Title 13a — Title 13a: Highways and Bridges

Sec. 13a-163. Payment for highway improvements. The Comptroller, upon receipt of a certificate from the Commissioner of Transportation certifying the completion of any improvement, shall draw his order on the Treasurer in payment for the improvement as certified. The Treasurer sh…

Sec. 13a-164. Temporary use of funds by commissioner. Upon application in writing by the Commissioner of Transportation, the Comptroller may authorize the temporary use by the commissioner of any unexpended balance or part thereof of any specific appropriation or any other funds …

Sec. 13a-165. Federal aid for highways. This state having assented to the provisions of the act of the Congress approved July 11, 1916, entitled “An Act to Provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes”, the Co…

Sec. 13a-165a. Acceptance of municipal grants for federal-aid highway projects. In the performance of his powers and duties under section 13a-165, the Commissioner of Transportation may accept on behalf of the state any grant offered or made available to him by any municipality f…

Sec. 13a-166. Federal grants recorded as receivables. In accordance with procedures promulgated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purpose of supplementing the financing of the aggregate cost of construction of any highway or bridge, including plannin…

Sec. 13a-167. State payment for restoration of flood-damaged municipal highways and bridges. Obsolete. (November, 1955, S. N151-N156; 1958 Rev., S. 13-52; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 167.) PART II TOWN AID

Secs. 13a-168 to 13a-175. Town aid. Sections 13a-168 to 13a-175, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2169–2174, 2176, 2177; 1953, S. 1183d; 1953, June, 1955, S. 1181d; June, 1955, S. 1182d; 1957, P.A. 604, S. 1, 2; 1958 Rev., S. 13-56–13-61, 13-63, 13-64; 1961, P.A. 603, S. 1…

Sec. 13a-175a. Allocation of funds. Approval of use of funds for other purposes. Report by towns and districts. (a) For each fiscal year there shall be allocated twelve million five hundred thousand dollars out of the funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation, or fro…

Secs. 13a-175aa to 13a-175dd. Declaration of policy. Trust fund and separate account established. Trust fund committee established. Investment of funds. Sections 13a-175aa to 13a-175dd, inclusive, are repealed. (July Sp. Sess. P.A. 85-1, S. 1–4, 15; P.A. 86-3, S. 1–3; 86-107, S. …

Sec. 13a-175b. Distribution to towns. Said sum shall be distributed to the towns as follows, provided the amount of each such distribution shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of all such distributions exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of se…

Sec. 13a-175c. Allocation of sums from the General Fund to insure that towns receive no less than under prior law. There shall be allocated from the resources of the General Fund, for distribution to the several towns, such sums as required to insure that none of said towns shall…

Sec. 13a-175d. Funds for improvement of dirt and unimproved roads. There shall be allocated from funds appropriated to the Commissioner of Transportation for town-aid grants for roads the sum of one million dollars annually, to be distributed pro rata to the towns in the state on…

Sec. 13a-175e. Distribution of funds. Agreements for expenditure of funds. (a) Said sums shall be distributed to each town under the provisions of this part, semiannually, one-half during July and one-half during January of each year, provided the amount of each such distribution…

Sec. 13a-175ee. Definitions. Allocation of funds to municipalities. Allocation formulas. Grants. Section 13a-175ee is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (July Sp. Sess. P.A. 85-1, S. 5, 15; P.A. 86-178, S. 12, 19; 86-389, S. 2, 3; 86-403, S. 25, 132; P.A. 87-584, S. 5, 18; P.A.…

Sec. 13a-175f. Purchase of materials by Transportation Department and towns. Commissioner to test materials. The Commissioner of Transportation upon reasonable request of the selectmen or other authority having charge of highways of any town shall allow such town to join with the…

Sec. 13a-175ff. Report of Secretary of Office of Policy and Management. Books and records. Section 13a-175ff is repealed, effective June 3, 1996. (July Sp. Sess. P.A. 85-1, S. 6, 15; P.A. 87-584, S. 6, 18; P.A. 96-180, S. 165, 166.) PART III BONDS (A) ISSUE OF 1959

Sec. 13a-175g. State funds for mass transportation. Section 13a-175g is repealed. (September, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-5, S. 2, 4.)

Sec. 13a-175h. Use of mass transportation funds. Section 13a-175h is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 73-5, S. 3, 4; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)

Sec. 13a-175i. Additional appropriations. (a) In addition to the funds made available to the towns in section 13a-175a for the purposes set forth therein, the additional sum of four million six hundred thousand dollars shall be distributed pro rata for such purposes to the towns …

Sec. 13a-175j. Emergency aid for roads, bridges, and dams to repair damage resulting from natural disaster. Any balance of appropriations in excess of that required to be distributed to the towns, under the formulas set forth in sections 13a-175a to 13a-175d, inclusive, as of Jun…

Sec. 13a-175k. Increases in appropriations. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13a-175j, the amount of the grant payable to each municipality for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2007, to June 30, 2009, inclusive, in accordance with sections 13a-175a to 13a-175d, inclusive…

Secs. 13a-175l to 13a-175o. Reserved for future use. PART IIb LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM

Sec. 13a-175p. Definitions. The following terms, as used in this section and sections 13a-175q to 13a-175u, inclusive, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning or intent: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation…

