13b-38cc. - Buses for 21st Century Mobility program. - There is established, within available budgetary resources, the “Buses for...
Section 13b-38dd. - Zero-emissions buses implementation plan. Collaborative efforts re hydrogen fuel and renewable energy sources strategies. Hydrogen refueling stations. Funding plans. - (a) The Department of Transportation shall consult with the Connecticut...
Section 13b-38ee. - CTpass program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible organization” means...
Section 13b-38f. - Bus shelter construction program. - Section 13b-38f is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 79-500,...
Section 13b-38g. - Expansion of mass transportation systems. - Subject to available appropriations, the Commissioner of Transportation shall expand...
Section 13b-38h. - Fare changes for mass transportation. - (a) The Department of Transportation shall provide for changes in...
Section 13b-38i. - Failure to pay lawful charge for bus service. - Any person who, with intent to obtain state-owned or controlled...
Section 13b-38k. - Paratransit vehicles defined. Bidding for service programs. - (a) For the purposes of this section: “Paratransit vehicle” means...
Section 13b-38l. - Citizens' Transportation Advisory Council. Appointments. Functions and duties. - Section 13b-38l is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (P.A. 88-177;...
Section 13b-38m and 13b-38n. - Survey of special transportation services. Contracts for the regionalization and coordination of special transportation services. - Sections 13b-38m and 13b-38n are repealed, effective June 7, 2002....
Section 13b-38o. - Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 13b-38o, 13b-38p, 13b-38t, 13b-38v and...
Section 13b-38p. - Voluntary traffic reduction program. - There is hereby established a voluntary traffic reduction program in...
Section 13b-38q to 13b-38s. - Average vehicle occupancy. Consolidation of traffic management plans. Information to be sent to new affected employers. - Sections 13b-38q to 13b-38s, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Section 13b-38t. - Assistance to Department of Transportation from Labor Commissioner. - The Labor Commissioner shall, upon request of the Commissioner of...
Section 13b-38u. - Exempted employers. - Section 13b-38u is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (May Sp....
Section 13b-38v. - Moneys received for traffic reduction programs. - Any moneys received by the state pursuant to a congestion...
Section 13b-38w. - Filing fees. - Section 13b-38w is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (May Sp....
Section 13b-38x. - Regulations re traffic reduction program. - The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of...
Section 13b-38y. - Penalties. - Section 13b-38y is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (May Sp....
Section 13b-38z and 13b-38aa. - State-wide objectives for providing special transportation services. Progress reports of special transportation services. - Sections 13b-38z and 13b-38aa are repealed, effective June 7, 2002....
Section 13b-39. - Jurisdiction over and responsibility for aeronautics. - (a) The Connecticut Airport Authority shall have jurisdiction over aeronautics...
Section 13b-39a. - Registration of aircraft. - (a) The executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority shall...
Section 13b-39b. - Aircraft registration forms and decals. - The executive director shall prepare and distribute to each municipality...
Section 13b-39c. - Display of registration decal. Certificate of registration. - Upon receipt of the signed and certified registration form required...
Section 13b-39d. - Registration fee. - The owner shall pay a fee to the municipal registration...
Section 13b-39e. - Exemption for military aircraft, government aircraft or aircraft dealers. - The provisions of sections 13b-39a to 13b-39d, inclusive, shall not...
Section 13b-39f. - Penalty for failure to register. - Any person who operates or any owner who permits the...
Section 13b-39g. - Municipality may retain fees. - Each municipality which issues and renews registrations for aircraft in...
Section 13b-39h. - Grants to municipalities. - Section 13b-39h is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 93-433,...
Section 13b-40 and 13b-41. - Bureau of Aeronautics. State airways system. - Sections 13b-40 and 13b-41 are repealed. (1969, P.A. 768, S....
Section 13b-42. - Airport or restricted landing area owned or leased by the state. Granting of interests. Purchase or taking of airport properties. Agreements with municipalities. Advertisement and award of certain leases that involve work on a publi... - (a) The commissioner shall have entire charge, control, operation and...
Section 13b-43. - Municipal airports. - Any municipality, or any two or more municipalities jointly, may...
Section 13b-44. - Establishment and maintenance of state airports. - (a) The state may, through the Connecticut Airport Authority, establish,...
Section 13b-44a. - Filing of documents with the Properties Review Board. - Copies of all documents filed pursuant to section 13b-44 shall...
Section 13b-45. - Publication of standards applicable in taking of land. - Before exercising any of the powers conferred in sections 13b-43...
Section 13b-46. - Certificate of approval. Licenses. - (a) The executive director may approve airports, heliports, restricted landing...
Section 13b-47. - Criteria for approval. - (a) In determining whether to issue a certificate of approval...
Section 13b-48. - Hearing on application for certificate of approval or license. - Upon receipt of any application for a certificate of approval...
Section 13b-49. - Revocation of certificate of approval or license. - The executive director may revoke temporarily or permanently any certificate...
Section 13b-49a. - Owner or operator of airport or other air navigation facility to submit information re aircraft based or primarily used at such facility. Penalty. - (a) Not later than July thirty-first annually, the owner or...
Section 13b-50. - Cooperation with federal government. State assistance to municipalities and owners of commercial airports. - (a) The executive director is authorized to cooperate with the...
Section 13b-50a. - Initiatives for the preservation of airports. - The following initiatives shall be established to preserve Connecticut's licensed...
Section 13b-50b. - Set aside for veterans with service in time of war. - The Connecticut Airport Authority, in consultation with the Labor Department...
Section 13b-50c. - Connecticut airport and aviation account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 13b-50p. - Complaints re repeated landings or takeoffs by aircraft from real property not licensed as an airport or other air navigation facility. - (a) The executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority, upon...
Section 13b-51. - Jurisdiction over harbors, harbor boards, harbor masters and deputy harbor masters. - The Connecticut Port Authority shall have jurisdiction over the harbors...
Section 13b-51a. - Connecticut Maritime Commission. Establishment. Members. Duties. - Section 13b-51a is repealed, effective July 1, 2015. (P.A. 04-143,...
Section 13b-51b. - State Maritime Office. - Section 13b-51b is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (P.A. 04-143,...
Section 13b-52. - Bureau of Waterways. - Section 13b-52 is repealed. (1969, P.A. 768, S. 47; P.A....
