General Assembly Committee Bill No. 824 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3968 *03968SB00824TRA* Referred to Committee on Transportation Introduced by: (TRA) General Assembly Committee Bill No. 824 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3968 *03968SB00824TRA* Referred to Committee on Transportation Introduced by: (TRA) AN ACT REQUIRING CONSIDERATION BY THE STATE TRAFFIC COMMISSION OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO LOCAL PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVALS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 14-311c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011): (c) The State Traffic Commission shall issue its decision on an application for a certificate under subsection (a) of this section not later than one hundred twenty days after it is filed, except that, if the commission needs additional information from the applicant, it shall notify the applicant in writing as to what information is required and (1) the commission may toll the running of such one-hundred-twenty-day period by the number of days between and including the date such notice is received by the applicant and the date the additional information is received by the commission and (2) if the commission receives the additional information during the last ten days of the one-hundred-twenty-day period and needs additional time to review and analyze such information, it may extend such period by not more than fifteen days. [The State Traffic Commission may also, at its discretion, postpone action on any application submitted pursuant to this section or section 14-311a until such time as it is shown that an application has been filed with and approved by the municipal planning and zoning agency or other responsible municipal agency.] This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2011 14-311c(c) This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2011 14-311c(c) Statement of Purpose: To require the State Traffic Commission to consider certain applications prior to local planning and zoning approvals. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors: SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist. Co-Sponsors: SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist. S.B. 824