General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1043 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3894 *03894_______TRA* Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION Introduced by: (TRA) General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1043 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3894 *03894_______TRA* Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION Introduced by: (TRA) AN ACT CONCERNING STATE-WIDE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE-WIDE PORT AUTHORITY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Economic and Community Development and other stakeholders, shall develop policies for the initiation of a state-wide port authority. 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 establish a state-wide port authority. [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.]