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CT Gen Stat § 13b-204. (Formerly Sec. 16-55) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-204. (Formerly Sec. 16-55) - General duties as to railroads.

 The Commissioner of Transportation may at any time, and on the complaint in writing of five of the stockholders or creditors of any railroad company assigning sufficient reason shall, examine the railroad of such company and all its appurtenances, engines and cars, and its bylaws and rules; and, in such examination, shall pass over the road at a rate not exceeding six miles an hour, shall stop at each culvert, bridge and piling and examine the same, and shall examine the rails and ties in each mile, after notifying the company in writing of the time of such examination. He shall notify the company to make all repairs required within a time limited; shall make such rules as to platforms and outbuildings at stations as are for the public interest; may prescribe the time during which any ticket office shall be open for the sale of tickets, and no company neglecting to comply with such order shall receive more than the regular ticket price for fare; shall make necessary orders for compelling companies to furnish comfortable seats for passengers and for regulating the manner in which companies shall manage their engines and cars at highway crossings; shall direct that suitable warning boards be put up at dangerous crossings; may require companies to maintain a gate across a highway at any crossing and to provide an agent to open or close the same; shall, when two roads meet or intersect, at the request of the directors of the company owning either, prescribe rules relative to the exchange of passengers and baggage; and may cause any portion of the statutes relating to railroads to be posted as they may direct.(1949 Rev., S. 5445; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 90; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 587, 610.)History: 1971 act deleted provision that printed copies of Sec. 53-100 be kept posted at all railroad stations; P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “commission”, i.e. public utilities commission, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority”, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-55 transferred to Sec. 13b-204.See Secs. 13b-344 and 13b-345 re respective duties of towns, railroad companies and Transportation Commissioner with respect to grade crossings.Annotation to former section 16-55:Cited. 122 C. 293.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-204a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-204a - Crossings at grade. Attendance by commissioner at public hearing.

 The Commissioner of Transportation, or the commissioner's designee, shall attend a public hearing concerning the safety and condition of a railroad crossing at grade, upon receipt by the commissioner of a petition that requests the commissioner to attend such hearing and is signed by twenty-five or more electors of the municipality in which such crossing is located.(P.A. 11-256, S. 16.)History: P.A. 11-256 effective July 13, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-205. (Formerly Sec. 16-56) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-205. (Formerly Sec. 16-56) - Taking land in discontinued highways.

 When any highway, or portion thereof, in which are located tracks of any railroad is lawfully discontinued, the company owning or operating such railroad shall have the right, with the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation, to take land for its railroad within the limits of such highway or part thereof discontinued.(1949 Rev., S. 5446; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 00-148, S. 39; P.A. 01-105, S. 11.)History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “commission”, i.e. public utilities commission, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority”, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-56 transferred to Sec. 13b-205; (Revisor's note: P.A. 00-148 repealed Secs. 13b-247, 13b-255 to 13b-259, inclusive, 13b-266 and 13b-306 and, in so doing, specifically required the Revisors to delete references to said repealed sections in certain sections of the general statutes, including this section; the Revisors were unable to delete a reference to Sec. 13b-256 from this section without making unauthorized substantive changes to the statute); P.A. 01-105 made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-208. (Formerly Sec. 16-59) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-208. (Formerly Sec. 16-59) - Record of conveyance or lease.

 All conveyances by any railroad company or its assigns of any interest in the location of its railroad, to be used or enjoyed for railroad purposes, may, and if in the nature of a lease for more than one year shall, be filed for record by the grantee or lessee in the office of the Secretary of the State. Certificates of the assignment, release or foreclosure of any interest or lien in or upon the location of any railroad, acquired under any such conveyance, as is specified in this section, or by virtue of the general laws of the state, may be filed for record in like manner and with like effect.(1949 Rev., S. 5449.)History: In 1981 Sec. 16-59 transferred to Sec. 13b-208.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-211 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-211 - Scheduling and connecting information.

 Each railroad which receives a subsidy in any amount from the state of Connecticut and picks up or discharges passengers within the state of Connecticut shall provide complete scheduling and connecting information to each individual who requests information concerning passenger rail service. Such information shall provide an individual with the knowledge to enable such individual to travel by rail between any point in Connecticut served by a passenger-carrying railroad and any other point which is served by a passenger-carrying railroad.(P.A. 79-291.)
CT Gen Stat § 13b-212. (Formerly Sec. 16-61) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-212. (Formerly Sec. 16-61) - Regulating connections. Penalty.