Section 13b-53. - Acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of water transportation and related facilities. Lease or grant of interest at State Pier or navigation property. Concessions privilege. - The commissioner and the Connecticut Port Authority may, on behalf...
Section 13b-54. - Cooperation with other authorities, agencies and persons. Development of water transportation. - The commissioner shall, on behalf of the state, consult and...
Section 13b-55. - Sale or conveyance of excess property or rights therein. - Section 13b-55 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (1969, P.A....
Section 13b-55a. - Harbor improvement projects. - (a) In addition to municipal requests for a grant-in-aid pursuant...
Section 13b-55b. - Harbor improvement account. Deposit and expenditure of funds. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 13b-55c. - Priority ranking for certified clean marinas. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “certified clean marina”...
Section 13b-56. (Formerly Sec. 8-211). - Harbor improvement agencies. - (a) For the purposes of this section and section 13b-57,...
Section 13b-57. (Formerly Sec. 8-212). - State grants-in-aid for harbor improvement projects. - The state, acting by and in the discretion of the...
Section 13b-57a to 13b-57c. - Reference by court to arbitration panel. Attorney General to represent state. Actions pending on June 14, 1977. - Sections 13b-57a to 13b-57c, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 77-448, S....
Chapter 242a - State Transportation Strategy and Transportation Investment Areas
Section 13b-57d. - Definitions. - (a) As used in this section and sections 13b-57f, 13b-57h,...
Section 13b-57e. - Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board established. Membership. - Section 13b-57e is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (June Sp....
Section 13b-57f. - Transportation investment areas created. - (a) There are created the following transportation investment areas: The...
Section 13b-57g. - Transportation strategy. Development. Revisions. Report. - Section 13b-57g is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (June Sp....
Section 13b-57h. - Use of funds from Transportation Strategy Board projects account. Projects to be completed. - (a) No funds from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account,...
Section 13b-57i. - Performance reports on TSB projects requiring accompanying economic development plans. - Section 13b-57i is repealed, effective July 1, 2006. (June 30...
Section 13b-57j to 13b-57l. - Analysis of effects of initial strategy; analysis to accompany recommended updates or revisions to TSB projects or to strategy. Commissioner of Transportation to submit annual report re non-TSB projects. Commissioner of... - Sections 13b-57j to 13b-57l, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Section 13b-57m. - Purpose for funding transportation-related projects. - The purpose of this section and subdivision (16) of subsection...
Section 13b-57n and 13b-57o. - Definitions. Authorization for bonds and bond anticipation notes; authorized funding amounts. - Sections 13b-57n and 13b-57o are repealed, effective July 1, 2005....
Section 13b-57p. - Prioritization of projects and purposes. Submission of priorities to board. Revision of annual financing plan. Requirements for submission of board recommendations. - Section 13b-57p is repealed, effective July 1, 2006. (June 30...
Section 13b-57q. - Annual financing plan for TSB projects. Five-year financing plan. - Section 13b-57q is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (June 30...
Section 13b-57r. - Transportation Strategy Board projects account. Moneys to be deposited into the account. - (a) There shall be a Transportation Strategy Board projects account,...
Section 13b-57s. - Expenditure from Transportation Strategy Board projects account for demand responsive transportation program. - During the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, and June...
Section 13b-57t. - Expenditures from Transportation Strategy Board projects account for the New Haven Line revitalization program. - (a) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, the...
Chapter 243 - Infrastructure Program
Section 13b-58. - State Transportation Fund established. - Section 13b-58 is repealed. (P.A. 74-342, S. 1, 43; P.A....
Section 13b-59. - Definitions. - As used in title 13a or in this title, unless...
Section 13b-60. - Moneys in Transportation Fund to be paid into General Fund. - Section 13b-60 is repealed. (P.A. 74-342, S. 3, 43; P.A....
Section 13b-61. - Revenues credited to General Fund. Revenues credited to Special Transportation Fund. - (a) On and after July 1, 1975, there shall be...
Section 13b-61a. - Deposit of revenues from gross earnings from sales of petroleum products attributable to sales of motor vehicle fuel, and from sales of petroleum products generally, into Special Transportation Fund. - Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 13b-61: (1)...
Section 13b-61b. - Deposits of revenues from sales of motor vehicles taxable under section 12-431. - Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 13b-61, the...
Section 13b-61c. - Transfers from the General Fund to the Special Transportation Fund. - Obsolete. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 126; Sept. Sp....
Section 13b-62 to 13b-67. - Moneys in Transportation Fund from state securities or federal grants to be paid into General Fund. Fund only for transportation purposes; appropriations for mass transportation controlled. Percentage of appropriations req... - Sections 13b-62 to 13b-67, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 74-342, S....
Section 13b-68. - Special Transportation Fund. Use of fund. Transportation Grants and Restricted Accounts Fund. - (a) There is established a fund to be known as...
Section 13b-69. - Expenditure of resources of Special Transportation Fund. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-212g,...
Section 13b-70. - Surcharges on motor vehicle related fines, penalties and other charges. - Each person who pays a motor vehicle related fine, penalty...
Section 13b-74. - Special tax obligation bonds for transportation projects. Purposes. - (a) Whenever the General Assembly has empowered the State Bond...
Section 13b-75. - Definitions. - As used in sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, the following...
Section 13b-76. - Bond procedures and provisions. - (a) Bonds and bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to sections...
Section 13b-77. - Covenants. - (a) The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent...
Section 13b-77a. - Annual report re certain special tax obligation bonds. - Section 13b-77a is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (June Sp....
Section 13b-78. - Loan or other credit agreements with the U.S. Department of Transportation. Special tax obligation bonds. Federal transportation bonds. - (a) As used in this section, unless the context clearly...
Section 13b-78k. - New Haven Line revitalization program: Definitions. - As used in this section, sections 13b-57m, 13b-57r and 13b-57s,...
Section 13b-78l. - New Haven Line revitalization program: Duties of Commissioner of Transportation. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall: (1) Acquire not less than...
Section 13b-78m. - New Haven Line rail fare increases. Regulations. - (a)(1) Effective January 1, 2012, each New Haven Line rail...
Section 13b-78n. - Solicitation of bids. - The Department of Transportation may solicit bids or qualifications for...
