General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6051
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4632
*04632HB06051TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6051
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 4632
*04632HB06051TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STUDY OF ELECTRONIC TOLLS, HIGHWAY CONGESTION, SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FUND EXPENDITURES AND REDUCTIONS TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE FUELS TAX.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Transportation shall conduct a study to analyze issues concerning the appropriateness of the state's highways for electronic tolls, including (1) congestion on the state's highways, (2) the ability of the Department of Transportation to limit the use of any revenue collected from such tolls for transportation purposes only, and (3) the reduction of the motor vehicle fuels tax after any establishment of such tolls. Not later than February 1, 2014, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, the findings of such study, and any other study conducted by the department concerning tolls in Connecticut, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Department of Transportation to report the findings of any studies concerning tolls to the General Assembly.
[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: REP. GUERRERA, 29th Dist.; SEN. STILLMAN, 20th Dist. REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.; REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. GUERRERA, 29th Dist.; SEN. STILLMAN, 20th Dist.
REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.; REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.
H.B. 6051