Title 13b, Title 13b: Transportation

Sec. 13b-227. (Formerly Sec. 16-75b). Railroad preservation and improvement projects. (a) On or before November first of each year, railroads transporting freight or passengers within this state or between this state and other states and seeking the tax exemption provided in sect…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 13b-229. (Formerly Sec. 16-75d). Modification of tax exemption projects. From time to time during the calendar year following the issuance of final tax exemption projects the Commissioner of Transportation may modify such projects to reflect any material changes in data prev…

Sec. 13b-230. (Formerly Sec. 16-75e). Inspection for compliance. The Commissioner of Transportation shall make periodic inspections to determine the degree of compliance with tax exemption projects issued in accordance with sections 13b-226 to 13b-233, inclusive, and shall report…

Sec. 13b-231. (Formerly Sec. 16-75f). Powers of Commissioner of Transportation. For the purpose of establishing tax exemption projects and determining the degree of compliance therewith, the Commissioner of Transportation may examine the accounts, books, and documents of each rai…

Sec. 13b-232. (Formerly Sec. 16-75g). Certification of eligibility. On or before March 1, 1980, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall certify to the Governor as eligible to receive the exemption provided by section 12-251, any railroad transporting fre…

Sec. 13b-233. (Formerly Sec. 16-75h). Report of commissioner. On or before March 1, 1980, and annually, thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall submit to the Governor and the chairmen of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matte…

Sec. 13b-234. (Formerly Sec. 16-75i). Rights and benefits of on-train employees on acquisition of railroad. When the facilities of a railroad are acquired, and operation of such railroad is continued, by any person, trustee, receiver, railroad company, public authority or other a…

Sec. 13b-235. Enforcement of statutory provisions and orders of commissioner. On application of the Commissioner of Transportation or of the Attorney General, the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford may enforce, by appropriate decree or process, any provision of …

Sec. 13b-236. Bond issue for grants for commercial rail freight lines. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in …

Sec. 13b-237. Procedure for disposal of surplus rail material. (a)(1) The Commissioner of Transportation shall not, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, salvage or otherwise dispose of any surplus rail material, including, but not limited to, rail sections having a maximum len…

Sec. 13b-244. (Formerly Sec. 16-76). Powers. Each railroad company may hold such real estate as may be convenient for accomplishing the objects of its organization; may by its agents enter such places as may be designated by its directors for the purpose of making surveys and det…

Sec. 13b-245. (Formerly Sec. 16-77). Right to take land limited; land of infants and others. No land shall be taken without the consent of its owner, except within two years after the approval of the location of the route by the Commissioner of Transportation. When the land of an…

Sec. 13b-246. (Formerly Sec. 16-78). Notice concerning layout and real estate. Before the Commissioner of Transportation approves the layout of any railroad or the taking of any real estate for the purposes of such road or any change or alteration of the same, he shall give reaso…

Sec. 13b-247. (Formerly Sec. 16-79). Approval for taking of land. Section 13b-247 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (1949 Rev., S. 5468; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 00-148, S. 39.)

Sec. 13b-248. (Formerly Sec. 16-80). Alteration of location. Each company, after its line of road has been located, approved and established, may so far alter such location as to change the radius of its curves, the width of its layout, the extent of depot grounds or its slopes a…

Sec. 13b-249. (Formerly Sec. 16-81). Alteration of grades. Each company, after its line of road has been located, approved and established, may alter its grades and raise any highway bridges that pass over its tracks to such height as may be approved by the Commissioner of Transp…

Sec. 13b-250. (Formerly Sec. 16-82). Land for additional tracks. Any company may so alter the location of its road as to add to the number of its main tracks and, for that purpose, with the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation, may take additional land; but, when an add…

Sec. 13b-251. (Formerly Sec. 16-82a). Overhead clearances for railroad tracks. Approval by legislature. (a) The minimum overhead clearance for any structure crossing over railroad tracks for which construction is begun on or after October 1, 1986, shall be twenty feet, six inches…

Sec. 13b-252. (Formerly Sec. 16-82b). Structures exempted from overhead clearance requirement. The provisions of section 13b-251 shall not apply to any structure for which construction is authorized by or begun pursuant to any special act. (P.A. 78-28, S. 2; P.A. 03-115, S. 70.) …

Sec. 13b-253. (Formerly Sec. 16-83). Land cut off from access to highway. When any company takes land for railroad purposes and the effect of such taking is to cut off other land from practical access to the highway, such company may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Tran…

Sec. 13b-254. (Formerly Sec. 16-84). Layout through cemetery. No company shall lay out or locate its road, or any part thereof, through any cemetery or any approach in common use from the highway thereto, and within one-quarter of a mile thereof, unless the Commissioner of Transp…

Secs. 13b-255 to 13b-259. (Formerly Secs. 16-85 to 16-89). Land for electrification of railroad. Procedure for appraisal of land taken. Land in highway or private way. Abandonment of road; damages. Owner may require description of land. Sections 13b-255 to 13b-259, inclusive, are…

Sec. 13b-260. (Formerly Sec. 16-90). Plan of road to be deposited with town clerk. Within ninety days after the railroad of any company has been laid out in any town and approved by the Commissioner of Transportation, such company shall deposit with the town clerk a correct plan,…