Section 13b-78o. - Annual report. - Section 13b-78o is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (June Sp....
Section 13b-78p. - Bond issue for rail cars, maintenance facility and related projects. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance...
Section 13b-78q. - Bond issue for improvements to Interstate 95, transportation system improvements and bus rolling stock. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance...
Section 13b-78r. - Bond issue for Fix-it-First program to repair state roads. Report. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance...
Section 13b-78s. - Bond issue for Fix-it-First program to repair state bridges. Report. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance...
Section 13b-78t. - Bond issue for Fix-it-First program for railroad crossings at grade. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance...
Section 13b-78u. - Bond issue for environmental clean-up of highway service plazas. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance...
Section 13b-79 to 13b-79b. - Updating of ten-year plan for bridge repair and road resurfacing; annual report to General Assembly. Reports concerning the transportation program authorized pursuant to special act 84-52 and public act 84-254. Reports co... - Sections 13b-79 to 13b-79b, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Section 13b-79c. - Funding level of mass transit projects financed through special transportation bonds. - (a) The Department of Transportation shall give due consideration to...
Section 13b-79d. - Notification plan re significant highway or railway incidents. Permanent retention of personal information. Prohibition. - In the development and administration of any plan for individuals...
Section 13b-79m and 13b-79n. - Transportation Accountability Board established; duties. Reports of board. - Sections 13b-79m and 13b-79n are repealed. (July Sp. Sess. P.A....
Section 13b-79o. - Definitions. - As used in sections 13b-79o to 13b-79q, inclusive, section 13b-79s...
Section 13b-79p. - Duties of Commissioner of Transportation re strategic transportation projects and initiatives, transportation improvement projects and state transportation plans. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall implement the following strategic...
Section 13b-79q. - Special tax obligation bonds. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance...
Section 13b-79r. - Grant anticipation revenue vehicle bonds. Grant Anticipation Transportation Fund. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Bonds” means bonds,...
Section 13b-79s. - Duties of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management re transportation projects and initiatives. - The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall...
Section 13b-79t. - Solicitation of bids or qualifications. - The Department of Transportation may solicit bids or qualifications for...
Section 13b-79u. - Operation of New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail line. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation is authorized and directed, in...
Section 13b-79v. - Funds available through Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. - The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Secretary...
Section 13b-79w. - Loans from Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated. - Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated is authorized to make loans, on such...
Section 13b-79x. - Governor's recommendations re transportation projects. - Not later than the day on which the Governor's proposed...
Section 13b-79y. - Discussions with Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island re commuter and freight mobility in region. - The state of Connecticut, acting through the Governor or the...
Section 13b-79z. - Annual report re implementation status of transportation projects and initiatives. - Section 13b-79z is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (P.A. 06-136,...
Section 13b-79kk. - Transit-oriented development projects. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the...
Section 13b-79ll. - Bond issue for transit-oriented development pilot program. Projects. Grants. - (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this...
Chapter 244 - Motor Buses
Section 13b-80. (Formerly Sec. 16-309). - Certificate of public convenience and necessity. - No person, association, limited liability company or corporation shall operate...
Section 13b-81. (Formerly Sec. 16-309a). - Temporary authority. - The Department of Transportation may issue to an applicant for...
Section 13b-82. (Formerly Sec. 16-309b). - Transportation of school children. - The provisions of sections 14-275 to 14-281, inclusive, shall not...
Section 13b-83. (Formerly Sec. 16-310). - Registration. - (a) Upon the granting of a certificate of public convenience...
Section 13b-84. (Formerly Sec. 16-311). - Transportation permits. - Section 13b-84 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-85. (Formerly Sec. 16-312). - Penalty. - Any person or the officers of any association, limited liability...
Section 13b-86. (Formerly Sec. 16-312a). - Common carrier subject to jurisdiction of department. - Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning or...
Section 13b-87. (Formerly Sec. 16-312b). - Reciprocal agreements concerning motor bus and common carrier equipment, marking and inspection. - The Department of Transportation may enter into reciprocal agreements with...
Section 13b-88. (Formerly Sec. 16-313). - Interstate motor buses. - Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning or...
Section 13b-89. (Formerly Sec. 16-314). - Permits for operation of interstate motor buses. - (a) No person, association, limited liability company or corporation shall...
Section 13b-89a. - Interstate motor buses having upper and lower decks. - The recipient of a permit pursuant to section 13b-89, who...
Section 13b-90. (Formerly Sec. 16-315). - Penalty. - Any person or the officers of any association, limited liability...
Section 13b-91. (Formerly Sec. 16-316). - Interstate motor buses; authority to hold hearings and issue permits. - The Department of Transportation may hold such hearings and issue...
Section 13b-92. (Formerly Sec. 16-317). - Carrying of passengers for hire by mail carriers and others. - The Department of Transportation, upon written application of any person...
Section 13b-93. (Formerly Sec. 16-317a). - New schedules of bus operation. Discontinuation of service. - Any motor bus company which wishes to adopt a new...
Section 13b-94. - Reporting of motor vehicle accidents. - Section 13b-94 is repealed. (P.A. 79-610, S. 41; P.A. 92-36.)
Section 13b-94a. - Motor vehicle in charter bus transportation. - No person, association, limited liability company or corporation shall operate...
Chapter 244a - Taxicabs
Section 13b-95. (Formerly Sec. 16-318). - Definition. - The term “taxicab” includes any motor vehicle operated upon any...
Section 13b-96. (Formerly Sec. 16-319). - Operation under jurisdiction of Department of Transportation. - (a)(1) Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning...
Section 13b-97. (Formerly Sec. 16-320). - Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Service at Bradley International Airport. - (a) No person, association, limited liability company or corporation shall...
Section 13b-97a. - Temporary authority. - (a) The Department of Transportation may, without hearing, issue to...
Section 13b-97b. - Operation of taxicab or advertisement of taxicab services without certificate or authority. Allowing unauthorized person to operate taxicab. Penalty. Amounts remitted to municipality. - (a) Any person who (1) operates a taxicab, or advertises...
Section 13b-98. (Formerly Sec. 16-321). - Certificate to be displayed. - Section 13b-98 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-99. (Formerly Sec. 16-322). - Registration. Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Rooftop light. Operator phone number. Inspection. Exemption from child restraint system requirements. Regulations. - (a) Upon the granting of a certificate of public convenience...
