Title 13b, Title 13b: Transportation

Sec. 13b-83. (Formerly Sec. 16-310). Registration. (a) Upon the granting of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the holder of such certificate may apply for the registration of any motor bus of which such holder is the owner or lessee and which is to be used as spe…

Sec. 13b-84. (Formerly Sec. 16-311). Transportation permits. Section 13b-84 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (1949 Rev., S. 5709; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 11; P.A. 97-304, S. 30, 31.)

Sec. 13b-85. (Formerly Sec. 16-312). Penalty. Any person or the officers of any association, limited liability company or corporation who violate any order or regulation adopted or established under the provisions of sections 13b-80 to 13b-83, inclusive, or who violate any provis…

Sec. 13b-86. (Formerly Sec. 16-312a). Common carrier subject to jurisdiction of department. Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning or operating a motor bus is declared to be a common carrier and subject as such to the jurisdiction of the Departm…

Sec. 13b-87. (Formerly Sec. 16-312b). Reciprocal agreements concerning motor bus and common carrier equipment, marking and inspection. The Department of Transportation may enter into reciprocal agreements with the regulatory authority or other appropriate official of any other st…

Sec. 13b-88. (Formerly Sec. 16-313). Interstate motor buses. Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning or operating a motor bus over highways within this state between points outside of this state or between points within this state and points outs…

Sec. 13b-89. (Formerly Sec. 16-314). Permits for operation of interstate motor buses. (a) No person, association, limited liability company or corporation shall operate a motor bus over highways within this state between points outside this state or between points within this sta…

Sec. 13b-89a. Interstate motor buses having upper and lower decks. The recipient of a permit pursuant to section 13b-89, who owns or operates a motor bus, as defined in section 14-1, which has an upper and lower deck, may register such motor bus in this state, provided such motor…

Sec. 13b-90. (Formerly Sec. 16-315). Penalty. Any person or the officers of any association, limited liability company or corporation who violate any provision of section 13b-88 or 13b-89 or any order or regulation adopted or established under their provisions shall be fined not …

Sec. 13b-91. (Formerly Sec. 16-316). Interstate motor buses; authority to hold hearings and issue permits. The Department of Transportation may hold such hearings and issue such permits as may be required in carrying out the provisions of sections 13b-88 and 13b-89. (1949 Rev., S…

Sec. 13b-92. (Formerly Sec. 16-317). Carrying of passengers for hire by mail carriers and others. The Department of Transportation, upon written application of any person authorized by the United States government to carry mail by motor vehicle, or of any person desiring to carry…

Sec. 13b-93. (Formerly Sec. 16-317a). New schedules of bus operation. Discontinuation of service. Any motor bus company which wishes to adopt a new schedule of operations or discontinue a service shall, not less than twenty days prior to the effective date of such schedule, give …

Sec. 13b-94. Reporting of motor vehicle accidents. Section 13b-94 is repealed. (P.A. 79-610, S. 41; P.A. 92-36.)

Sec. 13b-94a. Motor vehicle in charter bus transportation. No person, association, limited liability company or corporation shall operate a motor vehicle in charter bus transportation, pursuant to Public Law 105-178 until such person, association, limited liability company or cor…

Sec. 13b-95. (Formerly Sec. 16-318). Definition. The term “taxicab” includes any motor vehicle operated upon any street or highway or on call or demand accepting or soliciting passengers indiscriminately for transportation for hire between such points along streets or highways as…

Sec. 13b-96. (Formerly Sec. 16-319). Operation under jurisdiction of Department of Transportation. (a)(1) Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning or operating a taxicab is declared a common carrier and subject to the jurisdiction of the Departmen…

Sec. 13b-97. (Formerly Sec. 16-320). Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Service at Bradley International Airport. (a) No person, association, limited liability company or corporation shall operate a taxicab until such person, association, limited liability company o…

