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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 - Section 13b-247 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000.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 - Sections 13b-255 to 13b-259, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...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...