Section 13b-100. (Formerly Sec. 16-323). - Penalty. - Any person or the officers of any association, limited liability...
Chapter 244b - Motor Vehicles in Livery Service
Section 13b-101. (Formerly Sec. 16-324). - Definition. - The term “motor vehicle in livery service” includes every motor...
Section 13b-102. (Formerly Sec. 16-325). - Operation to be under jurisdiction of department. Rates and charges. Regulations. Exceptions. Registration of authorization for interstate operation. - (a)(1) Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning...
Section 13b-103. (Formerly Sec. 16-326). - Permits. Display of permit. Penalty. Amounts remitted to municipality. Revocation of permit. - (a)(1) No person, association, limited liability company or corporation shall...
Section 13b-104. (Formerly Sec. 16-326a). - Temporary authority. - The Department of Transportation may, without hearing, issue to an...
Section 13b-105. (Formerly Sec. 16-326b). - Livery service for persons who are elderly or persons with disabilities. - The Department of Transportation may, with or without hearing, issue...
Section 13b-106. (Formerly Sec. 16-327). - Registration; display of registration; lights; license. - Upon the issuance of a permit as provided in section...
Section 13b-107. (Formerly Sec. 16-328). - Carrying passengers for hire in private vehicles. - (a) Any person, while operating a passenger motor vehicle registered...
Section 13b-108. (Formerly Sec. 16-329). - Penalty. Injunction. - (a) Any person or any officer of any association, limited...
Section 13b-108a. - Reciprocal agreements. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation may enter into reciprocal agreements...
Section 13b-109. - Printed advertisements to bear permit number. - A printed advertisement concerning a motor vehicle in livery service...
Section 13b-109a. - Vehicles associated with the Special Olympics World Games International. - Section 13b-109a is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (P.A. 94-188,...
Section 13b-110. - Jump seats on certain motor vehicles in livery service. - A motor vehicle in livery service having a seating capacity...
Chapter 244c - Transportation Network Company Vehicles
Section 13b-116. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 13b-117 to 13b-120,...
Section 13b-117. - Registration of transportation network company. Penalty. - (a) On and after January 1, 2018, each transportation network...
Section 13b-118. - Display of information and decal. Fares and dynamic pricing. Adoption of nondiscrimination policy. Records and audits. Limitations on hours of operation. Prohibition against using taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service as trans... - (a)(1) After a potential transportation network company rider submits a...
Section 13b-119. - Transportation network company driver requirements. Adoption of policies re drugs and alcohol and illness and fatigue. Operation as transportation network company driver without authority; penalty. Certification re condition of tra... - (a) Prior to permitting an individual to act as a...
Section 13b-120. - Automobile liability insurance requirements. - (a) A transportation network company driver or a transportation network...
Section 13b-121. - Fee for prearranged ride by transportation network company. - (a) As used in this section, “transportation network company” and...
Chapter 244d - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing
Section 13b-127. - Definitions. - For the purposes of this section and sections 13b-127a to...
Section 13b-127a. - Automobile liability insurance requirements. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 13b-127b. - Notification by peer-to-peer car sharing company to shared vehicle owner. - When a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner...
Section 13b-127c. - Insurance company offering automobile liability insurance to shared vehicle owner. - (a) An insurance company that offers automobile liability insurance coverage...
Section 13b-127d. - Peer-to-peer car sharing company records. - A peer-to-peer car sharing company shall collect and verify records...
Section 13b-127e. - Vicarious liability. - A peer-to-peer car sharing company and a shared vehicle owner...
Section 13b-127f. - Insurance company right to seek recovery. - An insurance company that defends or indemnifies a claim against...
Section 13b-127g. - Peer-to-peer car sharing company insurable interest. - (a) A peer-to-peer car sharing company shall have an insurable...
Section 13b-127h. - Car sharing agreement. - Each car sharing agreement shall, at a minimum, disclose to...
Section 13b-127i. - Peer-to-peer car sharing company and shared vehicle driver agreement and records. - (a) A peer-to-peer car sharing company may not enter into...
Section 13b-127j. - Peer-to-peer car sharing company responsible for certain equipment. - A peer-to-peer car sharing company is responsible for any equipment,...
Section 13b-127k. - Shared vehicle subject to safety recall. - (a) When a shared vehicle owner registers a shared vehicle...
Section 13b-127l. - Peer-to-peer car sharing at Bradley International Airport pursuant to agreement. - A peer-to-peer car sharing company shall not permit the operation...
Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways
Section 13b-199. - Definitions. - Terms used in this chapter, sections 16-216 to 16-227, inclusive,...
Section 13b-200. (Formerly Sec. 16-51). - Examination of roads. Free passage. Entering premises at times of emergency. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall, at the commissioner's discretion,...
Section 13b-200a. - State rail plan. - (a) For purposes of this section, “state rail plan” or...
Section 13b-200b. - Planning for branch rail lines. Report. - The Department of Transportation shall continue planning efforts for improvements...
Section 13b-201. (Formerly Sec. 16-52). - Road not to be opened without certificate. - No part of any railroad shall be opened for public...
Section 13b-202. (Formerly Sec. 16-53). - Recommendations. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall, from time to time, recommend...
Section 13b-203. (Formerly Sec. 16-54). - When officers may be enjoined. - If, upon examination of any railroad or the affairs of...
Section 13b-204. (Formerly Sec. 16-55). - General duties as to railroads. - The Commissioner of Transportation may at any time, and on...
Section 13b-204a. - Crossings at grade. Attendance by commissioner at public hearing. - The Commissioner of Transportation, or the commissioner's designee, shall attend...
Section 13b-205. (Formerly Sec. 16-56). - Taking land in discontinued highways. - When any highway, or portion thereof, in which are located...
Section 13b-206 and 13b-207. (Formerly Secs. 16-57 and 16-58). - Contracts with connecting roads. Leases to be approved by stockholders. - Sections 13b-206 and 13b-207 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002....
Section 13b-208. (Formerly Sec. 16-59). - Record of conveyance or lease. - All conveyances by any railroad company or its assigns of...