Sec. 13b-97a. Temporary authority. (a) The Department of Transportation may, without hearing, issue to an applicant for authority to operate taxicab service, temporary authority to operate such service, pending hearing upon his application and disposition thereof by the departmen…

Sec. 13b-97b. Operation of taxicab or advertisement of taxicab services without certificate or authority. Allowing unauthorized person to operate taxicab. Penalty. Amounts remitted to municipality. (a) Any person who (1) operates a taxicab, or advertises taxicab services, without…

Sec. 13b-98. (Formerly Sec. 16-321). Certificate to be displayed. Section 13b-98 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (1949 Rev., S. 5719; P.A. 97-304, S. 30, 31.)

Sec. 13b-99. (Formerly Sec. 16-322). Registration. Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Rooftop light. Operator phone number. Inspection. Exemption from child restraint system requirements. Regulations. (a) Upon the granting of a certificate of public convenience and n…

Sec. 13b-199. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, sections 16-216 to 16-227, inclusive, and chapters 244, 244a, 244b, 245a and 245b shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or context: (1) “Railroad company” …

Sec. 13b-200. (Formerly Sec. 16-51). Examination of roads. Free passage. Entering premises at times of emergency. (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall, at the commissioner's discretion, examine the several railroads in the state when he deems that public safety so require…

Sec. 13b-200a. State rail plan. (a) For purposes of this section, “state rail plan” or “proposed plan” means the plan prepared by the Department of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 110-432, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008. (b) Not later …

Sec. 13b-200b. Planning for branch rail lines. Report. The Department of Transportation shall continue planning efforts for improvements to the New Canaan, Norwalk, Danbury and Waterbury branch rail lines, including, but not limited to, upgrades and electrification of such rail l…

Sec. 13b-201. (Formerly Sec. 16-52). Road not to be opened without certificate. No part of any railroad shall be opened for public travel unless the company operating such railroad first obtains a certificate signed by the Commissioner of Transportation that it is in a suitable a…

Sec. 13b-202. (Formerly Sec. 16-53). Recommendations. The Commissioner of Transportation shall, from time to time, recommend to the several companies operating railroads in this state, or to any of them, the adoption of such measures and regulations as the commissioner deems cond…

Sec. 13b-203. (Formerly Sec. 16-54). When officers may be enjoined. If, upon examination of any railroad or the affairs of any railroad company, the Commissioner of Transportation is of the opinion that such road is in such condition, or that the affairs of such company are so co…

Sec. 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 suc…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 Comm…

Secs. 13b-206 and 13b-207. (Formerly Secs. 16-57 and 16-58). Contracts with connecting roads. Leases to be approved by stockholders. Sections 13b-206 and 13b-207 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5447, 5448; P.A. 02-89, S. 90; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 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 sha…

Secs. 13b-209 and 13b-210. (Formerly Secs. 16-59a and 16-60). Elimination of passenger train service. Mutual facilities. Sections 13b-209 and 13b-210 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5450; 1959, P.A. 285; 1961, P.A. 88; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 209; P.A. 75-486, …

Sec. 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 indiv…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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 dis…

Sec. 13b-212b. Connecticut Public Transportation Council. (a) There is established a Connecticut Public Transportation Council which shall consist of fifteen members, all of whom shall be (1) residents who regularly use the transportation services of the New Haven commuter railro…

Sec. 13b-212c. Powers and duties of Connecticut Public Transportation Council. The Connecticut Public Transportation Council shall study and investigate all aspects of the daily operation of the commuter railroad systems and public transit services funded by the state, monitor th…

Sec. 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 o…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 fr…

Sec. 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 heari…

Secs. 13b-215 to 13b-220. (Formerly Secs. 16-64 to 16-69). Order as to connections; penalty. Facilities for connecting roads; penalty. Through routes or transportation. Condemnation of corporate stock. Stockholder may begin proceedings. Freight charges; penalty. Sections 13b-215 …

Sec. 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 a…

Sec. 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 transporte…