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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13a - Highways and Bridges › Chapter 241 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 13a-259. - Permits for filming on highways and property of the Department of Transportation. Liability.

The Commissioner of Transportation, following the presentment of a state film permit by a person pursuant to subsection (c) of section 32-1u, may issue a filming permit, on a form required by the commissioner, to such person seeking to create photographs, moving images, footage and sound recordings for commercial, entertainment or advertising purposes upon any state highway right-of-way or state real property under the custody and control of the Department of Transportation. No liability shall accrue to the state or any agency or employee of the state for any injuries or damages to any person or property that may result, either directly or indirectly, from the filming activities of the permittee on state real property or state highway right-of-way. The commissioner shall develop any such permit in consultation with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.
(P.A. 13-277, S. 4; P.A. 16-200, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 16-200 added “, following the presentment of a state film permit by a person pursuant to subsection (c) of section 32-1u,”, deleted provision re insurance coverage and made a conforming change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13a - Highways and Bridges › Chapter 241 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 13a-261. - Definitions.

For the purposes of this section and sections 13a-262 to 13a-268, inclusive:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Transportation.
(2) “Limited access state highway” means any state highway so designated under the provisions of section 13b-27.
(3) “Owner” means a person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered under the provision of chapter 246 or law of another jurisdiction.
(4) “Personally identifiable information” means information created or maintained by the department or a vendor that identifies or describes an owner and includes, but need not be limited to, the owner's address, telephone number, number plate, photograph, bank account information, credit card number, debit card number or the date, time, location or direction of travel on a limited access highway.
(5) “Vendor” means a person selected by the department (A) to provide services to the department described in sections 13a-262 to 13a-268, inclusive; (B) who operates, maintains, leases or licenses a work zone speed control system; or (C) is authorized to review and assemble the recorded images captured by the work zone speed control system.
(6) “Highway work zone” has the same meaning as provided in section 14-212d.
(7) “Work zone speed control system” means a device having one or more motor vehicle sensors connected to a camera system capable of producing recorded images that indicate the date, time and location of the image of each motor vehicle allegedly operating in violation of the provisions of section 13a-263.
(8) “Work zone speed control system operator” means a person who is trained and certified to operate a work zone speed control system.
(9) “Driver” and “number plate” have the same meanings as provided in section 14-1.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 296.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13a - Highways and Bridges › Chapter 241 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 13a-262. - Pilot program re work zone speed control systems in highway work zone.

(a) The department may establish a pilot program to operate work zone speed control systems in a highway work zone. The pilot program shall provide for such systems at not more than three locations in the state at any one time. A work zone speed control system may be used to record the images of motor vehicles traveling on a limited access highway (1) within a highway work zone, and (2) on which the speed limit, established using generally accepted traffic engineering practices, is forty-five miles per hour or greater. The pilot program shall commence on or before January 1, 2022, and terminate on December 31, 2023.
(b) A work zone speed control system may be used provided (1) such system is operated by a work zone speed control system operator, (2) if, in accordance with the manual of uniform traffic control devices as approved and revised by the Office of State Traffic Administration, at least two conspicuous road signs are placed at a reasonable distance in advance of a highway work zone notifying drivers that a work zone speed control system may be in operation, (3) at least one of the signs described in subdivision (2) of this subsection indicates that the work zone speed control system is operational or is not operational, (4) an appropriate sign is conspicuously placed at the end of a highway work zone with a work zone speed control system that is operational, and (5) a notice identifying the location of a work zone speed control system is available on the Internet web site of the department.
(c) A work zone speed control system shall be used in a manner to only record images of motor vehicles that are exceeding the posted highway work zone speed limit by fifteen miles per hour or more in violation of the provisions of section 13a-263. Any recorded images collected as part of a work zone speed control system shall not be used for any surveillance purpose. The department or work zone speed control system operator shall certify to the Division of State Police when a work zone speed control system is operational.
(d) The Commissioner of Transportation may (1) enter into agreements with vendors for the design, operation or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of work zone speed control systems, and (2) retain and employ consultants and assistants on a contract or other basis for rendering legal, financial, professional, technical or other assistance and advice necessary for the design, operation and maintenance of work zone speed control systems. If a vendor provides, deploys or operates a work zone control system, the vendor's fee may not be contingent on the number of violations issued or fines paid pursuant to the provisions of section 13a-263.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 297.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13a - Highways and Bridges › Chapter 241 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 13a-263. - Exceeding speed limit in highway work zone detected by work zone speed control system. Penalty.