Section 13b-209 and 13b-210. (Formerly Secs. 16-59a and 16-60). - Elimination of passenger train service. Mutual facilities. - Sections 13b-209 and 13b-210 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002....
Section 13b-211. - Scheduling and connecting information. - Each railroad which receives a subsidy in any amount from...
Section 13b-212. (Formerly Sec. 16-61). - Regulating connections. Penalty. - Section 13b-212 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-212a. - Commissioner to develop contingency plan for disruption of rail passenger service on New Haven line. Commissioner to designate motor bus service as part of contingency plan. Report. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall develop a contingency plan...
Section 13b-212b. - Connecticut Commuter Rail Council. - (a) There is established a Connecticut Commuter Rail Council which...
Section 13b-212c. - Powers and duties. - The Connecticut Commuter Rail Council shall study and investigate all...
Section 13b-212d. - Agreement re voting representation for state on Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Metro-North Commuter Railroad. Reporting requirements. - (a) The Governor may enter into an agreement with the...
Section 13b-212e. - Automated renewal of monthly student passes. - On or before December 1, 2012, the Department of Transportation...
Section 13b-213. (Formerly Sec. 16-62). - Roads intersecting trunk line to have equal facilities. - When the trunk line of any railroad company, at or...
Section 13b-214. (Formerly Sec. 16-63). - Aggrieved company may apply to Commissioner of Transportation. - If any such competing company at any time deems itself...
Section 13b-215 to 13b-220. (Formerly Secs. 16-64 to 16-69). - Order as to connections; penalty. Facilities for connecting roads; penalty. Through routes or transportation. Condemnation of corporate stock. Stockholder may begin proceedings. Freight c... - Sections 13b-215 to 13b-220, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 13b-221. (Formerly Sec. 16-70). - Deposit of snow or ice on state highways. - No public service company having a track in, over, above,...
Section 13b-222. (Formerly Sec. 16-71). - Payment of fare not to be evaded. - No person shall fraudulently evade or attempt to evade the...
Section 13b-223. (Formerly Sec. 16-73). - Recovery of forfeitures to state. - All forfeitures, not otherwise provided for, accruing to the state...
Section 13b-224. (Formerly Sec. 16-74). - General penalty. - Section 13b-224 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-225. (Formerly Sec. 16-75). - Record of acquisition, consolidation or merger of railroad or railway companies. - Whenever any railroad or railway company, pursuant to any authority...
Section 13b-226. (Formerly Sec. 16-75a). - Declaration of policy. - It is hereby declared that the improvement of railroads transporting...
Section 13b-227. (Formerly Sec. 16-75b). - Railroad preservation and improvement projects. - (a) On or before November first of each year, railroads...
Section 13b-228. (Formerly Sec. 16-75c). - Tax exemption projects. - To effectuate the policy of the state declared in section...
Section 13b-229. (Formerly Sec. 16-75d). - Modification of tax exemption projects. - From time to time during the calendar year following the...
Section 13b-230. (Formerly Sec. 16-75e). - Inspection for compliance. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall make periodic inspections to determine...
Section 13b-231. (Formerly Sec. 16-75f). - Powers of Commissioner of Transportation. - For the purpose of establishing tax exemption projects and determining...
Section 13b-232. (Formerly Sec. 16-75g). - Certification of eligibility. - On or before March 1, 1980, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 13b-233. (Formerly Sec. 16-75h). - Report of commissioner. - On or before March 1, 1980, and annually, thereafter, the...
Section 13b-234. (Formerly Sec. 16-75i). - Rights and benefits of on-train employees on acquisition of railroad. - When the facilities of a railroad are acquired, and operation...
Section 13b-235. - Enforcement of statutory provisions and orders of commissioner. - On application of the Commissioner of Transportation or of the...
Section 13b-236. - Bond issue for grants for commercial rail freight lines. - (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this...
Section 13b-237. - Procedure for disposal of surplus rail material. - (a)(1) The Commissioner of Transportation shall not, directly or indirectly,...
Chapter 245a - Railroad Construction and Location
Section 13b-244. (Formerly Sec. 16-76). - Powers. - Each railroad company may hold such real estate as may...
Section 13b-245. (Formerly Sec. 16-77). - Right to take land limited; land of infants and others. - No land shall be taken without the consent of its...
Section 13b-246. (Formerly Sec. 16-78). - Notice concerning layout and real estate. - Before the Commissioner of Transportation approves the layout of any...
Section 13b-247. (Formerly Sec. 16-79). - Approval for taking of land. - Section 13b-247 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-248. (Formerly Sec. 16-80). - Alteration of location. - Each company, after its line of road has been located,...
Section 13b-249. (Formerly Sec. 16-81). - Alteration of grades. - Each company, after its line of road has been located,...
Section 13b-250. (Formerly Sec. 16-82). - Land for additional tracks. - Any company may so alter the location of its road...
Section 13b-251. (Formerly Sec. 16-82a). - Overhead clearances for railroad tracks. Approval by legislature. - (a) The minimum overhead clearance for any structure crossing over...
Section 13b-252. (Formerly Sec. 16-82b). - Structures exempted from overhead clearance requirement. - The provisions of section 13b-251 shall not apply to any...
Section 13b-253. (Formerly Sec. 16-83). - Land cut off from access to highway. - When any company takes land for railroad purposes and the...
Section 13b-254. (Formerly Sec. 16-84). - Layout through cemetery. - No company shall lay out or locate its road, or...
Section 13b-255 to 13b-259. (Formerly Secs. 16-85 to 16-89). - Land for electrification of railroad. Procedure for appraisal of land taken. Land in highway or private way. Abandonment of road; damages. Owner may require description of land. - Sections 13b-255 to 13b-259, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 13b-260. (Formerly Sec. 16-90). - Plan of road to be deposited with town clerk. - Within ninety days after the railroad of any company has...
Section 13b-261. (Formerly Sec. 16-91). - Statement of location filed with secretary. - Each company shall, within six months after the final location...
Section 13b-262. (Formerly Sec. 16-92). - Security from contractors for labor; liability of company. - Each company, in making contracts for the building of its...
Section 13b-263. (Formerly Sec. 16-93). - Crossing of one railroad by another. - Any company may, in the construction of its railroad, cross...
Section 13b-264. (Formerly Sec. 16-94). - Branch lines. - Any company may build branches from its main line or...