Sec. 13a-175q. Local bridge program. The establishment of a program for the removal, replacement, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of local bridges is a matter of state-wide concern affecting the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the state and of perso…

Sec. 13a-175r. Local Bridge Revolving Fund. There is established and created a fund to be known as the “Local Bridge Revolving Fund”. The state shall deposit in said fund (1) all proceeds of bonds issued by the state for the purpose of making grants to municipalities, including p…

Sec. 13a-175s. Procedure for grants under local bridge program. (a) The commissioner shall maintain a list of eligible bridges and shall establish a priority list of eligible bridge projects for each fiscal year. In establishing such priority list, the commissioner shall consider…

Sec. 13a-175t. Issuance of supplemental project obligations by municipality. (a) A municipality may authorize the issuance and sale of its supplemental project obligations, in accordance with such statutory and other legal requirements as govern the issuance of obligations and th…

Sec. 13a-175u. Regulations. The commissioner shall adopt such regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 as may be necessary to give effect to and carry out the purposes of sections 13a-175p to 13a-175t, inclusive. (P.A. 84-254, S. 13, 62.)

Sec. 13a-175v. Interlocal agreements. If an eligible bridge is owned or maintained by more than one municipality, the municipalities owning or maintaining such eligible bridge may enter into an interlocal agreement concerning such eligible bridge. Such interlocal agreement may pr…

Sec. 13a-175w. Grant to municipality which enters into interlocal agreement. In any case in which an eligible bridge is owned or maintained by more than one municipality and such municipalities enter into or have entered into an interlocal agreement authorized by section 13a-175v…

Secs. 13a-175x to 13a-175z. Reserved for future use. PART IIc MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST FUND

Sec. 13a-176. Bonds to finance highway and bridge authority obligations and transportation costs. (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of sections 13a-176 to 13a-183, inclusive, to authorize, in one or more series and in principal amou…

Sec. 13a-177. Bonds to be general obligations. Said bonds issued pursuant to sections 13a-176 to 13a-183, inclusive, shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on…

Sec. 13a-178. Request for authorization. Determination of Bond Commission. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissi…

Sec. 13a-179. Place of payment of bonds. Maturity. Interest. All of said bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined by the Treasurer pursuant to section 3-19 and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from t…

Sec. 13a-180. Issuance of bonds. Any of said bonds authorized pursuant to sections 13a-176 to 13a-183, inclusive, for the purpose described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 13a-176 shall be issued by the Treasurer and be delivered at such times, in such amounts, fo…

Sec. 13a-181. Sale of bonds. Use of proceeds. Except as otherwise expressly provided in sections 13a-176 to 13a-183, inclusive, all of said bonds shall be issued in accordance with section 3-20 and be sold at a price not less than the principal amount thereof plus accrued interes…

Sec. 13a-182. Authorization of bonds deemed appropriation of principal. By the filing, as provided in section 13a-178, of a determination authorizing a series of bonds for a purpose described in said determination in accordance with said section 13a-178, the principal amount of s…

Sec. 13a-183. Certificate of use of proceeds. For the purposes of this section, “state moneys” means the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized pursuant to sections 13a-176 to 13a-183, inclusive, or of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to be derived from the s…

Sec. 13a-184. Notes. Bonds. (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of sections 13a-184 to 13a-197, inclusive, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of temporary notes as hereinafter provided, and from time to time to authorize the…

Sec. 13a-185. Projects included. (a) The proceeds of the sale of said securities referred to in subsection (a) of section 13a-184, the funds available by virtue of the appropriations made in said subsection (a), any federal moneys added in accordance with section 13a-190 and any …

Sec. 13a-186. Authorization for issuance. None of said securities shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Transportation and s…

Sec. 13a-187. Terms of bonds. Sale. (a) All of said securities of any such series shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined by the Treasurer pursuant to section 3-19 and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years fro…

Sec. 13a-188. Securities subject to general provisions re bond issues. Issuance of temporary notes. All provisions of section 3-20 which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 13a-184 to 13a-197, inclusive, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby shall…

Sec. 13a-189. Filing of determination as appropriation. By the filing as provided in section 13a-186 of a determination authorizing a series of securities for projects or purposes described in said determination in accordance with said section 13a-186, the principal amount of sai…

Sec. 13a-190. Certificate identifying projects and available federal funds to accompany authorization request. Use of federal funds. For the purposes of sections 13a-184 to 13a-197, inclusive, “state moneys” means proceeds of the sale of securities authorized pursuant to said sec…

Sec. 13a-191. Application of earnings on investment of proceeds from securities. Net earnings on investments of proceeds, accrued interest and premiums on the issuance of such securities after payment therefrom of expenses incurred by the Treasurer or State Bond Commission in con…

Sec. 13a-192. Securities issued pursuant to section 13a-184 to be general obligations of the state. All of the securities referred to in section 13a-184 shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment…

Secs. 13a-193 to 13a-196. Highway Debt Service Fund. State Bond Commission may vary use of bond proceeds. Treasurer may determine method of revenue bond sale; negotiable instruments. Pledges to bondholders; binding nature of pledges. Sections 13a-193 to 13a-196, inclusive, are re…

Sec. 13a-197. Securities issued pursuant to section 13a-184 considered as legal investments, exempt from state taxes. The securities referred to in section 13a-184 are made and declared to be (1) legal investments for savings banks and trustees unless otherwise provided in the in…