(a) No person operating a motor vehicle shall exceed the posted speed limit by fifteen or more miles per hour, as detected by a work zone speed control system, within a highway work zone where a work zone speed control system is operational.
(b) The owner of a motor vehicle identified by a work zone speed camera control system as violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall, (1) for a first violation, receive a written warning, (2) for a second violation, be fined seventy-five dollars, (3) for a subsequent violation, be fined one hundred fifty dollars. The owner shall be liable for any such fine imposed unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a citation from a law enforcement officer at the time of the violation.
(c) All amounts received in respect to the violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited into the Special Transportation Fund, established pursuant to section 13b-68 and maintained pursuant to article thirty-second of the amendments to the Constitution of the state.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 298.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13a - Highways and Bridges › Chapter 241 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 13a-265. - Information to Department of Transportation and vendor.

The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide the Department of Transportation and any vendor with information regarding the owner of a motor vehicle identified by a work zone speed camera control system as allegedly violating the provisions of section 13a-263. Such information shall include, but need not be limited to, the make and number plate of such motor vehicle and the name and address of the owner of such motor vehicle.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 300.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13a - Highways and Bridges › Chapter 241 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 13a-266. - Motor vehicle registration where penalty for exceeding speed limit in highway work zone detected by work zone speed control system is unpaid.

If an owner does not pay the fine imposed for a violation of section 13a-263 or after being found guilty at a trial for the commission of such violation, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may refuse to register or suspend the registration of the motor vehicle operated at the time of such violation.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 301.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13a - Highways and Bridges › Chapter 241 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 13a-267. - Personally identifiable information.

(a) No personally identifiable information shall be sold or disclosed by the department or a vendor to any person or entity except where the disclosure is made (1) in connection with the charging, collection and enforcement of the fines imposed pursuant to section 13a-263, (2) pursuant to a judicial order, including a search warrant or subpoena, in a criminal proceeding, or (3) to comply with federal or state laws or regulations.
(b) No personally identifiable information shall be stored or retained by the department or a vendor unless such information is necessary for the collection and enforcement of the fines imposed pursuant to section 13a-263.
(c) The department or a vendor may disclose aggregate information and other data gathered from work zone speed control systems that does not directly or indirectly identify an owner or a motor vehicle for research purposes authorized by the Commissioner of Transportation.
(d) Except as otherwise provided by law or in connection with an administrative summons or judicial order, including a search warrant or subpoena, in a criminal proceeding, the department or a vendor shall destroy personally identifiable information and other data that specifically identifies a motor vehicle and relates to a violation of section 13a-263 not later than one year after any fine is imposed or the resolution of a trial conducted for the alleged commission of such violation.
(e) Personally identifiable customer information shall not be deemed a public record, for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 302.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13a - Highways and Bridges › Chapter 241 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 13a-268. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Transportation may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 13a-262 to 13a-267, inclusive, and establish standards and procedures for work zone speed control systems.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 303.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-2. - Definitions.

The following terms, when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Aeronautics”, “air navigation facility”, “airport” and “restricted landing area” have the meanings provided in section 15-34;
(2) “Bureau” means any of the operating bureaus established in the department pursuant to the provisions of section 4-8;
(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation appointed pursuant to this chapter;
(4) “Department” means the Department of Transportation established pursuant to this chapter;
(5) “Highway”, “state highway” and “limited access state highway” have the meanings provided in section 13a-1;
(6) “Motor carrier” means any person who operates motor vehicles over the highways of this state, whether over regular or irregular routes, in the transportation of passengers or property, or any class or classes thereof, for hire by the general public or for hire under special and individual contracts;
(7) “Person” may include the United States, any state, or any agency, instrumentality, department or officer thereof;
(8) “State highway system” has the meaning provided in sections 13a-14 and 13a-15;
(9) “Transportation” means any form of transportation for persons or goods within, to or from the state, whether by highway, air, water, rail or any other means;
(10) “Fare inspector” means an employee of (A) the department designated by the commissioner, or (B) a third-party contractor employed by the department, whose duties are to inspect tickets, passes or other documentation required to show compliance by the passenger with the fare payment requirements of state-owned or controlled bus public transportation service when the fare payment is off board or a combination of off board and on board such bus.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 2; P.A. 75-247, S. 1, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 549, 610; P.A. 03-115, S. 47; P.A. 14-122, S. 103; 14-199, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-247 substituted “public transportation” for “rail and motor carrier services” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-614 deleted recital of bureau names and added reference to Sec. 4-8, (qualifications, duties and powers of department heads), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 03-115 substituted numeric Subdiv. designators for alphabetic Subsec. designators; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subdivs. (1), (5), (8) and (9); P.A. 14-199 added Subdiv. (10) defining “fare inspector”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-3. - Department of Transportation. Appointment of commissioner.