Section 13b-265. (Formerly Sec. 16-95). - Crossing highway or watercourse. - When it is necessary for the construction of a railroad...
Section 13b-266. (Formerly Sec. 16-96). - Land for change of highway. - Section 13b-266 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-267. (Formerly Sec. 16-97). - Construction over highway at grade restricted. - Each company which locates and constructs a railroad across any...
Section 13b-268. (Formerly Sec. 16-98). - Construction of new highway across railroad. Construction of railroad crossing at grade. - (a) When a new highway is constructed across a railroad,...
Section 13b-269. (Formerly Sec. 16-99). - Bridge over railroad. - When a highway is laid out or ordered to be...
Section 13b-270. (Formerly Sec. 16-100). - Removal of grade crossings. - The selectmen of any town, the mayor and common council...
Section 13b-271. (Formerly Sec. 16-100a). - Temporary grade crossings. - The Commissioner of Transportation, on the application in writing of...
Section 13b-272. (Formerly Sec. 16-100b). - Relocation of grade crossing. - Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner...
Section 13b-273. (Formerly Sec. 16-101). - Elimination of grade crossings by removing railroad. - Any railroad company may bring its petition in writing to...
Section 13b-274. (Formerly Sec. 16-102). - Commissioner of Transportation may order removal of crossings. Land to be taken limited. - The Commissioner of Transportation may, in the absence of any...
Section 13b-275. (Formerly Sec. 16-103). - Petition for elimination of dangerous condition at crossings. Hearing. - Any public service company or companies whose tracks cross over,...
Section 13b-276. (Formerly Sec. 16-104). - Elimination of dangerous condition. - The Commissioner of Transportation, if he finds that a dangerous...
Section 13b-277. (Formerly Sec. 16-105). - Appeal. - Any public service company or municipality may appeal from any...
Section 13b-278. (Formerly Sec. 16-106). - Not to affect other provisions concerning removal of grade crossings. - The provisions of sections 13b-275, 13b-276 and 13b-277 shall not...
Section 13b-279. (Formerly Sec. 16-107). - Highway crossed by more than one railroad. - When the Commissioner of Transportation, upon an application brought under...
Section 13b-280. (Formerly Sec. 16-108). - Assessment of damages. - If the party by whom such changes in the highway...
Section 13b-281. (Formerly Sec. 16-109). - Obstruction of view adjoining grade crossing. - If the view of that portion of the tracks of...
Section 13b-282. (Formerly Sec. 16-110). - Change in location of highways crossed by a railroad. - When any highway passes over or under a railroad, if...
Section 13b-283. (Formerly Sec. 16-111). - Repair of structures over or under railroad tracks. Apportionment of costs of repair or replacement. Elimination of highway-railroad grade crossings. Acquisition of land or rights to land. Order to utility r... - (a) Railroad companies shall keep in repair all structures under...
Section 13b-284. (Formerly Sec. 16-112). - Reimbursement of towns and cities. - The amount assessed by any order of the Commissioner of...
Section 13b-285. (Formerly Sec. 16-113). - Change of highway near railroad; petitions by municipality. - When a railroad has been laid out, located or constructed...
Section 13b-286. (Formerly Sec. 16-114). - Change of highway; petition by railroad. - Section 13b-286 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-287. (Formerly Sec. 16-115). - Land may be taken for changed location of highway. - Whenever the Commissioner of Transportation orders a change in the...
Section 13b-288. (Formerly Sec. 16-116). - Statutes made part of charters. - The provisions of sections 13b-248, 13b-249, 13b-250, 13b-253, 13b-263, 13b-265,...
Section 13b-289. (Formerly Sec. 16-117). - Easements and private crossings may be condemned. - The owner of any private crossing at grade of the...
Section 13b-290. (Formerly Sec. 16-118). - Highway crossing discontinued. - When the use of a highway crossing over a railroad...
Section 13b-291. (Formerly Sec. 16-119). - Private crossing to be restored. - When a private crossing has been removed by a railroad...
Section 13b-292. (Formerly Sec. 16-119a). - Private crossings; protection requirements. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “private crossing” means...
Section 13b-292a. - Private rail crossing providing highway access to single-family dwellings. Owner responsibilities. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any decision...
Section 13b-293. (Formerly Sec. 16-120). - Maintenance of changed highway. - When the Commissioner of Transportation, in accepting the layout of...
Section 13b-294. (Formerly Sec. 16-121). - Guards for rails at crossings. - When any railroad is crossed by a highway at the...
Section 13b-295. (Formerly Sec. 16-122). - Overhead bridge guards. Penalty. - Each railroad company shall, if required by the Commissioner of...
Section 13b-296. (Formerly Sec. 16-123). - Guard rails on bridges. Penalty. - When the Commissioner of Transportation deems it necessary for the...
Section 13b-297. (Formerly Sec. 16-124). - Footways on railroad bridges. - When, in the opinion of the selectmen of any town...
Section 13b-298. (Formerly Sec. 16-125). - Cattle guards. - Each railroad company shall construct suitable cattle guards and fences...
Section 13b-299. (Formerly Sec. 16-126). - Fences. - Each company shall erect and maintain fences, on the sides...
Section 13b-300. (Formerly Sec. 16-127). - Order for fencing. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall make a special investigation as...
Section 13b-301. (Formerly Sec. 16-128). - Penalty. Damage. - If any railroad company neglects to comply with any such...
Section 13b-302. (Formerly Sec. 16-129). - When adjoining owner neglects duty to erect or maintain fence. - When it is the duty of the owner of land...
Section 13b-303. (Formerly Sec. 16-130). - Fences affected by contract. - When by contract neither the owner of such land nor...
Section 13b-304. (Formerly Sec. 16-131). - Roads operated by trustees. - When any railroad is operated by a trustee or receiver,...
Section 13b-305. (Formerly Sec. 16-132). - Complaint by state's attorney for neglect of highway. - Section 13b-305 is repealed, effective October 1, 2019. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-306. (Formerly Sec. 16-133). - Property needed for changing road or bridge. - Section 13b-306 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-307. (Formerly Sec. 16-134). - Change of location of canals or watercourses. - Section 13b-307 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-308. (Formerly Sec. 16-135). - Commercial sidetracks or branch line tracks at grade. - The Commissioner of Transportation, on the application in writing of...