 Section 13b-212 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1949 Rev., S. 5451; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 210; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 561, 571, 610; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 13b-212a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|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 for any disruption of rail passenger service on the New Haven line including the New Canaan, Waterbury and Danbury branches due to a strike, equipment failure, malfunction of the Cos Cob generating plant or any other event that would require passengers to seek alternative transportation, and submit the plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on or before January 15, 1986. The commissioner shall regularly review the contingency plan and shall regularly consult with town and municipal officials and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation concerning the contingency plan. The contingency plan shall include specific provisions concerning weekend rail service, service on the New Haven line and the New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury branches, service for commuters traveling to New Haven in the morning and to New York in the evening and service to areas between New Haven and New York. The commissioner may revise the contingency plan whenever he or she deems it necessary.(b) The Commissioner of Transportation shall designate one or more persons, associations or corporations engaged in the operation of motor bus services in accordance with the provisions of chapter 244 to provide transportation services to rail passengers during any disruption of rail service on the New Haven line, or any branch of such line. The commissioner shall specify the name and address of any such person, association or corporation in a revised contingency plan developed in accordance with the provisions of this section. The commissioner shall submit such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on or before January 15, 1987.(P.A. 85-200; P.A. 86-74; P.A. 13-277, S. 71; 13-299, S. 13; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 112.)History: P.A. 86-74 added Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner of transportation to designate motor bus services to provide transportation in case of disruption of rail service; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsec. (a) to restore reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2013; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-212c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-212c - Powers and duties.

 The Connecticut Commuter Rail Council shall study and investigate all aspects of the daily operation of commuter rail lines in the state, monitor their performance and recommend changes to improve the efficiency and the quality of service of the operation of such lines. The council may request and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, public authority of the state or any political subdivision thereof such assistance and data as it requests and will enable it to properly carry out its activities for the purposes set forth in this section. The council shall also work with the Department of Transportation to advocate for customers of all commuter lines in the state and shall make recommendations for improvements to such lines. The council shall report its findings and recommendations annually on or before January fifteenth, to the Governor, the Commissioner of Transportation, the General Assembly, the Metro North Rail Commuter Council located in New York and the management advisory board of the office of the inspector general of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority located in New York.(P.A. 85-329, S. 2, 3; P.A. 13-277, S. 72; 13-299, S. 15; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 113.)History: P.A. 13-277 restored reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-299 replaced “Metro North New Haven Rail Commuter Council” with “Connecticut Commuter Rail Council”, required council to study all commuter rail lines in state, rather than the New Haven commuter railroad line, made technical changes, added requirement for council to work with Department of Transportation and make recommendations, and deleted reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2013; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 deleted reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-212d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|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 state of New York that provides voting representation for the state of Connecticut on the boards of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad and their respective successors, if any.(b) Not later than January 1, 2005, the Commissioner of Transportation shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning (1) the status of the state's efforts to obtain voting representation on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the board of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad and their successors, if any, (2) the status of the recommendations made in the report on the Metro-North operating agreement mandated by section 13b-38g and section 2 of public act 00-129*, and (3) any other actions with respect to the operating agreement which the commissioner believes are necessary, proper and appropriate to (A) improve commuter rail service on the Metro North-New Haven Line, and (B) protect the financial interests of the state.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 12.)*Note: Section 2 of public act 00-129 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 effective August 20, 2003.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-212e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-212e - Automated renewal of monthly student passes.

 On or before December 1, 2012, the Department of Transportation shall, in consultation with Metro North Railroad, provide automated renewal of monthly student passes.(P.A. 12-132, S. 50.)History: P.A. 12-132 effective June 15, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-213. (Formerly Sec. 16-62) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|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 near the same place, connects with or is intersected by two or more other railroads, which are competing lines for the business to or from such trunk line, the company operating such trunk line shall afford equal facilities, including price and rates, to each of such competing roads, in the interchange of cars, the transportation of freight, the furnishing of tickets to passengers and the checking of baggage.(1949 Rev., S. 5452.)History: In 1981 Sec. 16-62 transferred to Sec. 13b-213.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-214. (Formerly Sec. 16-63) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|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 aggrieved in reference to such facilities, it may complain to the Commissioner of Transportation, who, after notice and hearing, shall prescribe such regulations as, in his judgment, will secure reasonable facilities for the accommodation of the business of each of such connecting railroads, and fix the terms on which such facilities shall be afforded by or to each of such companies; and the Superior Court may compel the observance thereof, by attachment, mandamus or otherwise, and the expenses of the proceedings shall be paid by the parties as the court determines.(1949 Rev., S. 5453; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610.)History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “commission”, i.e. public utilities commission, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority”, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-63 transferred to Sec. 13b-214.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-221. (Formerly Sec. 16-70) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|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, under, parallel to or adjacent to any state highway shall, in the removal of snow or ice from so much of the right-of-way of any such company as is occupied by tracks, deposit upon the paved, metal or hardened section of such highway, or within twelve feet thereof, any snow or ice without the written permission of the Commissioner of Transportation, which permission shall state the manner in which such snow or ice shall be removed and may be revoked by the Commissioner of Transportation upon fifteen days' written notice. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars and shall reimburse the state for any expense incurred in the removal of such snow or ice from any such highway, plus fifteen per cent of such expense.(1949 Rev., S. 5460; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 212.)History: 1969 act substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “highway commissioner”; in 1981 Sec. 16-70 transferred to Sec. 13b-221.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-222. (Formerly Sec. 16-71) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-222. (Formerly Sec. 16-71) - Payment of fare not to be evaded.