There shall be a Department of Transportation which shall be responsible for all aspects of the planning, development, maintenance and improvement of transportation in the state. The department head shall be the Commissioner of Transportation, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, with the powers and duties therein prescribed.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › 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 nonprofit corporation or association providing transportation services to persons who are elderly or persons with disabilities in this state, certify, to the extent necessary for such corporation or association to apply for and receive federal funds for the purchase and maintenance of buses, vans and radio dispatch equipment under the provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act, that such nonprofit corporation or association is providing transportation services for persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities in this state. Said commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 77-207; 17-202, S. 39.)
History: P.A. 17-202 replaced references to the elderly and handicapped with references to persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities and made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-4b. - Commissioner's duties and responsibilities re railroads.

Wherever the term “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” occurs or is referred to in chapters 245, 245a and 245b relating to the duties and responsibilities of said authority, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Transportation.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 80-483, S. 61, 186; P.A. 11-80, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 80-483 deleted “with the exception of section 16-141”; P.A. 11-80 changed “Public Utilities Control Authority” to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
See chapter 245 re railroads and railways.
See chapter 245a re railroad construction and location.
See chapter 245b re railroad operations.
See Sec. 23-42 et seq. re railroad fire hazards.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › 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, no state agency, other than the Department of Transportation, shall expend funds in support of, or make state property available for use in, any transportation program for persons who are elderly or persons with disabilities unless the Commissioner of Transportation certifies, in writing, that: (1) The commissioner has reviewed and concurs in such expenditure or use; (2) such expenditure or use is consistent with the transportation policies of the state; and (3) such expenditure or use will not result in the unnecessary duplication of service. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any transportation service not available to the general public that is provided by any such program.
(P.A. 85-428, S. 7, 10; P.A. 02-123, S. 3; P.A. 17-202, S. 40.)
History: P.A. 02-123 made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality and exempted from provisions of section any transportation service not available to the general public, effective June 7, 2002; P.A. 17-202 replaced “the elderly or the handicapped” with “persons who are elderly or persons with disabilities”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-4d. - Commissioner's power to declare a state of emergency.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Transportation may declare a state of emergency and may employ, in any manner, such assistance as the commissioner may require to restore any railroad owned by the state or any of its subdivisions or the facilities, equipment or service of such railroad, any transit system or its facilities, equipment or service, or any airport when: (1) A railroad system owned by the state or any of its subdivisions or any of the facilities or equipment of such railroad system is deemed by the commissioner to be in an unsafe condition or when there is an interruption of essential railroad services, whether or not such system or any of its facilities or equipment is physically damaged; (2) a transit facility owned by the state or any of its subdivisions or the equipment of such facility is damaged as a result of a natural disaster or incurs substantial casualty loss which results in what is deemed by the commissioner to be an unsafe condition or when there is an interruption of essential transit services; or (3) an airport owned or operated by the state or any of its subdivisions or the equipment of such airport is damaged as a result of a natural disaster or incurs substantial casualty loss which results in what is deemed by the commissioner to be an unsafe condition or when there is an interruption of essential transit services.
(b) When a privately-owned railroad system, its facility or equipment is damaged as a result of a natural disaster or incurs substantial casualty loss which results in an unsafe condition or the interruption of essential railroad service, the railroad company may request the commissioner to declare a state of emergency, and said commissioner may comply with such request and may provide assistance to such railroad company in any manner the commissioner deems necessary to restore such railroad system, facility, equipment or service.
(c) When the commissioner declares a state of emergency pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall have the right to enter upon and utilize private property to correct the unsafe condition or restore the interruption of essential railroad or transit services. The commissioner shall make a reasonable effort to notify the owner of record of such property prior to entering such property. The owner shall be compensated for the use of such property in the manner prescribed in section 13a-73 for acquiring real property for state highway purposes.
(P.A. 94-188, S. 23, 30; P.A. 07-232, S. 8; P.A. 22-40, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 94-188, Sec. 23, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 07-232 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re declaration of state of emergency with respect to airports, effective July 11, 2007; P.A. 22-40 added Subsec. (c) re right to enter upon and utilize private property to correct or restore essential railroad or transit services and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › 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, S. 5–7, 16, 51; P.A. 75-247, S. 2, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-10. - Employees.