Section 13b-309. (Formerly Sec. 16-136). - Abandonment of station. - No company shall abandon any station on its railroad, after...
Section 13b-310. (Formerly Sec. 16-137). - Change of station when line is moved. - Whenever any company changes the location of the track of...
Section 13b-311. (Formerly Sec. 16-138). - Rebuilding or repairing of station. - Whenever any freight or passenger station on any railroad is...
Section 13b-312. - Owner of station to comply with structural guidelines and standards. - Any person, firm or corporation owning a railroad station in...
Section 13b-313. (Formerly Sec. 16-139). - Petition to stop trains. - Section 13b-313 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-314. (Formerly Sec. 16-139a). - Maintenance of station by municipality. - Any town, city or borough may, by ordinance, provide for...
Section 13b-315. - Enforcement of statutory provisions and orders of commissioner. - On application of the Commissioner of Transportation or of the...
Chapter 245b - Railroad Operations
Section 13b-324. (Formerly Sec. 16-140). - Compliance with orders re operation of trains. Accident notification requirements. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall investigate the operating and...
Section 13b-325. (Formerly Sec. 16-141). - Operation of motor buses. - Any railroad company operating a railroad in the state may...
Section 13b-326 to 13b-328. (Formerly Secs. 16-142 to 16-144). - Operation: Of gasoline cars; by electricity; of aircraft. - Sections 13b-326 to 13b-328, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 13b-329. (Formerly Sec. 16-145). - Audible signals; distance from grade crossing when sounding is to commence; maximum decibel level regulations. - (a) Each engine used upon a railroad shall be supplied...
Section 13b-330. (Formerly Sec. 16-146). - Warning device on gasoline motor car. - Any railroad company operating a gasoline motor car upon its...
Section 13b-331. (Formerly Sec. 16-147). - Engineers to have copies of law and be sworn. - No company shall permit any person to drive an engine...
Section 13b-332. (Formerly Sec. 16-148). - Assistant engineer or fireman may signal. - Each engineer in charge of an engine may direct and...
Section 13b-333. (Formerly Sec. 16-149). - Signal at crossing not at grade. - Section 13b-333 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-334. (Formerly Sec. 16-150). - Commissioner of Transportation may regulate signals. - When the selectmen of any town, the mayor and common...
Section 13b-335. (Formerly Sec. 16-151). - Change of signals. - Section 13b-335 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-336. (Formerly Sec. 16-152). - Lights on track motor cars. - Each person, firm or corporation operating or controlling any railroad...
Section 13b-337. (Formerly Sec. 16-153). - Windshields and tops on track motor cars. - (a) Each person, firm or corporation operating or controlling any...
Section 13b-338. (Formerly Sec. 16-154). - Obstruction of streets by railroad cars. - No railroad corporation or receiver or assignee thereof, or its...
Section 13b-339. (Formerly Sec. 16-155). - Obstruction of highway at crossing. - Any person traveling upon any public highway, which is crossed...
Section 13b-340. (Formerly Sec. 16-156). - Use of highway for switching. - The Commissioner of Transportation may forbid any railroad company to...
Section 13b-341. (Formerly Sec. 16-157). - Use for switching regulated on petition. - The Commissioner of Transportation, when requested in writing by the...
Section 13b-342. (Formerly Sec. 16-158). - General orders regarding crossings. Forfeiture. - The Commissioner of Transportation may make orders for the regulation...
Section 13b-343. (Formerly Sec. 16-159). - Gates, flagmen and signals at grade crossings. Forfeiture. Notice and hearing re reactivation of railroad line. - The Commissioner of Transportation, when requested in writing by the...
Section 13b-344. (Formerly Sec. 16-160). - Signs at grade crossings. Notification of locations of railroad crossings. Local police or firemen to direct traffic at crossings with malfunctioning gates or signals. - (a) Each town, city or borough shall place, inspect and...
Section 13b-344a. - Person not to cross tracks when warned by signal, gates, flagmen or law enforcement officer of approach of railroad locomotive or equipment on tracks. - No person shall cross railroad tracks at a designated railroad...
Section 13b-345. (Formerly Sec. 16-161). - Duties of commissioner re grade crossings. Traffic control devices and measures. Signs. Log, investigation and repair of malfunctioning crossing gates or signals. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall investigate conditions surrounding all...
Section 13b-345a. - Towns authorized to petition the department to install a mandatory stop on any municipal or state highway approaching a crossing at grade. - Any town, city or borough may petition the Department of...
Section 13b-345b. - Regulations to ensure safe maintenance, inspection and testing of signal systems and devices at railroad crossings. - Section 13b-345b is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 90-329,...
Section 13b-346. (Formerly Sec. 16-162). - Penalty. - Section 13b-346 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-347. (Formerly Sec. 16-163). - Warnings at grade crossings. - Section 13b-347 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-348. (Formerly Sec. 16-164). - Speed of trains in cities and boroughs. - The power to regulate the speed of railroad trains within...
Section 13b-349. (Formerly Sec. 16-165). - Cars at rear of locomotive. - No railroad company shall operate any regularly scheduled train for...
Section 13b-350. (Formerly Sec. 16-166). - Standard time. - Section 13b-350 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-351. (Formerly Sec. 16-167). - Approach to station. Forfeiture. - Each railroad company shall maintain a convenient and safe approach...
Section 13b-352. (Formerly Sec. 16-168). - Platforms; hand cars; water; baggage checks; stations posted. - Section 13b-352 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-353. (Formerly Sec. 16-169). - Water closets at stations. - Each company operating a railroad shall maintain at each regular...
Section 13b-354. (Formerly Sec. 16-169a). - Maintenance of station and working yard areas. - As used in this section “working yard area” means the...
Section 13b-354a. - Maintenance of margins alongside tracks and rights-of-way. Filing complaint by railroad labor representative. Regulations. - (a) Every railroad shall maintain and keep clear of debris...
Section 13b-354b. - Maintenance of way crews or employees working in area of double or multiple railroad tracks. - Whenever maintenance of way crews or employees are working in...
Section 13b-355. (Formerly Sec. 16-170). - Bulletin of late trains. Forfeiture. - The Commissioner of Transportation, whenever requested by twenty electors residing...
