General Assembly Raised Bill No. 818
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1587
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 818
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1587
*01587_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION TO WAIVE CERTAIN INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS ON STATE PROPERTY ALONG A HIGHWAY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Transportation shall not require any person or group to obtain any form of insurance as a condition of issuing a permit to engage in beautification efforts on state property along a highway. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 238 of the general statutes, no person injured in person or property while engaging in or as a result of such beautification efforts may bring a civil action to recover damages against said commissioner or the state.
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 eliminate a requirement that persons engaging in beautification efforts on state property along a highway obtain insurance before performing such work.
[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.]