The commissioner may, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, employ such agents, assistants and employees as he deems necessary to carry out his duties and responsibilities. He may retain and employ other consultants and assistants on a contract or other basis for rendering legal, financial, technical or other assistance and advice.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-10a. - Transfer of employees connected with livery service.

The employees formerly assigned duties connected with livery service under chapter 244b shall be transferred from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to the Department of Transportation pursuant to section 4-38d.
(P.A. 80-372, S. 6; 80-482, S. 3, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 80-482 deleted “division of public utility control within the department of business regulation” and substituted “department of public utility control”; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-10b. - Office of Innovative Finance and Project Delivery.

There shall be within the Department of Transportation the Office of Innovative Finance and Project Delivery. The Commissioner of Transportation shall assign personnel to the office as required for the office to fulfill the duties of this section. The office shall: (1) Evaluate opportunities to use innovative financing and risk management to deliver transportation projects, (2) focus on the effective and accelerated delivery of transportation projects to assure the development and maintenance of a safe and efficient transportation system, and (3) recommend opportunities for public-private partnerships to the commissioner.
(P.A. 21-175, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 21-175 effective July 12, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-10c. - Recruitment and compensation for summer worker professional engineer job classification.

(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall recruit interns for the summer worker professional engineer job classification for the Department of Transportation when requested by the Commissioner of Transportation. The commissioners shall promote any such recruitment at public and independent institutions of higher education.
(b) On and after July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall increase the rate of compensation for the summer worker professional engineer job classification by the percentage increase, if any, in the national consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the previous twelve-month period.
(P.A. 22-46, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 22-46 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › 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, 2025, (1) the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall engage in the ongoing successive recruitment of entry-level engineering positions, entry-level transportation maintainer one positions and transportation maintainer two positions on behalf of the Department of Transportation, (2) the Commissioner of Transportation shall establish the duration of the application period for each such recruitment, and (3) not later than one hundred twenty days after a candidate submits an application for any such position, the Commissioner of Transportation shall either make an offer of employment to such candidate or reject the application of such candidate.
(P.A. 22-46, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 22-46 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-10e. - Consideration of application for employment.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 67, the Commissioner of Transportation may consider an application for employment submitted by a candidate for a position at the Department of Transportation for another open position at the department without requiring such candidate to submit an application for such other position, provided such candidate meets the minimum qualifications of experience and training for such other position.
(P.A. 22-46, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 22-46 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-11a. - Connecticut Public Transportation Commission.

Section 13b-11a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 75-572, S. 2, 5; P.A. 77-7; 77-33, S. 1; 77-35; 77-208; 77-614, S. 551, 610; P.A. 79-226; P.A. 83-487, S. 2, 33; P.A. 85-317, S. 1; P.A. 86-235; P.A. 90-219, S. 16; P.A. 98-222, S. 1; P.A. 99-265, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 8; P.A. 11-61, S. 20; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-11b. - State-wide transportation goals. Report.

(a) It shall be the state-wide goal: (1) To increase passenger vehicle occupancy levels and the use of public transportation, (2) to increase average occupancy levels to one and two-tenths persons per car by the year 2000, and (3) to increase the use of public transportation and ride sharing so that at least ten per cent of all trips between home and places of employment occur in vehicles occupied by more than one person by the year 2000.
(b) On or before January 1, 1991, the Department of Transportation shall report to the General Assembly on a strategy necessary to increase passenger vehicle occupancy levels to one and one-quarter persons per car by the year 2010.
(P.A. 90-219, S. 17; P.A. 13-277, S. 68; 13-299, S. 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 110.)
History: P.A. 13-277 restored former Subsec. (b) re monitoring of progress by Connecticut Public Transportation Commission and restored former designation of Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-299 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), deleted former Subsec. (b) re monitoring of progress by Connecticut Public Transportation Commission and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2013; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 deleted former Subsec. (b) re monitoring of progress by Connecticut Public Transportation Commission and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) re report to General Assembly as Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › 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. 10, 11; 1972, P.A. 134, S. 6; 238, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-14. - Long-range planning.