Sec. 13b-261. (Formerly Sec. 16-91). Statement of location filed with secretary. Each company shall, within six months after the final location of its road, file with the Secretary of the State a statement of such location, defining the courses and distances. (1949 Rev., S. 5480.…

Sec. 13b-262. (Formerly Sec. 16-92). Security from contractors for labor; liability of company. Each company, in making contracts for the building of its road, shall require sufficient security from the contractors for the payment for all labor thereafter to be performed in const…

Sec. 13b-263. (Formerly Sec. 16-93). Crossing of one railroad by another. Any company may, in the construction of its railroad, cross the railroad of any other company or connect with the same. If it cannot agree with such other company as to such crossing or connection, the Comm…

Sec. 13b-264. (Formerly Sec. 16-94). Branch lines. Any company may build branches from its main line or from any of its leased lines, provided the construction of such branches is found by the Commissioner of Transportation, upon application, after such reasonable public notice a…

Sec. 13b-265. (Formerly Sec. 16-95). Crossing highway or watercourse. When it is necessary for the construction of a railroad to intersect or cross any watercourse not navigable or any public highway, the company may construct such railroad across or upon the same if the Commissi…

Sec. 13b-266. (Formerly Sec. 16-96). Land for change of highway. Section 13b-266 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (1949 Rev., S. 5485; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 00-148, S. 39.)

Sec. 13b-267. (Formerly Sec. 16-97). Construction over highway at grade restricted. Each company which locates and constructs a railroad across any highway shall construct it so as to cross over or under the same and may, under the direction of the Commissioner of Transportation,…

Sec. 13b-268. (Formerly Sec. 16-98). Construction of new highway across railroad. Construction of railroad crossing at grade. (a) When a new highway is constructed across a railroad, such highway shall pass over or under the railroad as the Commissioner of Transportation directs.…

Sec. 13b-269. (Formerly Sec. 16-99). Bridge over railroad. When a highway is laid out or ordered to be laid out across a railroad and the Commissioner of Transportation directs such highway to be carried over the railroad, he shall determine the length, width and material of the …

Sec. 13b-270. (Formerly Sec. 16-100). Removal of grade crossings. The selectmen of any town, the mayor and common council of any city or the warden and burgesses of any borough, within which a highway crosses or is crossed by a railroad, or the directors of any railroad company w…

Sec. 13b-271. (Formerly Sec. 16-100a). Temporary grade crossings. The Commissioner of Transportation, on the application in writing of the selectmen of any town, the mayor and common council of any city or the warden and burgesses of any borough or on the commissioner's own motio…

Sec. 13b-272. (Formerly Sec. 16-100b). Relocation of grade crossing. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Transportation, on the application in writing of the selectmen of any town, the mayor and common council of any city or the warden…

Sec. 13b-273. (Formerly Sec. 16-101). Elimination of grade crossings by removing railroad. Any railroad company may bring its petition in writing to the Commissioner of Transportation, alleging that public safety requires the elimination of the crossing of its railroad at grade b…

Sec. 13b-274. (Formerly Sec. 16-102). Commissioner of Transportation may order removal of crossings. Land to be taken limited. The Commissioner of Transportation may, in the absence of any application therefor, when in the commissioner's opinion public safety requires an alterati…

Sec. 13b-275. (Formerly Sec. 16-103). Petition for elimination of dangerous condition at crossings. Hearing. Any public service company or companies whose tracks cross over, under or upon a state highway or any other main highway leading from one town to another, the municipality…

Sec. 13b-276. (Formerly Sec. 16-104). Elimination of dangerous condition. The Commissioner of Transportation, if he finds that a dangerous condition exists at such crossing, except a dangerous condition arising out of improper or inadequate maintenance, shall issue such order to …

Sec. 13b-277. (Formerly Sec. 16-105). Appeal. Any public service company or municipality may appeal from any order of the Commissioner of Transportation issued under the provisions of sections 13b-275 and 13b-276 as provided in section 4-183. (1949 Rev., S. 2253; 1969, P.A. 768, …

Sec. 13b-278. (Formerly Sec. 16-106). Not to affect other provisions concerning removal of grade crossings. The provisions of sections 13b-275, 13b-276 and 13b-277 shall not be construed to affect the provisions of any other statute concerning the removal of grade crossings. (194…

Sec. 13b-279. (Formerly Sec. 16-107). Highway crossed by more than one railroad. When the Commissioner of Transportation, upon an application brought under the provisions of section 13b-270, finds that any highway crosses or is crossed by the tracks of more than one railroad, and…

Sec. 13b-280. (Formerly Sec. 16-108). Assessment of damages. If the party by whom such changes in the highway are to be made cannot agree with the owner of land or other property to be taken or removed under such decision of the Commissioner of Transportation, the damages shall b…

Sec. 13b-281. (Formerly Sec. 16-109). Obstruction of view adjoining grade crossing. If the view of that portion of the tracks of any railroad, crossing a highway at grade, which adjoins such crossing, is obstructed by trees, shrubbery or embankments of earth, the Commissioner of …

Sec. 13b-282. (Formerly Sec. 16-110). Change in location of highways crossed by a railroad. When any highway passes over or under a railroad, if the convenience and necessity of the public require a change in such highway, the town, city or borough in which such highway is locate…