| 1 | 1 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7011 |
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| 2 | 2 | | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3478 |
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| 3 | 3 | | *03478_______ET_* |
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| 4 | 4 | | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: |
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| 6 | 6 | | (ET) |
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| 8 | 8 | | General Assembly |
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| 10 | 10 | | Raised Bill No. 7011 |
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| 12 | 12 | | January Session, 2017 |
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| 14 | 14 | | LCO No. 3478 |
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| 16 | 16 | | *03478_______ET_* |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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| 20 | 20 | | Introduced by: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (ET) |
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| 24 | 24 | | AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL GAINS ON PUBLIC UTILITY POLES. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Section 16-233 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017): |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) Each town, city, borough, fire district or the Department of Transportation shall have the right to occupy and use for [any] the purpose of municipal or state signal wires or private telecommunications service, as defined in subsection (b) of section 16-247a, without payment therefor, one gain upon each public utility pole or in each underground communications duct system installed by a public service company within the limits of any such town, city, borough or district. The location or relocation of any such gain shall be prescribed by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Any such gain shall be reserved for use by the town, city, borough, fire district or the Department of Transportation. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) The right under subsection (a) of this section shall not be assigned, leased, sold, transferred, conveyed or otherwise applied in any manner to allow any person other than such town, city, borough, fire district or department to occupy or use such gain. |
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| 37 | 37 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 38 | 38 | | Section 1 October 1, 2017 16-233 |
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| 40 | 40 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 42 | 42 | | Section 1 |
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| 44 | 44 | | October 1, 2017 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16-233 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 50 | 50 | | To require that municipal gains be used only by a town, city, borough, fire district or the Department of Transportation. |
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| 52 | 52 | | [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.] |
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