Comprehensive long-range planning concerning the future transportation needs of the state shall be coordinated and performed by the department under the direction and supervision of the commissioner, shall be directed to all available and future modes of transportation including but not limited to transportation by highway, air, water and rail, and shall be designed to assure a modern, safe and efficient system of transportation facilities and services.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-14a. - Funding for hazard elimination activities.

The Department of Transportation shall allocate annually any amount transferred to the Section 402 Highway Safety Grant Program, under the provisions of 23 USC 154, for hazard elimination activities eligible for funding under 23 USC 152. Two hundred thousand dollars of such amount shall be allocated by said department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, for system hardware, software licenses and configuration and installation costs for a video incident responder system to disseminate video transmissions from the Interstate 95 video camera network to authorized law enforcement and emergency service personnel to better coordinate responses to highway incidents.
(P.A. 04-143, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 04-143 effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › 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 funds for any studies, plans, programs, materials or activities regarding a mileage-based user fee on motor vehicles operated on state highways, unless such expenditure is approved by the General Assembly in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The department shall file a request for approval of the proposed expenditure with the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The General Assembly may approve the proposed expenditure by a majority vote of each house or may reject the proposed expenditure by a majority vote of either house. If the General Assembly is in session, it shall vote to approve or reject the proposed expenditure not later than thirty days after the department files the request for approval with the clerks. If the General Assembly is not in session when the request for approval is filed, it shall be submitted to the General Assembly not later than ten days after the first day of the next regular session or special session called for such purpose. The proposed expenditure shall be deemed rejected if the General Assembly fails to vote to approve or reject such proposed expenditure not later than thirty days after the department files the request for approval with the clerks. Such thirty-day period shall not begin or expire unless the General Assembly is in regular session. For the purposes of this subsection, any request for approval of a proposed expenditure filed with the clerks within thirty days before the commencement of a regular session of the General Assembly shall be deemed to be filed on the first day of such session.
(P.A. 17-174, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-174 effective July 11, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-15. - Master transportation plan.

Section 13b-15 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 17; P.A. 73-451, S. 2, 3; P.A. 79-23; 79-449, S. 5, 7; P.A. 88-297, S. 15; P.A. 90-230, S. 19, 101; P.A. 91-216, S. 1; P.A. 92-204, S. 1; P.A. 96-222, S. 3; P.A. 98-222, S. 2; P.A. 00-148, S. 6; P.A. 10-159, S. 1; P.A. 13-277, S. 81.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-15a. - Hartford-New Britain busway project.

The Commissioner of Transportation may designate the Hartford-New Britain busway project to be accomplished on a total cost basis. If the commissioner designates the Hartford-New Britain busway project as a total cost basis project, the commissioner may enter into a single contract with a private developer, which includes such project elements as engineering design and construction. The contract for said project shall be based on competitive proposals received by the commissioner, who shall give notice of the project and specifications for the project, by advertising, at least once, in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the Hartford-New Britain area. Award of the total cost contract shall be based on qualifications, technical merit of the proposals and cost. The commissioner shall determine all criteria, requirements and conditions for such proposals and award and shall have sole responsibility for all other aspects of the contract. If applicable, the contract shall state clearly the responsibilities of the developer to deliver a completed and acceptable project on a date certain and the maximum cost of the project.
(P.A. 01-105, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-16a. - Definitions. Public transportation analysis.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Public transportation” includes, but is not limited to, rail service and fixed route bus service;
(2) “Paratransit” includes, but is not limited to, carpooling and vanpooling; and
(3) “Traffic management program” includes, but is not limited to, employer incentives to promote carpooling, vanpooling and public transportation.
(b) The Department of Transportation shall include, as part of its alternative analysis for all new multilaned expressways on new locations, an analysis of public transportation, paratransit or traffic management program options as part of each alternative.
(P.A. 90-219, S. 15; P.A. 03-115, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 03-115 added new Subsec. (a) re definitions, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and amended same to make a technical change and delete former definitions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › 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 as a member of the board of a consortium or trade organization organized as a nonstock, nonprofit corporation pursuant to chapter 602 or any similar law of another state, for the purpose of coordinating public or private sector transportation systems to provide: (1) The highest possible quality of transportation services at the lowest practicable cost to all persons needing such services; (2) the most advanced coordinated programs possible in transportation services; (3) the coordination of transportation services to eliminate duplication and incomplete coverage in the provision of such services; (4) the greatest possible state-wide, regional or national integration of transportation service programs; and (5) the education of the public of the transportation needs of the state and the goals of the consortium or trade organization which address such transportation needs.
(b) The commissioner, or his designee, may enter into such contracts and other agreements to further the purposes of each consortium or trade organization organized in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, and as contained in each consortium's or trade organization's certificate of incorporation, provided nothing contained in the certificate of incorporation of each such consortium or trade organization shall obligate the commissioner, or his designee, sitting as a member of the board of the consortium or trade organization, to undertake, or participate in, any activity which the commissioner, or his designee, acting in his sole discretion, determines to be in violation of the general statutes.
(P.A. 98-91, S. 1, 9.)
History: P.A. 98-91 effective May 22, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-18. - Investigations, inquiries and hearings.

