General Assembly Committee Bill No. 481
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4437
*04437SB00481TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 481
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4437
*04437SB00481TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT REQUIRING A REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) On or before January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation, in cooperation with the Commissioners of Emergency Services and Public Protection and Energy and Environmental Protection, shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation, public safety and environment, on the development and implementation of an enhanced accident response plan. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, a description of (1) existing programs and policies regarding the state's accident response plan, (2) ongoing steps being taken to implement such programs and policies throughout the state, (3) interagency initiatives to ensure a prompt, coordinated and efficient response to accidents or other traffic incidents, (4) outreach efforts to include in such programs and policies other individuals and groups critical to the state's plan for responding to accidents or traffic incidents, (5) any federal programs designed to improve accident or traffic incident response, including the availability of federal funding for implementation of such programs, and (6) the goals set for the coming year in improving the accident response plan.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To provide information about the status of the state's accident response plan.
[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. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.
S.B. 481