 No person shall fraudulently evade or attempt to evade the payment of any fare lawfully established by a railroad company. No person who does not, upon demand, pay such fare, shall be entitled to be transported over any railroad; but conductors or employees of railroad companies shall not put a passenger off a train between stations.(1949 Rev., S. 5461.)History: In 1981 Sec. 16-71 transferred to Sec. 13b-222.Annotations to former section 16-71:Company upheld in removing passenger for refusing to pay amount greater than cost of ticket, though ticket could not be obtained. 24 C. 249. Conductor may remove passenger who refuses to pay. 28 C. 89. Passenger is entitled to reasonable time to find misplaced ticket. 38 C. 559.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-223. (Formerly Sec. 16-73) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-223. (Formerly Sec. 16-73) - Recovery of forfeitures to state.

 All forfeitures, not otherwise provided for, accruing to the state from any railroad company by reason of its neglect or refusal to comply with the orders of the Commissioner of Transportation, shall be recovered by the State Treasurer in an action upon the respective statutes providing for such forfeitures.(1949 Rev., S. 5463; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610.)History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “commission”, i.e. public utilities commission, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority”, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-73 transferred to Sec. 13b-223.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-224. (Formerly Sec. 16-74) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-224. (Formerly Sec. 16-74) - General penalty.

 Section 13b-224 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1949 Rev., S. 5464; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
CT Gen Stat § 13b-225. (Formerly Sec. 16-75) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|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 contained in its charter, has acquired any of the franchises of any other corporation or consolidated or merged with or in any other corporation, such railroad or railway company shall, upon consummation of such acquisition, consolidation or merger, file with the Secretary of the State a certificate, signed and sworn to by its president or its secretary, setting forth the fact of such acquisition, consolidation or merger and, in case of consolidation or merger, the name of the consolidated or merged corporation.(1949 Rev., S. 5435.)History: In 1981 Sec. 16-75 transferred to Sec. 13b-225.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-226. (Formerly Sec. 16-75a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-226. (Formerly Sec. 16-75a) - Declaration of policy.

 It is hereby declared that the improvement of railroads transporting freight or passengers within this state or between this state and other states is a public purpose in furtherance whereof the tax exemptions provided in sections 12-251 and 13b-226 to 13b-233, inclusive, may properly be granted, such exemptions to continue, however, only as long as they result in the preservation of service, or the increase thereof over present levels, or the rehabilitation and improvement of the plant and equipment used by railroad companies providing freight or passenger transportation service within this state or between this state and other states.(1961, P.A. 11, S. 1; P.A. 78-291, S. 3, 16; P.A. 85-518, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 197.)History: P.A. 78-291 referred to transportation of freight “or” passengers rather than to transportation of freight “and” passengers; in 1981 Sec. 16-75a transferred to Sec. 13b-226; P.A. 85-518 made technical changes; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006.
CT Gen Stat § 13b-228. (Formerly Sec. 16-75c) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13b - Transportation|Chapter 245 - Railroads and Railways|Section 13b-228. (Formerly Sec. 16-75c) - Tax exemption projects.

 To effectuate the policy of the state declared in section 13b-226, such tax exemption projects shall specify for each such railroad those measures which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary in the public interest for the railroad to carry out during the calendar year following the date of issuance. Subject to the requirements of any applicable law or order of any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over such railroad, such tax exemption projects shall include one or more of the following:(a) Railroad track or railroad facility improvement projects in this state. Allowable costs shall include design, inspection and construction of projects including, but not limited to, the maintenance, rehabilitation or construction of tracks, bridges, stations, or platforms or the acquisition or rehabilitation of equipment used exclusively in this state.(b) Light density freight line service preservation, in this state, where the revenue and variable cost of such lines create the potential for abandonment. Such preservation means the railroads' assumption of the deficit cost of the operation of such a line and shall be defined as one hundred ten per cent of the variable cost to provide service, minus the revenues generated by such a line.(c) Intercity rail passenger service expansion in this state. Such expansion means Amtrak's assumption of the operating deficit directly attributable to the passenger train service which is additional to the service defined in the Amtrak schedule dated October 28, 1984.(1961, P.A. 11, S. 4; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 78-291, S. 6, 7, 16; P.A. 85-518, S. 4.)History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “public utilities commission”, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-291 provided for the measures to be taken as mandatory and included contribution to the state by the railroad of the nonfederal share or any part thereof in any rail service program sponsored by the state, on an interim basis under the authority until January 1, 1979, and thereafter under the cognizance of the commissioner of transportation, effective January 1, 1979, and applicable to tax imposed under chapter 210 on gross earnings in the calendar year ending December 31, 1978, and each calendar year thereafter; in 1981 Sec. 16-75c transferred to Sec. 13b-228; P.A. 85-518 changed standards of service to tax exemption projects, deleted Subdivs. (a) to (f), inclusive, defining standards of service and added new Subdivs. (a) to (c), inclusive, defining tax exemption projects.