The commissioner may hold investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning all matters within the jurisdiction of the department. The commissioner may administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas and compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of papers, records, books and documents. If any person refuses to attend, testify or produce papers, records, books or documents as ordered, a judge of the Superior Court, upon application of the commissioner, may make such order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-19. - Cooperation with agencies and persons. Bonds for rail freight support facilities.

The commissioner shall cooperate with agencies and persons, governmental or private, charged with or having a substantial interest in (1) planning and developing a sound state transportation system, (2) regulation of transportation facilities and services and (3) solving problems connected with transportation. The commissioner may use any proceeds from the sale of state bonds allocated by the State Bond Commission under subsection (e) of section 2 of special act 76-84, as amended by special act 78-64, special act 79-3 and section 2 of public act 80-350*, to fund no more than ninety per cent of the cost of the rehabilitation, expansion or construction of rail freight support facilities, including, but not limited to, public loading platforms, docks and sidings, ramps, storage areas and access roads, located on public or private property, provided no such project shall receive more than seventy-five thousand dollars. The commissioner shall develop and maintain liaison with the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission established by chapter 291.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 19; P.A. 79-631, S. 31, 111; P.A. 80-350, S. 1.)
*Note: Section 2 of public act 80-350 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 79-631 substituted in Tri-State Regional Planning Commission “regional planning” for “transportation”; P.A. 80-350 provided in Subdiv. (3) for use of proceeds from sale of state bonds to fund not more than 90%, and not to exceed $75,000, for rail freight support facilities.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › 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 all proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under said commissioner's direction and copies of all plans, specifications and estimates submitted to said commissioner. Said commissioner shall furnish to any court in this state without charge certified copies of any document or record pertaining to the operation of the department, and any certified document or record of the commissioner, attested as a true copy by the commissioner, the deputy commissioner, the chief engineer of the department, or any deputy commissioner or bureau head for an operating bureau, shall be competent evidence in any court of this state of the facts contained in such document or record. The commissioner may delegate to the deputy commissioner, the chief engineer, the deputy commissioners or bureau heads for operating bureaus, and other agency staff as appropriate, the authority to sign any agreement, contract, document or instrument which the commissioner is authorized to sign and any such signature shall be binding and valid.
(b) The executive director of the Office of the State Traffic Administration may certify copies of any document or record pertaining to the operation of the Office of the State Traffic Administration, and any certified document or record of said office, attested as a true copy by said executive director, shall be competent evidence in any court of this state of the facts contained in such document or record.
(1969, P.A. 768, S. 52; P.A. 09-186, S. 1; P.A. 12-132, S. 10; P.A. 13-277, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 09-186 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made technical changes therein and added Subsec. (b) to authorize executive director of State Traffic Commission to certify copies of documents or records, effective July 20, 2009; P.A. 12-132 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing references to State Traffic Commission with references to Office of the State Traffic Administration, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re bureau head attesting as true any certified document or record of commissioner and to add provisions allowing commissioner to delegate signature authority to bureau head or other appropriate agency staff, effective July 1, 2013.
Former statute cited. 120 C. 435; 150 C. 374.
Highway commissioner, when acting in his official capacity, is immune from suit without consent for he is an agent of the state. 21 CS 214.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-20b. - Definitions.