Section 13b-356 to 13b-359. (Formerly Secs. 16-171 to 16-174). - Transportation of explosives; forfeiture. Charge for storage; forfeiture. Lien for transportation charges. Receipt; forfeiture. - Sections 13b-356 to 13b-359, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 13b-360. (Formerly Sec. 16-175). - Fire caused by engine; insurable interest. - When property is injured by fire communicated by an engine...
Section 13b-361. (Formerly Sec. 16-176). - Notice of claim. - No action shall be brought under section 13b-360 unless written...
Section 13b-362. (Formerly Sec. 16-177). - Fire communicated by railway engine. - In an action to recover for any injury occasioned by...
Section 13b-363 and 13b-364. (Formerly Secs. 16-178 and 16-179). - Clearing land adjacent to railroad right-of-way. Land damages not affected by fire risk. - Sections 13b-363 and 13b-364 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002....
Section 13b-365. (Formerly Sec. 16-180). - Certain employees to wear badges. - All the conductors, brakemen and baggagemen employed upon the passenger...
Section 13b-366 to 13b-374. (Formerly Secs. 16-182 to 16-190). - Trains to stop before crossing drawbridge or railroad. Interference with navigation. Drawbridges. Passing switches, stations and crossings without stopping; forfeiture. Platforms for sh... - Sections 13b-366 to 13b-374, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 13b-375. - Enforcement of statutory provisions and orders of commissioner. - On application of the Commissioner of Transportation or of the...
Section 13b-376. - Operation lifesaver program. Operation Lifesaver Committee. Grants. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall establish and operate an...
Chapter 245c - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire
Section 13b-387. (Formerly Sec. 16-281). - Definitions. - The following terms shall have the meanings herein specified, when...
Section 13b-387a. - Transfer of powers and duties. - In accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, all functions,...
Section 13b-388. (Formerly Sec. 16-282). - Exceptions. - There shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter...
Section 13b-389. (Formerly Sec. 16-283). - Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Penalty. Amounts remitted to municipality. - (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle in the...
Section 13b-390. (Formerly Sec. 16-284). - Hearing on application for certificate. - Section 13b-390 is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 13b-391. (Formerly Sec. 16-285). - Issuance of certificates. - The Commissioner of Transportation may issue to the applicant a...
Section 13b-392. (Formerly Sec. 16-286). - Considerations for granting certificate. - In determining whether or not such a certificate shall be...
Section 13b-393. (Formerly Sec. 16-287). - Schedule of rates to be filed by household goods carriers. Maximum and minimum rates. - (a) Maximum and minimum rates. Each household goods carrier required...
Section 13b-394. (Formerly Sec. 16-288). - Discrimination prohibited. - No household goods carrier shall charge, demand, exact, receive or...
Section 13b-395. (Formerly Sec. 16-289). - Change in rates. - Rates and charges filed with the Commissioner of Transportation by...
Section 13b-396. (Formerly Sec. 16-290). - Bills of lading. - Each household goods carrier subject to the provisions of this...
Section 13b-396a. - Printed advertisements required to state certificate number and federal permit or registration number. - A printed advertisement concerning a household goods carrier shall conspicuously...
Section 13b-397. (Formerly Sec. 16-291). - Motor contract carriers; declaration of policy. - It is declared that the business of motor contract carriers...
Section 13b-398. (Formerly Sec. 16-292). - Permit for motor contract carrier. - No motor contract carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for...
Section 13b-399. (Formerly Sec. 16-293). - Hearing on application for permit. - Upon the filing of an application for a permit and...
Section 13b-400. (Formerly Sec. 16-294). - Issuance of permit. - Such a permit shall be issued to any applicant if...
Section 13b-401. (Formerly Sec. 16-295). - Terms and conditions of permit. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall specify in the permit the...
Section 13b-402. (Formerly Sec. 16-296). - Motor contract carrier rates. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation, of his own motion, may,...
Section 13b-403. (Formerly Sec. 16-297). - When motor contract carrier presumed to be household goods carrier. - Any person holding a permit to operate as a motor...
Section 13b-404, 13b-404a and 13b-405. (Formerly Secs. 16-298, 16-298a a - Interstate carrier; permit; identification stamps; cab cards. Interstate carriers exempt from Interstate Commerce Commission regulation; registration. Application for certific... - Sections 13b-404, 13b-404a and 13b-405 are repealed, effective June 29,...
Section 13b-406. (Formerly Sec. 16-300). - Transfer of certificate or permit. - Any certificate or permit may be assigned and transferred by...
Section 13b-407. (Formerly Sec. 16-301). - Revocation of certificate or permit. Hearing. Notice. - The Commissioner of Transportation may revoke or suspend any certificate...
Section 13b-408. (Formerly Sec. 16-302). - Certificate or permit effective until revoked or suspended. - Any certificate or permit shall remain in effect until revoked...
Section 13b-409. (Formerly Sec. 16-303). - Both certificate and permit not to be held. - No person shall hold at the same time a certificate...
Section 13b-410. (Formerly Sec. 16-304). - Jurisdiction of commissioner. Penalties. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to prescribe and...
Section 13b-410a. - Interstate motor carriers regulated by federal unified carrier registration system. Annual filing fees. - (a) On and after the date on which the Secretary...
Section 13b-410b. - Regulations re payment of annual fees for filing proof of insurance by motor carriers for hire exempt from federal regulation. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations in accordance...
Section 13b-410c. - Intrastate household goods carrier certificate. Intrastate motor contract carrier permit. Application. Fee. Regulations re annual fee for filing proof of insurance. - (a) Each application for an intrastate household goods carrier certificate...
Section 13b-411. (Formerly Sec. 16-305). - Certain rates exempt. - Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rates charged, minimum...
Section 13b-412. (Formerly Sec. 16-306). - Illegal reduction of rate. - (a) Any carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter...
Section 13b-413. (Formerly Sec. 16-307). - Appeal. - Any person aggrieved by any order, authorization or decision of...
Section 13b-414. (Formerly Sec. 16-308). - Penalties. Procedure. - (a) Any person, including a carrier, shipper, consignee or broker...
Section 13b-415. - Motor carrier obligation re operator's skills, capability and fitness. - No motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR 350.105 or...