As used in sections 13b-20b to 13b-20k, inclusive:
(a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation;
(b) “Consultant” means any architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor or accountant who is registered or licensed to practice his profession in accordance with the applicable provisions of the general statutes, any planner or any environmental, management or financial specialist;
(c) “Consultant services” includes those professional services rendered by architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors, accountants, planners or environmental, management or financial specialists, as well as incidental services that members of such professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform;
(d) “Firm” means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association or other legal entity authorized by law to practice the profession of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, land surveying, accounting, planning or environmental, management or financial specialization;
(e) “Selection panel” means the evaluation and selection panel established under section 13b-20c; and
(f) “Negotiation committee” means the committee established under section 13b-20d.
(P.A. 83-521, S. 1, 13; P.A. 84-546, S. 36, 173.)
History: P.A. 84-546 made technical changes in definition of “consultant”; (Revisor's note: In 1999 a reference to Sec. 13b-20
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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-20c. - Consultant services evaluation and selection panels.

There is established within the Department of Transportation one or more consultant services evaluation and selection panels which shall consist of the following persons from within the department: (1) Three individuals appointed by the commissioner; (2) one individual appointed by the bureau head of the bureau for which the specific project is being performed, subject to the approval of the commissioner; and (3) one individual appointed by the bureau head of any other bureau if such other bureau is requesting the specific consultant services and if such bureau will be responsible for the administration of the consultant contract, subject to the approval of the commissioner.
(P.A. 83-521, S. 2, 13; P.A. 85-613, S. 149, 154; P.A. 91-124, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 85-613 made technical changes, authorizing multiple panels where previously a single panel was mentioned and deleting references to “modal” bureaus; P.A. 91-124 deleted the provision requiring that appointees of the commissioner on the selection panels serve for a one-year term.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-20d. - Negotiation committees.

There shall be within the Department of Transportation one or more negotiation committees each of which shall consist of three individuals, appointed by the commissioner from within the department, none of whom shall be members of a selection panel.
(P.A. 83-521, S. 3, 13; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 85-1, S. 12, 15.)
History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 85-1 authorized multiple committees where previously a single committee was mentioned.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-20f. - Evaluation of consultants having active agreements with department.

The performance of all consultants who have active agreements with the department shall be evaluated by the supervising unit within the bureau utilizing the consultant services, at least once a year and upon completion of the consultant services. Each such evaluation shall be kept on file in the supervising unit and a copy filed with the permanent selection panel.
(P.A. 83-521, S. 5, 13; P.A. 21-175, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 21-175 replaced “six-month intervals” with “least once a year”, effective July 12, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 13b - Transportation › Chapter 242 - Department of Transportation › Section 13b-20g. - Notice of need for consultants. Responses.

Whenever there is a need to engage a consultant, the Commissioner of Transportation shall notify all firms that are prequalified in accordance with section 13b-20e in the category of services being sought by the department. If the prequalified list contains fewer than five consulting firms or does not include the area of expertise required by the department, the commissioner shall publish a notice in appropriate professional magazines, professional newsletters or on-line professional web sites, indicating the general scope of the assignment and requesting responses in accordance with subsection (b) of section 13b-20e, and on the Department of Administrative Services State Contracting Portal. Responses shall be received at the Department of Transportation not later than fourteen days after the last date on which the notice is published, unless additional time is specifically authorized by the commissioner, or not later than any specific date set forth in such notice. For certain specialized projects the notice may also solicit a full work proposal in addition to the technical qualifications of a firm.
(P.A. 83-521, S. 6, 13; P.A. 89-152, S. 2; P.A. 09-186, S. 2; P.A. 17-230, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 89-152 made technical change; P.A. 09-186 required commissioner to notify prequalified firms and, if fewer than 5 prequalified firms, to publish notice, and replaced “and newspapers” with “or on-line professional web sites”, effective July 20, 2009; P.A. 17-230 replaced provision re publishing notice in at least one newspaper with provision re publishing notice on the Department of Administrative Service State Contracting Portal.